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OATH PRESCRIBED BY ACT OF JULY2, 1862.
[This oath must be taken and subscribed by every person elected or appointed to office in any of the five Military Districts, before a  notary public or some magistrate authorized by law to administer oaths, before entering upon the duties of his office.  (See Section 9, Act of July 19, 1867.)
   
I, John V Gibson, of the District of Col, in the county of ... and City of Washington, do  solemnly swear that I have 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 ...day of May 30th, 1868.
[5-cent Revenue Stamp here.]
R.D. Mitchell J.P.

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