Persons within this state who are not citizens thereof and resident aliens shall not be liable to militia duty, except in repelling local invasions or suppressing insurrections.
(Laws 1818, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 367; Code 1863, § 1598; Code 1868, § 1660; Code 1873, § 1665; Code 1882, § 1665; Civil Code 1895, § 1819; Civil Code 1910, § 2176; Code 1933, § 79-306.)
Cross references.- Rights of citizens of other states while in Georgia generally, § 1-2-9.
Rights of aliens while in Georgia generally, § 1-2-11.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 3B Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, §§ 1649, 1679.