No person shall be commissioned as an officer of the National Guard who is under the age of eighteen (18) years and is not temperate and of good morals, and unless he shall have successfully passed such tests as to his physical, mental, and professional fitness as may be prescribed by the laws and regulations applicable to the federally recognized National Guard. In the selection and appointment of commissioned officers, preference shall be given to persons with prior active military service, enlisted men of the National Guard, and graduates of schools wherein Military Science is taught.

Added by Laws 1951, HB 502, p. 115, art. 3, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951; Amended by Laws 1963, SB 96, c. 35, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1963.