1030 OFFICIAL OATHS—FAILURE TO TAKE. [ART. 70.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 68, sec. 10. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 6. 1854, ch. 18, sec. 9.

10. Any person, whether elected or appointed to office, who
shall decline or neglect to take and subscribe the oaths prescribed
by the constitution, or by law or ordinance, for the period of
thirty days from the day when the commission of such officer has
been received at the office of the respective clerks, or in those
cases in which no commission is sent to the clerks, within thirty
days after receiving his commission or notice of his appointment,
shall be deemed to have refused said office.

Constitution, art. 1, sec. 7. Magruder v. Tack, 25 .Mid. 217.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 4.

11. The clerk of the superior court and clerks of the circuit
courts (who shall be entitled to a fee of ten cents for administer-
ing the aforesaid oath, to be paid by the party), shall report to the
secretary of state, at least once a month, the names and offices of
all officers who have taken and subscribed the same before them,
respectively, which reports shall be carefully preserved by the
said secretary of State; and he shall be competent to certify the
character and qualification of officers equally with the aforesaid
clerks.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 9.

12. 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.