Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-23
AN ORDINANCE
Prescribing an Oath to be taken by all Military and Civil Officers in the service of this State anffor other purposes.

Prescribing an Oath to be taken by all
 Military and Civil Officers in the service of this State andfor other purposes
 SECTION l. Be a orda;ned by the people of Me Stote of Arkdnsas in COnrention as sembled. That all the military and civil of ficers now in the service of this State, or who may, hereafter, be elected or appoint ed to any office in this State, before they shall further proceed to, or shall, hereafter enter upon, the discharge of the functions of their said offices. be required to take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
 l, do solemnly swear, Tor affirm, that 1 will support the constitution of this State and all the ordinances adopted by the convention of the people of the State of Arkansas. and furthermore, do solemnly swear Cor affirm, ) that will sup port the constitution of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and l do also further solemnly swear, or offirm that l will faithful and true allegiance bear to the State ot Arkan- sas and to the Confederate States of Ame- rica, while am a citizen thereof.
 SEC. ?. Be a turther ordained, That the members of the General Assembly of this State shall take the above oath or affirma- tion, before they shall proceed to exercise the functions of legislation, to be adminis | tered to them in the manner now prescribed | by law.
 SEc. 3. Be 4 .furtder ordoined, That all the officers, civil and military, now in office in this State, shall report themselves to the clerk of the county court of their respec tive counties within sixty days after the adoption of this ordinance, and shall take the oath. or affirmation above prescribed, orally; and it is hereby made the duty of such clerks throughout the State to issue notice to all such officers as fail to appear and take such oath within sixty days, and if any such officer should fail to appear and take the oath aforesaid within ten days after service of such notice, 1t Is hereby made the duty of such clerks to report names of any and all delinquents to the Governor, who shall, forthwith, declare the office of such delinquent to be vacant and forthwith proceed to require such vacan- cies to be filled by election orappointment in accordance with the laws now in force
 SEC. 1. Be a tu,ther ordained, That the several clerks of the county courts through out this State, now in office, shall take the above prescribed oath, or affirmation, before the judge of the county court of their respective counties, or some person authorized to administer oaths, whose duty it shall be to report any delinquency that may occur in the manner prescribed in the third section of this ordinance, and the Go- vernon shall proceed in such cases, as in said section he is directed to have such offices filled by an election for that pur- pose, according to existing laws.
 SEC. ,. Be d further ordujned, That all officers, civil and military, hereafter to be elected, or appointed, shall be required to take or subscribe the above oath, or aifima- ton, to be indorsed on their commissions, and when so indorsed the same shall be subscribed by the officer whose commission 1t is and be sworn to before some officer authorized by law to administer an oath.
 SEC. 6. Be 4 tunher ordained, That any commissioned military officer, who may have taken the above oath, CT attirma- tion, may administer the same to any other commissioned military officer who may not have taken the same.
 SEC. :. Be 4 turther ordained, That the Governor, members of the military board, auditor, treasurer, secretary of state, and judges of the supreme court be, and they are, hereby, required to appear before this convention, in open session, at or before the hour of II o'clock, a. m. of Thursday, the 23d inst, and take the oath pre- scribed by this ordinance, to be admins tered by the President of this Convention.
 SEC 8. Be < .farther oroained, That after the constitution of the permanent go vernment of the Confederate States of America is adopted, or ratified by this con vention. or the people of this State, by a direct vote for that purpose, then the oath, or affirmation, above prescribed, shall be administered so as to embrace and include the constitution of such permanent govern ment instead of the constitution of the pro yiSional government aS now rpQulTod