=== Section 16. ===

The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied male persons
residing in the state, between the agesof eighteen and forty-five years, except
such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state.
Persons whose religious tenets or conscientious scruples forbid them to bear
arms shall not be compelled to do so in times of peace, but shall pay an
equivalent for a personal service.