Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-15
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passel al The Second Session Of The Thirty-SeUenth
Congress.
-PrpLIo-No. &c.

COHyftSas
PUBLIo-No. 8o.
AN Act defining additional causes of challenge
and prescribing an additional oath for grand
and petit jurors in the United States courts,
Be ii enacted By tie Senate and House Of Repre-
seRtdhUes Of the United States Of America IN Con-
gress assembled, That in addition TO the existing
causes of disqualification and challenge Of grand
and petit jurors in the courts Of the United
States, the following are hereby declared and es-
tablished, namely, without dnress and coercion
to have taken up arms, or to have joined any
insurreclion and rebellion, against the United
States; to have adhered to any rebellion, giving
it aid and comfort; to have given, directly or
indirectly, any assistance in money, arms, horses,
clothes, or any thing whatever, to or for the use
or benefit of any person or persons whom the
person giving such assistance knew tohave join
ed, or to be about to join, any iusurreetion or
rebellion, or to have resisted, or to be about TO
resist with force Of arms, the execution OF the
laws of the United States, or whom he had good
ground to believe had joined, OF was about to
Join, any insurreciion or rebellion, or had resis
ted, or was about to resist with force OF arms
the execution of the laws of the United States
and to have eounseled and advised any person
or persons to Join any insurrection and rebellion,
or 10 resist with force of arms the laws OF the
United States.
Sec g And be ii further enacted, That at each
and every term Of any court Of the United states,
the district attorney, or other person acting Tor
and on behalf of the United States in said court,
may move, and the court in their discretion may
require the clerk to tender to each and every
person who may be summoned to serve as grand
or petit juror or venireman or talesman IN SAID
court, the following oath or affirmation, Vl2'
" You do solemny swear Tor affirm, as the case
may be) that you will support the Constitution
of the United States Of America that you have
not, without duress and oonstraint, taken up
arms, or Joined any insurrection or renelion
against the United States that you have not
adhered to any insurrection or rebellion giving 1t
aid and comfort; that you have not, directly or
indirectly, given any assistance in money, or any
other thing, to any person or persons whom you
knew, or had good ground to believe, had joined,
or was about TO join. said insurreclon ana reoei-
lion, or had resisted, or was about TO resist with
force of arms, the execution OF the laws Of the
United States and that you have not counsellea
or advised any person or persons to JOIN any re-
bellion against or to resist, with force OF arms,
the laws Of the United States" Any person or
persons declining to take said oath shall be dls,
charged by the court from serving on the grand
or petit jury, OF venire, to which he may nave
been summoned.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted, That each
and every person who shall take the oath herein
prescribed, and who shall swear falsely to any
matter of fact embraced by it, shall be held to
have committed the crime Of perjury, and shall
be subject to the pains and penalties declared
against that crime ,ooa