§ 12-12. Loyalty of civil defense personnel; oath required

No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in the town civil defense organization who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in this organization for civil defense shall, before entering upon his duties, take an oath in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in this state, which oath shall be substantially as follows:

I, ____________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations for purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.

And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States, or of this state, by force or violence; during such time as I am a member this civil defense organization, I will not advocate or become a member of any political party or organization that advocates, the overthrow of the government of the United States, or of this state, by force or violence.

(Code 1979, § 6-12)

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Similar state law, W. Va. Code, § 15-5-15.