Subordination of military to civil authority -- Martial law

Rhode Island Constitution (November 1895)

R.I. Const. art. I, s 18 - 18
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The military shall be held in strict subordination to the civil authority. And the law martial shall be used and exercised in such cases only as occasion shall neccessarily require.