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Oath Prescribed by the act of Congress, Approved July 2, 1862

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

State of Georgia, } SS.
County of Fulton 

I, William J. Bryan, of State of Georgia, in the county of Fulton, and City of Atlanta Ga, do solemnly Swear, 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 support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further Swear 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.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this First day of April 1867.

B D Smith J.c.c.
Wm. J. Bryan