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Oath Prescribed by the Act of Congress Approved July 2, 1862.

State of Virginia
[[strikethrough]] CITY AND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON District of Columbia [[/strikethrough]] County of Campbell, } ss. 

I, R. S. Lacey, of Laceyville, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio 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.

R. S. Lacey

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this the 15th day of January 1867.

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