33-2-7. Ranking officer as commander of troops in service--Citizenship requirement.
If any troops are in the field for the purposes mentioned in §33-2-6, the senior ranking officer of the troops present shall take command. However, no person is eligible for a command in the militia of this state unless that person is a citizen of the United States.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 30, §6; SL 1887, ch 100, §3; CL 1887, §1919; RPolC 1903, §2461; SL 1903, ch 185, §4; SL 1913, ch 267, §4; SL 1917, ch 297, §6; RC 1919, §10553; SDC 1939, §41.0105; SL 1949, ch 152; SL 2007, ch 187, §17.