Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-30

AN ACT defining additional causes of chal-
lenge and prescribing an additional oath for
the grand and petit jurors in the United
States courts
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress 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 established namely,
without duress and coercion to have taken up
arms, or to have joined any instruction and
rebellion, against the United States; to have
adhered to any rebellion, giving it aid and
comfort; to have given, directly, or indirect
ly, any assistance in money, arms, horses,
clothes, or anything whatever, to or for the
use or benefit Of any person or persons whom
the person giving such assistance knew to
have joined, or to be about to join, any insur-
rection or rebellion, or to have resisted, or to
be about to resist with force of arms, the ex-
ecution of the laws of the United States, or
whom he had good ground to believe had
Joined, or was about to join, any instruction
or rebellion, or had resisted, or was about to
resist, with force of arms, the execution of
the laws of the United States, and to have
counselled and advised any person or persons
to join any instruction and rebellion, or to
resist with force of arms the laws of the Unit
ed States.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that at
each and every term of any court Of the Unit
ed States, the district attorney, or other per-
son acting for 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 a grand and petit juror
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following oath or affirmation, viz "You do
solemnly swear Cor 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 constraint, taken up
arms or Joined any nsurrection or rebellion
against the United States; that you have not
adhered to any insurrectiOn or rebellion, Civ
ing it aid and comfort; that you have not, di-
rectly 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 insurrectiOn and rebellion, or had resist
ed, or was about to resist, with force of arms,
the execution of the laws ofthe United States !;
and that you have not counselled or advised
any person or persons to Join any rebellion
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
discharged by the court from serving on the
grand or petit jury, or venire, to which he
may have been summoned.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, that
each and every person who shall take the oath
herein prescribed, and who shall swear false
ly to anv matter of fact embraced by it, shall
be held to have committed the crime of per-
jury, and shall be subject to the pains and
penalties declared against that crime.
Aunroyed. June IL 1862