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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 303

(b) Every deputy clerk or sheriff shall take and subscribe
the following oath or affirmation: "I, A.B., do swear (or affirm)
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."

(C) IN ADDITION TO THE OATH OR AFFIRMATION REQUIRED UNDER
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, EVERY
DEPUTY SHERIFF OR SHERIFF SHALL TAKE AND SUBSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING
OATH OR AFFIRMATION: "I, A.B., DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT
I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND; THAT I WILL SERVE HONESTLY
AND FAITHFULLY TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND; THAT I WILL
ENFORCE THE LAWS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND;
AND THAT I WILL OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE SHERIFF AND OF THE MY
SUPERIOR OFFICERS APPOINTED OVER ME ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ST. MARY'S COUNTY AND THE
STATE OF MARYLAND."

[(c)] (D) (1) Except as authorized by Article I, § 10 of
the Constitution, every officer, except the clerk of the circuit
court of a county or an appellate court, shall take the oath
before the clerk of the circuit court.

(2)  Except as provided in Article I, § 10 of the
Constitution, the clerk of a circuit court shall take the oath
before a judge of the court.

(3)  The clerk of an appellate court shall take the
oath before the Governor.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 304
(House Bill 415)
AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Nursing Home Loan of 1985