1776 Del. Const. art. 9, 28
| dc.coverage.spatial | Delaware | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T04:28:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:37:14Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:00:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1776 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Granted the state president to act as the captain-general and commander-in-chief of the militia and other military forces of the state. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Art. 9. The president, with the advice and consent of the privy council, may embody the militia, and act as captain-general and commander-in-chief of them, and the other military force of this State, under the laws of the same. [...] Art. 28. To prevent any violence or force being used at said elections, no persons shall come armed to any of them; and no muster of the militia shall be made on that day, nor shall any battalion or company give in their votes immediately succeeding each other, if any other voter who offers to vote objects thereto; nor shall any battalion or company in the pay of the Continent, or of this or any other state, be suffered to remain at the time and place of holding the said elections, nor within one mile of the said places respectively for twenty-four hours before the opening of said elections, nor within twenty-four hours after the same are closed. for as in any manner to impede the freely and conveniently carrying on the said election: Provided always, That every elector may in a peaceable and orderly manner give in his vote on the said day of election. | |
| dc.description.summary | Article 9 grants the president, with the privy council's approval, the authority to call up the militia and serve as commander-in-chief. Article 28 prohibits the presence of armed individuals at elections, forbids military musters on election day, and restricts military units from voting consecutively or staying near polling places for 24 hours before or after elections, ensuring elections are conducted freely and peacefully. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3451 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/de02.asp | |
| dc.subject | ARMED FORCES | |
| dc.title | 1776 Del. Const. art. 9, 28 |