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Sec. 6. Every person elected or appointed to any office
of profit or trust under this constitution, or under the
laws made pursuant thereto, shall, before he enters upon
the duties of such office, take and subscribe to the fol-
lowing oath or affirmation:
"I, ———— ————, do swear ( or affirm, as the case may
be), that I will support the constitution of the United
States, and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
to the State of Maryland, and support the constitution
and laws thereof, and that I will, to the best of my skill
and judgment, diligently and faithfully, without partial-
ity or prejudice, execute the office of ———— according to
the constitution and laws of this State, and (if a Gov-
ernor, Senator, member of the House of Delegates or
judge) that I will not, directly or indirectly, receive
profits or any part of the profits, of any other office dur-
ing the term of my acting as ————. "
Sec. 7. Every person hereafter elected or appointed
to office in this State who shall refuse or neglect to take
the oath or affirmation of office provided for in the sixth
section of this article shall be considered as having re-
fused to accept the said office, and a new election or ap-
pointment shall be made, as in case of refusal to accept
or resignation of an office; and any person violating said
oath shall, on conviction thereof in a court of law, in ad-
dition to the penalties now or hereafter to be imposed by
law, be thereafter incapable of holding any office of profit
or trust in this State.
THE QUESTION OF TESTIMONY AGAIN.
Mr. Farnandis submitted the following:
Ordered, That the report of the committee on the leg-
islative department be recommitted, with instructions to
report the following additional section: "No person shall
be incompetent as a witness on account of race or color,
unless hereafter so declared by act of the General Assem-
bly. "
Mr. Jones, in view of the attacks which had been made
upon him for reporting this provision in the bill of rights,
made remarks in explanation. It was charged that it
was the inauguration of the radical ideas. It was as-
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