W. Va. Code § 15-1D-12
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§15-1D-12. Trespassing upon armories, etc.; interrupting, interfering with, etc., National Guard; regulation of certain sales, gambling, etc., within certain limits of armories, etc.
Official statutory text
a. Any person who shall, after due warning, trespass upon any armory, camp, range, or other facility of the National Guard or other place where any force of the National Guard is performing military duty, or who shall in any manner interrupt or molest the discharge of military duties by any member or force of the National Guard, or who shall interrupt or prevent the passage of troops of the National Guard, or who shall insult, by jeer or otherwise, any member of the National Guard, or refuse to obey any lawful order of the military commander, may be placed in arrest by any officer of the force performing such military duty at the place where the offense is committed and delivered to the proper civil authorities.
b. The commanding officer of any force of the National Guard performing military duty in or at any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the National Guard or other place or area where such force is performing duty in the service of the state may prohibit persons from hawking, peddling, vending, selling, or auctioning goods, wares, merchandise, food products or beverages, and may prohibit all gambling, or the sale or use of spirituous beverages, or the establishment or maintenance of a disorderly place, within the limits of such armory, arsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the National Guard or other place or area where such force is performing duty, or within such limits not exceeding one mile therefrom as he may prescribe.
b. The commanding officer of any force of the National Guard performing military duty in or at any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the National Guard or other place or area where such force is performing duty in the service of the state may prohibit persons from hawking, peddling, vending, selling, or auctioning goods, wares, merchandise, food products or beverages, and may prohibit all gambling, or the sale or use of spirituous beverages, or the establishment or maintenance of a disorderly place, within the limits of such armory, arsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the National Guard or other place or area where such force is performing duty, or within such limits not exceeding one mile therefrom as he may prescribe.
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