T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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lief to the Christian religion, or if he profess to be a
Jew, of his belief in a future state of rewards and
punishments, and it shall be presumed, that an officer
who has taken and subscribed the oath, made at the
same time such declaration of belief.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the oath to be ad-
ministered to an attorney or other practitioner of law,

and to be signed by him, shall be, that he will demean
himself fairly and honorably.

Oath of at-
torney.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the oath to be ad-
ministered to a person who has an appointment which
requires him to take an oath, but who is not embraced
in the provisions of the aforesaid section of the Consti-
tution, shall be, that he will faithfully discharge his
duty, unless a different form of oath is prescribed by
law or ordinance.

Oath of per-
son who has
an appoint-
ment.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Adjutant Ge-
neral shall take and subscribe the oath, prescribed in
the Constitution, before the Governor.

Adjutant gen-
eral.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the mayors of
cities, or other chief magistrate of a municipal corpora-
tion, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the
constitution, before the same officer, as officers of profit
and trust are now by law required in the counties and
in the city of Baltimore.

Mayors of
cities.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all other corpora-
tion officers shall take such oath as may be prescribed
by law or ordinance before the respective chief magis-
trates.

Other cor-
poration offi-
cers.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the clerks of the
circuit courts for the counties, and the superior court
of Baltimore city, shall take and subscribe the oath,
prescribed in the constitution, before the judges of their
respective courts.

Clerks of cir-
cuit courts.

SEC. S. And be it enacted, That the first section of
the act of the General Assembly, passed at the session
of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-two, entitled, an act to designate the
persons before whom oaths of office shall be taken and
subscribed, shall not be construed to include State's
Attorney's administering of oaths to which officers is
provided for in the second section of the fifth article of
the constitution.

Act of 1852.
ch. 172, sec.
1, how to be
construed.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the fifth section of
the act referred to in the eighth section of this act shall
be so altered and amended, that the refusal to accept
office shall be presumed where the party elected or ap-
pointed has refused or neglected to take and subscribe

5th sec. of
act 1852, ch.
172 altered.