Sec. 27-59. Discrimination prohibited.

      Sec. 27-59. Discrimination prohibited. No person shall be denied membership in the armed forces of the state, nor be discriminated against in the matter of promotion therein, on account of his race, creed or color. No units of such organizations shall be formed, and no separate types of duties or separate accommodations shall be assigned, in such a manner as to result in the segregation of members thereof on account of race, creed or color.

      (1949, S. 869d; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 29.)