1028 OFFICIAL OATHS—HOW TO BB TAKEN. [ART. 70.

When and How to be Taken.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 68, sec. 1. 1850, ch. 188.

1. The governor shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed
by the constitution, on the second Wednesday of January next
ensuing his election, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable,
between the hours of twelve and two o'clock P. M., in the senate
chamber, before the chief judge of the court of appeals, or in case
of his sickness, absence, or inability from any other cause to-
attend, before one of the associate judges of said court; and the
said oath shall be recorded in the test book of the court of

appeals.

Ibid sec 2. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 3. 1854, ch. 18, sec.. 4. 1856, ch. 132, sec. 1.

2. The secretary of State, the judges of the court of appeals-
and their clerk, the State reporter, the State librarian, the adju-
tant general, the treasurer, comptroller, and the commissioner of
the land office, shall take and subscribe the said oath before the
governor, and the same shall be preserved in a book to be kept
by the secretary of State.

Laurenson v. State, 7 H & J. 339. Harwood v. Marshall, 9 Md. 83. Ibid.,
10 Md. 451.

Ibid sec 3. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 7.

3. The oath required to be taken and subscribed by the mem-
bers of the general assembly, shall be administered by a member
of the senate to the president, who shall administer the same to
the other members of that body and to its officers, and the same
shall be subscribed accordingly, and be administered by one of
the members of the house of delegates to the speaker, and by him
to the other members of that body and to its officers, and the
same shall be subscribed accordingly.

Ibid sec. 4. 1854, ch. 18, sec. 7.

4. The clerks of the circuit courts for the counties, the superior
court of Baltimore city, the court of common pleas, the circuit
court of Baltimore city, the Baltimore city court and the criminal
court of Baltimore, shall severally take and subscribe the oath
prescribed by the constitution, before the judges of their
respective courts.