Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-07
AN ORDINANCE

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 Military and CiuI Officers dn the ser.
 vice of this Nate, and for other pasr. poses.
 SECTION l. Be it ordained by Me peo. pie of tue Stats of .4rkansas am Conven. assembled, That all the military and civi officers now in the service of this State or who may, hereafter, be elected or ap. pointed to any office in this State, before they shall further proceed 10, or shall hereafter enter upon, the discharge of the functions oftheir said officers, be required to take and subscribe the following oath ol affirmation:
 I,--. do soIemnly swear, (ol affirm, that will support the constitution of this State and all the ordinances adopt ed by the convention of the people of the State of Arkansas, and furthermore, dc solemnFy swear Cor afirm,) that 1 wil support the constitution of the provisional government of the Confederate States o America, and do also further soiemnly swear, or affirm, that will faithful and true allegiance bear 10 the State of Arkan. sas and to the Confederate States of Amer lca, while 1 am citizen thereof.
 SEC. ?. Be it further ordained, That the members of the General Assembly of this Stale shall take the above oath, oI affirmation, before they shall proceed to exercise the functions of legislation, 10 be administered to them Ill the manner now prescribed by law.
 SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That all the officers, civil and military, now in office in this State, shall report themselves to the clerks of the county court of their irrespective counties within sixty days after the adoption of this ordinance, and shall take the oath, or affirmation above pre- |scrIbed, orally; and it is hereby made the duty of such clerks throughout the State to issue notice 10 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, it is hereby made the duty of such clerks to report names of any and all delinquents to the Governor, who shall, forthwith, de- clare the office of such delinquent to be vacant, and forthwith proceed to require such vacancies to be filled by election or appointment, in accordance with the laws now in force.
 SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That tue several clerks of the county courts throughout this State, now in office, shall take the above prescribed oath or afirma- ton, before the Judge of the county court of their respective counties, or some per- son authorized to administer oaths, whose duty 1t shall be to report any delinquency that may occur in the manner prescribed in the third section of this ordinance, and the Governor shall proceed in such cases, as in said section he is directed, to have such offices filled by an election for that purpose, according to existing laws.
 SEC. 5. Be tt further ordained, That all officers, civil and military, hereafter to be elected, or appointed, shall be required to take or subscribe the above oath, or affirmation, to be indorsed on their com missions, 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 admin ister an oath.
 SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That any commissioned military officer, who may have taken the above oath, or afr nation, may administer the same to any other commissioned military officer who may not have taken the same.
 SEC. 7. Be dt further 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 be- fore this convention, in open session, at or before the hour of II o'clock, a. m. oI Thursday, the 23d inst, and take the oath prescribed by this ordinance, to be admin istered by the President of this Conven' tion.