Section 33-4-9 - Oath of office.
33-4-9. Oath of office. Commissioned officers of the national guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office: "I, _______, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the Governor of the State of South Dakota; that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of _______, in the National Guard of the United States and of the State of South Dakota, upon which I am about to enter, so help me God."
Source: PolC 1877, ch 30, § 22; SL 1887, ch 100, § 32; CL 1887, § 1948; RPolC 1903, § 2487; SL 1917, ch 297, § 24; RC 1919, § 10577; SDC 1939, § 41.0130.