Chap. 36.—An ACE to amond the 4th section of Chapter 13 of the Code
oY Tsu, as to the persons allowed to alinisier Oaths,

Passed February 20, 1$ee.

1. De it enacted by the general assembly, That the fifth
section of chapter thirteen of the Code of eighteen hundred
and sixty be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

“45. The oaths to be taken by a person elected a member
of either house of the general assembly, shall be administered
by the clerk or presiding officer of the houses respectively, a
justice of the peace, or a notary public. Those to be taken
by any person clected or appointed an officer of either house
oi the general assembly, shall be administered in such manner
as the house may prescribe by its rules: and the oaths to be
taken by a person elected or appointed to any other office or
post, shall, except in cases in which it may be otherwise di-
rected by Jaw, be administered in a court of record, or by
some judge or justice of such court: provided, that county
or corporation surveyors may be allowed to administer oaths
to persons or parties, When necessary in the execution of the
duties of their oflice: and provided further, that a justice of
another state may administer the oaths to be taken by a
commissioner or other person residing therein.”

2. ‘This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 36.—An ACE to amond the 4th section of Chapter 13 of the Code
oY Tsu, as to the persons allowed to alinisier Oaths,

Passed February 20, 1$ee.

1. De it enacted by the general assembly, That the fifth
section of chapter thirteen of the Code of eighteen hundred
and sixty be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

“45. The oaths to be taken by a person elected a member
of either house of the general assembly, shall be administered
by the clerk or presiding officer of the houses respectively, a
justice of the peace, or a notary public. Those to be taken
by any person clected or appointed an officer of either house
oi the general assembly, shall be administered in such manner
as the house may prescribe by its rules: and the oaths to be
taken by a person elected or appointed to any other office or
post, shall, except in cases in which it may be otherwise di-
rected by Jaw, be administered in a court of record, or by
some judge or justice of such court: provided, that county
or corporation surveyors may be allowed to administer oaths
to persons or parties, When necessary in the execution of the
duties of their oflice: and provided further, that a justice of
another state may administer the oaths to be taken by a
commissioner or other person residing therein.”

2. ‘This act shall be in force from its passage.