Chapter XCIII. providing for administering the Oath of Office to William R
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Chap. XCIII.— An Act providing for administering the Oath of Office to William R. King, Vice-President Elect of the United States of America. March 2, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That William L. Sharkey, Oath of office of William R. King, Vice-President, Administration of.who was appointed Consul of the United States at Havana, be, and he is hereby authorized to administer at Havana, or any other place in the Island of Cuba, to William R.
King, Vice-President elect of the United States of America, the oath of office prescribed by the sixth article of the Constitution thereof, on the fourth day of March next, or some subsequent day, in the following terms, to wit: “I, William R. King, do solemnly swear that I -will support the Constitution of the United States.” Which oath, when thus administered, it shall be the duty of the said William L. Sharkey, and he is hereby required, to certify, under his hand, to the Congress of the United States.
Sec. 2. Same subject.*And be it further enacted*, by the authority aforesaid, That any judge or magistrate in the United States of America may administer the oath of office aforesaid, to the Vice-President elect, on the fourth of March next, or on some day subsequent thereto; and the officer before whom the same shall be taken, is hereby required to certify the administration of the said oath as is hereinbefore provided. Approved, March 2, 1853.