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Title

03APPENDIX

:
Executive Orders






Chapter

020

:
INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY











 

§

EO20-1. (No. 67-82) [Cadre of the Vermont State Guard

WHEREAS, the

Reserve Components of the military services, including the National Guard of

the State of Vermont, are now considered to be the immediate back-up force of

the Active Armed Forces; and

WHEREAS, on

short notice, the National Guard of the State of Vermont could be deployed out

of Vermont in order to back-up the Active Armed Forces; and

WHEREAS, once

the Vermont National Guard has been mobilized and departs the state, the State

of Vermont loses its effective back-up force for public safety and the security

of the state; and

WHEREAS, in

order to be duly prepared for an emergency situation,

NOW, THEREFORE,

I, Richard A. Snelling, Governor of the State of Vermont, under and by virtue

of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of

Vermont, order as follows:

SEC. (1) The

Cadre of the Vermont State Guard is organized.

SEC. (2) The

Adjutant General of the State of Vermont is authorized and directed to take all

appropriate steps to organize and maintain the formation of the Vermont State

Guard Cadre in an inactive status without pay, to serve for an indefinite

period and until relieved by proper authority.

Dated April 26,

1982.