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1190 The general assembly shall make provision for the establishment of houses of refuge for the correction, reform, and instruction of juvenile offenders.

It shall be the duty of the general assembly to make provision, as soon as possible, for a State general hospital.

No money shall be paid out of the treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation by law.

The credit of the State shall never be given or loaned in aid of any individual, association, or corporation.

For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts; but such debts shall never in the aggregate exceed one hundred thousand dollars, unless authorized by a direct vote of the people at a general election. Every such debt shall be authorized by law, and every such law shall provide for the payment of the annual interest of such debt, and the principal within ten years from the passage of such law; and such appropriation shall not be repealed until the principal and interest shall have been wholly paid.

The legislature may also borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in time of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied exclusively to the object for which the loan was authorized, or repayment of the debts thereby created.

No scrip, certificate, or other evidence of State debt whatever shall be, except for such debts as are authorized by the third and fourth sections of this article.

The militia shall consist of all able-bodied white male persons between the ages of eighteen and forty years, except such as may be exempt by the laws of the United States, or of this State, and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped, and trained in such manner as may be provided by law.

The governor shall appoint the adjutant, quartermaster, and commissary-general.

All militia officers shall be commissioned by the governor, and shall hold their offices not longer than three years.

The general assembly shall determine the method of dividing the militia into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, and fix the rank of all officers.

The militia may be divided into classes, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

No person conscientiously opposed to bearing arms shall be compelled to do militia duty, but such person shall pay an equivalent for such exemption, the amount to be prescribed by law.

The first general assembly shall offer inducements for the formation, uniforming, and drilling independent volunteer companies in the different cities and counties of this State.