N.Y. CVR Law § 6
This is the official text of N.Y. CVR Law § 6, part of New York’s CVR Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CVR Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Exemption from military service
Official statutory text
§ 6. Exemption from military service. All such inhabitants of this\nstate of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of\nconscience may be averse to bearing arms, are to be excused therefrom by\npaying to the state an equivalent in money; and the legislature is\nrequired to provide by law for the collection of such equivalent, to be\nestimated according to the expense, in time and money, of an ordinary\nable-bodied militiaman.\n
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