Section 36-21-24
Command of police officers, etc., called into service of state.
All police officers and individuals drawn into the service of the state by the Governor under the authority of this article shall take orders from him or the Governor may, in his discretion, place them under the orders and direction of the sheriff of the county or of the mayor of the municipality, if the locality of their service shall be in an incorporated municipality.
(Acts 1919, No. 170, p. 163, §4; Code 1923, §924; Code 1940, T. 55, §378.)