The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-06-13 00:00:00, page 1

Grand Jurors Oath,
YOU as grand jurors for the
body of this county do folemly
swear, that you will diligently
enquire, and a true pfefentment
make of all such matters and
things as shall be given you in
charge ; the date's counftl,your
fellows, and your own you shall
keep secret; you (hall picfent
no man for envy, hatred or
malice ; neither shall you leave
any unprefented for love, fear,
favour, affection, or hope of
reward ; but you (ball prelent
things truly, as they come to
your knowledge, according to
the best of your understanding.
So help you God.
Petit furors Oath in Criminal
Causes.
YOU solemnly swear that
you will well and truely try,and
true deliverance- make, between
the date of New-Hampshire,
and the prisoner at the bar,
whom you (hall have in charge,
according to law, and the evi
dence given you.
So help you God.
Petit Jurors Oath in Civil
Causes.
YOU swear that in all causes
betwixt party and party, that
shall be committed unto you,
you will give a true verdi^,
according to law and the evi
dence given you.
So help you God.
Form of an Oath to be Adminif
fered to any Town Officer.
YOU do solemnly fwear,that
you will faithfully and impar
tially difeharge and perform all
the duties incumbent on you
as a, according to the best
of your abilities, agreeably to
Faffed Feb. 3, 1791.
BE it enabled by the Senate and
House of Representatives in
General-Court convened. That
the forms of oaths in this ad
prescribed, be and hereby arc
established to be used and ad
ministered unto the officers and
persons herein after mentioned ;
namely,
• LAWS
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
An ACT
Establishing Forms of Oaths.
EXETER, (New-Ham,foire) Printed and Publidied by fiENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
Newhampfhire
WEDNESDAY, June 13, 1792.]
BE it enabled by the Senate
and House of Representatives
in General-Court convened, That
each justice of the peace in this
state, Ihall keep a fair record, in
a book or books of record, to
be by him kept for that purpose,
of all proceedings, whether civil
or criminal, had before him as
a justice of the peace, and of
all oaths by him administered
to town or public afficers.
And be it farther enabled,That
when any justice of the peace
shall die, his executor, or ad
ministrator, or other person into
whose hands and peffeffion the
records and files of such deceas
ed justice (hall come, shall as
soon as may be, lodge the book
of records, and files kept by
such justice, of all bufinels,civil
or criminal, tranfa&ed by or be
fore such deceased justice in his
said office, with the clerk of the
court of common pleas in the
county in which such deceased
person was a justice of the peace.
And the said records, files and
papers shall be there kept by
the said clerk. And if any
executor, administrator or other
✓lad be it further enabled. That
it any person, to whom it may
be necessary to adminifler an
oath, fhali be of the denomina
tion of the people called Qua
kers, or fhali be scrupulous of
(wearing, and fhali decline tak
ing the oath in the ordinary
way, the person, whose duty it
may be to administer any oath
to any such person, fhali omit
the word "feear" cling instead
thereof the word " @ r ra; # and
fhatl omit the words "So help
you God," using instead thereof
the words, —" Thisyou do under
the pains & penalties of penury."
And be it further enabled. That
no other ceremony fhali be
deemed necessary in swearing,
than holding up the right hand.
And be it farther enabled,That
the persons in giving testimony,
who affirm, shall, in case of
wilful falfehood on conviction,
undergo the fame pumfhment
as if prescribed by law in the
case of wilful perjury.
For recording proceedings be
fore Justices of the Peace, &
for preferring such records.
Faffed June 10, 1791.
the rules and regulations of the
constitution, and laws of the
State of New-Hampihire.
So help you God.
An ACT
THE
person, having received such re
cords and papersinto his custo
dy, fhali not within fix months
from the time of his having so
received them, lodge the fame
with the said clerk,he fhali for e
very months negled,after the ex
piration of the said term of fix
months forfeit, and pay to any
person who will sue for the
fame, the sum of twenty (hil
lings.
And be it farther enabled,That
when any justice of the peace
(hall remove out of his county,
he fhali lodge his records and
files as before mentioned, with
the clerk as before mentioned,
on penalty of forfeiting for eve
ry month's neglect of lodging
the fame, after his removal from
his county, the sum of twenty
(hillings, to any person who will
lue for the fame.
And be it further enabled,That
when the commission of any
justice of the peace shall be
renewed, and he shall be re
invested in laid office, he may
issue executions on any judg
ments regularly and duly ob
tained or recovered before him,
during any former appointment
and commission, in the fame
manner (but not otherwise) as
though his former commission
had not expired.
And be it further enabled,That
every perlon, who hath luftain
ed the office of justice of the
peace, shall and may on ap
plication to him, certify any
proceedings had before him as a
justice of the peace, and the
clerk of the said court of com
mon pleas, shall give attested
copies of records and papers of
deceased and removed justices,
"that may be lodged in his office.
And they refpedlively shall be
deemed for the purposes afcre
faid, proper certifying officers.
SOPHRON is as regular in
his religion, as he is in his
husbandry. He fays, the beau
ty of religion, as well as of na
ture, very much consists in order;
and the man, who leaves his
worldly affairs at fixes & sevens,
can never be an eminent chrifti
an. Sophron is a great admirer
of the Sabbath and of publick
worfnip. You may fee him and
his family at church in almost
all kinds of weather. He fays,
The ECONOMIST—No. 10.
From the Hamplhire Chronicle.
Gazetteer.
[Numb. 50 of Volume 6.
he loves to hear a good sermon;
it animates him to every duty,
assists him in the inftruftion and
education of his children, and
makes even bis worldly labours
pass more pleasantly all the
week. Social devotion warms
his benevolence, and interests
him more sensibly in the happi
ness of his neighbours. He
thinks the practice of meeting
together on Sundays contributes
to health, cleanliness, friendfhip,
sociability and good manners ;
and the suspension of labour one
day in seven prepares him to
return to it with greater cheer
fulnefs and vigour. He fays,
if there were no Sabbath, men
would contrive other holydays,
more expensive and less saluta
ry ; And he would keep Sunday,
and go to church, if it was only
on principles of economy, to
prevent a waste of time and
money-—And if a man pretends
to observe a sabbath, it is belt
to do it fairly and handsomely;
not make a mock of it. He
always loves to fee people aft
up to their profeffion. for his
own part he is not superstitious;
but he aims to be tolerably
ftrift. He thinks it lawful to
do good on the Sabbath; but
he will not leave any secular
business to be done then which
could as well-be done before ;
nor do it then, if it can as well
be done afterward. He has no
Icruple about calling in a phy
sician, or taking a dose of phy
fick, on Sunday, if the case re
quires it ; but an indisposition
which is not great enough to
keep him from labour in the
week, shall not detain him from
church on the Sabbath. If he,
or any of his family, need a
medicine on Friday or Saturday,
he will not defer the matter un
til Sunday in order to save
time, or in hope of fending for
the doctor by somebody who is
going to church ; for he means
to do every thing in its proper
season. If he is detained from
church on Sunday, he reckons
that his interest fuffers as much
as when he is detained from
his field on another day.
While Sophron was making
these observations, the other
evening, [could not but re
mark to him, that many peo
ple are in a very different lineor
conduct. They always choose
the Sabbath, if they can wait
so long, in preference to any
other day, for taking medicines.