Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-18
rPupLIc--No. ss.l

AN Act defining additional causes of challenge
and prescribing an additional oath for grant
and petit jurors in the United States courts.
BE il enacted By Me Senate aad House Of Repre
Statahves Of the United SidteS of America in Con.
9rsss asSemJiei, That in addition to the existing
causes of disqualification and chaenge OF grand
aud petit jurors in the courts of the United
States, the following are hereby declared and es-
tablished namely, without duress and coercion
to have taken up arms, or to have Joined any
insurreclon and rebellion, against the United
States; to have adhered TO any rebellion, giving
il aid nnd 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 uny person or persons whom the
person giving such assistance knew tohaye join
ed, or 10 be about to join, any insurrectiOn or
rebellion Ur to have resisted, or to be about to
resist with force of arms, the execution of the
laws Of the United Statcs, or whom he had good
ground to believe had joined, or was about 10
Join, any iusurrccion or rebellion, or had resis-
ted, or was about to resist with force Of arms,
the execution uf the laws OF the United States,
and 10 have counseled aud advised any person
or persons to join auy insurrecton and rebellion,
or to resist with force Of arms the laws OF the
United States.
Sec. .. And be il further enacted. That at each
and every term of any court of the United States,
the district attorney, or other person acting for
and on behalf of the United States in said court
may move, aud the court in their discretion may
require the clerk to tender TO each aud every
person who may be summoned TO serve as grand
or petit juror or venireman or lalesman in said
court, the following oath or affirmation, viz;
" You do soemnly swear Tor affirm, as the case
may be) that you will support the Constitution
Of the United Statea of America that you have
not without duress and coustraint, taken up
arms, or Joined any insurrection or rebellion
agninst the United States that you have not
adhered to any insurrectiOn or rebellion giving It
aid aud comfort; that you have not, directly or
indirectly, given any Assistance in money, or any
other thing, 10 any person or persons whom you
knew, or had good ground to believe, had joined,
or was about 10 join. said insurrecton and rebel
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 counSelled
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." Auy person or
persons declining TO take said osth shall be die.
charged by the court from serving on the grand
or petit jury, or venire, to which he may have
been summoned.
SIC. 3. And be il FURTHER enacted, That each
and every person who shsll take the oath herein
prescribed, and who shall swear falsely to any
matter Of fact embisced ~ il, shall be held to
have committed thy crime ef perjury, and shall
be subject to the pains and penalties declared
against that crime. .
[ApproVed, June II, 1852