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REGISTRATION. [ART. — .

and I make this oath (or affirmation) without any res-
ervation or evasion, and believe it to be binding on
me." And shall be entitled to hold office upon taking
before any officer or person authorized to administer
an oath, the following oath or affirmation :

Officers' oath

I, ———— , do swear (or affirm as the case may be,)
that I will to the best of my skill and judgment, dili-
gently and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice
execute the office of ———— according to the consti-
tution and laws of this state, and that since the fourth
day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-
one, I have not in any manner violated the pro-
visions of the present or the late constitution in
relation to the bribery of voters, or preventing legal
votes or procuring illegal votes to be given, (and if
a governor, senator, member of the house of dele-
gates or judge,) that I will not directly or indirectly
receive the pro6ts or any part of the profits of any
other office during the term of my acting as ———— ;
and I do further swear (or affirm,) that I will bear true
allegiance 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 (or affirm,)
that I will to the best of my ability, protect and
defend the union of the United States, and not
allow the same to be broken up and dissolved, or
the government thereof to be destroyed under any
circumstances if in my power to prevent it, and that
I will at all times, discountenance and oppose all
political combinations having for their object such
dissolution or destruction.

Ibid s 2
Whom officers
of registration
to register as
qualified
voters.

32. The several officers of registration shall reg-
ister as a qualified voter, every person who shall
apply for registration and claim the benefit of this
act, upon his taking the oath or affirmation, herein
before first set out in the first section hereof, pro-