The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-10-09
CHAP. CHI.
CHAP. CHI.
An Act defining additional Causes of Challenge

An AcC O6HnlLS duOltiOnsl SduSCS VI NhoihShSS
and prescribing an Additional Oath for Grand
and Petit Jurors in the United States Courts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiyes of the United States OF America IN
Congress assembled, That, in addition to the eX,
isting OF disqualification and challenge OF
grand and petit jurors in the courts OF the United
States the following hereby declared and
established, namely: without duress and coercion
to have taken up arms, or TO have joined any IN,
surrection and rebellion, against the United
States; to have adhered to any rebellion, giving
it aid and comfort to have given, directly or in
directly, any assistance in money, arms, horses,
clothes, any thing whatever, to or Tor the use
or benefit OF any person or persons whom inc per
son giving such assistance knew to have Joined,
to be about to join, any insurrection or rebel
lion, to have resisted, 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, or was about to join, any
insurrection rebellion, or had resisted, or was
about 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 insurrection and rebellion, or to resist
with force of arms the laws of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That at
each and every term OF any court OF the United
States, the district attorney, other person act
ing for and on behalf of the United States in said
court, may move, and the court in their discre,
tion may require the clerk to tender to each ana
every person who may he summoned to serve as
grand or petit juror or venireman or talesman
in said court the following oath or athrmatlon,
viz: g You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the
case may be) that YOU win support the Constitu-
ton of the United States of America; that you
have not, without duress and constraint, taken
up arms, or Joined any insurrection or rebellion
against the United States; that you have not aa-
hered to any insurrection or rebellion giving IT It
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 Jolned,
was about to join, said insurrection and repei-
lion or had resisted, was about to resist, with
force of arms, the execution of the laws OF the
United States; and that you have not cOunselleo,
advised any person or persons to JOIN any re-
bellion against, or to resist with force OF 1arms
the laws of the United States" Any person OF
persons declining to take said oath shall be dis
charged by the court from serving on the grand
or petit jury, or vcnire, to which he may nave
been summoned.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each
and every person who shall take the oath hereln
prescribed, and who shall swear falsely 10 any
matter fact embraced by it, shall be held TO
have committed the crime of perjury, ana snaii
be subject to the pains and penalties declared
against that crime.
APPROVED, June II, 1862. ....