10-1-601. Actions against militia members -- attorney's fees. When an action is commenced in a court against a member of the organized militia for an act done in his official capacity in the discharge of his duty or for an alleged omission to do an act which it was his duty to perform, the defendant shall be defended by the attorney general at the expense of this state, but private counsel may be employed by the defendant.

     History: En. 77-2101 by Sec. 58, Ch. 94, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 77-2101.