Whenever any portion of the Delaware National Guard is employed in aid of the civil authority, the Governor, if in the Governor’s judgment the maintenance of law and order will thereby be promoted, may by proclamation declare the county or city in which the troops are serving, or any specified part thereof, to be in a state of insurrection.

24 Del. Laws, c. 62, § ?4; Code 1915, § ?325; 32 Del. Laws, c. 22, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?285; 47 Del. Laws, c. 329, § ?6; 20 Del. C. 1953, § ?172; 64 Del. Laws, c. 258, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;