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Oath prescribed by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862. 

I, Ernesto E. Platt of New York, in the county of Albany and City of Albany do solemnly affirm that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted  to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary supposed to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further affirm that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, 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 well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter : so help me God. 

Ernesto E. Platt

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 18th day of January, 1868. 

G. Gordon Adame
Commissioner for U.S. Courts 
in Southern Dist. Miss.  

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