Chapter LI. to remove political Disabilities from Francis E
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CHAP. LI.— An Act to remove political Disabilities from Francis E. Shober, of North Carolina.April 12, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all legal and political disabilitiesPolitical disabilities removed from Francis E. Shober, of North Carolina. imposed by the United States upon Francis E. Shober, of North Carolina, in consequence of his having held office under a pretended government or authority in hostility to the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.
And the said Shober, on entering upon the discharge of the duties of any office to which he has been or may hereafter be elected or appointed, instead of the oath prescribed by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall take and subscribe the following oath: “I, Francis E. Shober, do solemnly swear (or affirm)Form of oath to be taken by him.1862, ch. 128.Vol. xii. p. 502. that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.
” Approved, April 12, 1870.