Massachusetts Currency Reform Act (1749) | ||
[SECT. 14.]
That the oath aforesaid shall be administered to each of the members of his majesty's council every year during the term aforesaid, at the same time when the usual oaths required to be taken by the said members of his majesty's council shall be administered; and all officers, civil and military, within this government, who shall be nominated or appointed during the term aforesaid, shall, before they receive their respective commissions, take the oath aforesaid, and their respective commissions shall otherwise be void; and all persons elected into any office during the term aforesaid, by the general assembly, shall be deem'd not qualified to enter upon the execution of their respective offices until they have taken the oath aforesaid; and all officers, civil and military, appointed by this government, who shall be in commission in the month of June, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, shall, some time in said month, take the oath aforesaid; and in case of neglect thereof, their respective commissions shall become and are hereby declared to be void.
And be it further enacted,
Massachusetts Currency Reform Act (1749) | ||