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Draft from militia for emergency - 51 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 507

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     § 507.  Draft from militia for emergency.
        The Governor shall have the power to order out for actual
     service with the Pennsylvania Guard by draft as many persons
     from the militia as necessity demands during a war or other
     emergency. The Governor is hereby authorized to form, adopt and
     prescribe such rules and regulations, and appoint such officers
     and civilian boards and fix their compensation, for the purpose
     of drafting the militia, when such process may be required, as
     deemed best and most expedient. Any such rules or regulations
     shall not conflict with any Federal Selective Service Act or
     National Draft Act in effect at the time.

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