CHAP. 238.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 172 of the
code of Virginia, in relation to the qualification of public officers.

Approved February 16, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter
thirteen of the code of Virginia, be amended and re-en-
acted so as to read as follows:

§ 172. Who may administer oaths to officers.—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 ora notary. Those to be taken by any judge of any
court of record elected by the general assembly, shall be admin-
istered in a court of record, or by a judge of such court, or by any
officer authorized by law to administer an oath. Those to be
taken by any person elected or appointed an officer of
either house of the general assembly, shall be adminis-
tered by such person, and in such manner, as such 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 law, be administered in a court of record, or by
a judge of such court. 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.