2232 AETIOLE 70.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 12. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 9.

13. All deputies and under-clerks of the clerks of any of the courts
in this State, of the registers of wills, commissioner of the land office and
sheriffs, before they enter upon the duties of their several offices, shall
severally take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do swear that
I will not for lucre or malice delay any person applying to me for any
business belonging to the office I officiate in, and that I will not directly
or indirectly ask, take, exact, demand or receive from or charge to any
such person to my own use any fee or reward whatsoever for any services
I may do as deputy of the said office, and that in making out the office fees
I will not wittingly or willingly charge other or higher fees than are
allowed by law.