The special militia fund is available for National Guard purposes only and is accumulative from year to year. Expenditures from this fund shall be made in the usual manner upon vouchers approved by the Governor, after proper certification by the adjutant general, by warrant drawn by the state auditor against the state treasury as provided by law. However, such expenditures do not come within any restrictions governing payment of expenses incurred in a previous year. The special militia fund may be used to discharge any just or lawful debt properly contracted for National Guard purposes, whether of the ensuing or previous fiscal years.

Source: SL 1913, ch 267, § 10; SL 1917, ch 297, § 12; RC 1919, § 10564; SDC 1939, § 41.0117; SL 1955, ch 145, § 1; SL 2007, ch 187, § 134.