are hereby restored to their full rights of citizen-
ship, and each and all of them shall be entitled to
be registered as qualified voters, and to vote in the
same manner as if the said fourth Section of the
first Article of the Constitution had not been
adopted, upon taking and subscribing before any
Justice of the Peace or other officer authorized to
administer an oath, or before the proper officer or
officers of Registration, the following oath or affir-
mation :

"I ——, do swear of affirm, that I am a
citizen of the United States, and that I will bear
true-faith and allegiance to the United States, and
support the Constitution and laws thereof as the
Supreme Law of the land, any law or ordinance of
any State to the contrary notwithstanding, that I
will in all respects demean myself as a loyal citizen
of the United States, and I make this oath or affir-
mation without any reservation or evasion, and be-
lieve it to be binding on me." And shall be enti-
tled to hold office upon taking before any officer or
person authorized to administer an oath, the fol-
lowing oath or affirmation:

Oath of af-
firmation.

I, ——, do swear or affirm as the case may
be, that 1 will to the best of my skill and judg-
ment, diligently and faithfully, without partiality
or prejudice execute the office of — accord-
ing to the Constitution and laws of this State, and
that since the fourth day of July, in the year eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-one, I have not in any
manner violated the provisions of the present or
the late Constitution in relation to the bribery of
voters, or preventing legal votes or procuring ills
gal votes to be given, (and if a Governor, Senator,
Member of the House of Delegates or Judge,) that
I will not directly or indirectly receive the profits
or any part of the profits of any other office during
the term of my acting as ——; and I do fur-
ther swear or affirm, that I will bear true allegi-
ance to the State of Maryland and support the
Constitution and laws thereof, and that I will bear
true allegiance to the United States, and support,
protect and defend the Constitution, laws and Gov-
ernment thereof as the Supreme law of the land,
any law or ordinance of this or any State to the
contrary notwithstanding, and I do further swear

Oath or af-
firmation to be
taken by all of-
ficers.