ART. 70.] OFFICIAL OATHS. 1027

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 69, sec. 9. 1856, ch. 16, sec. 7.

9. Nothing contained in this article shall invalidate any act
done by any officer within the scope of his authority, so long as
his commission shall be unannulled as herein provided.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1832, ch. 260.

10. No postmaster or his deputies, nor United States marshal
or his deputies, shall hold any office under the government of
this State, or exercise any of the functions of any officer, under
the penalty of fifty dollars for every offence; to be recovered by
indictment in the circuit court for the county where the offence
may be committed, or in the criminal court of Baltimore, if com-
mitted in said city.

Ibid. aec. 11 1805, ch. 107.

11. No sheriff, constable or collector of taxes shall, while he
continues in office, purchase any debt or claim held by or due
from any person residing in the county or city wherein he is
sheriff, constable or collector of taxes, under the penalty of fifty
dollars for each offence.

ARTICLE LXX.

OFFICIAL OATHS.

When and How to be Taken. 1 Governor. 2. Secretary of State, judges and clerk of court of appeals, State reporter, librarian; adjutant general, treasurer, comptroller, commissioner of the land office 3. Members of general assembly. 4. Clerks of courts. 5. Corporation officers except chief magistrate.

6. Other officers. 7. Test book. 8. Declaration of religions belief. 9. Form of oath. 10 Refusal or neglect to take oath. 11. Clerk's report to secretary of State; clerk's fee 12. Oath to be taken by deputies and under clerks of clerks of courts, registers of wills, commissioner of land office, and sheriffs.