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port to those engaged in armed hostility to the
Government of the United States, and that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the State of Mary-
land and support the Constitution and laws thereof,
and that I will to the best of my skill and judg-
ment, diligently, faithfully and without partiality,
execute the duties appertaining to my office or
appointment as ————, according to the Constitu-
tion of this State, which said oath or affirmation
shall be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore city.

CHAPTER 249.
AN ACT to amend the twenty-ninth section of the fifth Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of this State, relating to the pay of the pay of the Crier of the Circuit Court for Calvert county.	Passed March 10, 1864.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That section twenty-nine of the fifth Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of this State, entitled, Calvert county, relating to the pay of the Crier of the Circuit Court for Calvert coun- ty, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:	lie-enacted.
Sec. 29. The Crier of the Circuit Court for Cal- vert county shall be entitled to two dollars a day for every day he shall attend during the session of said court with the usual fees allowed by law.	Per diem.
And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.	In force.