The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-24
 JUDGE JONES
 TAXES OATH Administered by Clerk J.
 W. DimmiCk. RECEIVES HIS COMMISSION Twenty-fourth Time He Has
 Held Office. President Roosevelt Recognized His Ability-often Honored by the Citizens of His State-There
 Was No Formality.

Hon. Thos. c. Jones took the oath oi office under his final commission as Judg, of the United States District Court fol the Middle and Northern District of Ala bama at noon yesterday in his privatl chamber at the Federal Building. Judge Jcnes received lis commission Sunday the Senate having confirmed his appoint ment few days since.
 There was no formality attending the swearing in of Judge Jones. The oSth of office was administered by J. w. Dim- mock, cl, TX of the court in the presr ence of Mrs. Jones. wife of Judgt Jcnes, Walter Jones, the Judges son, B. P Crum, prominent local attorney. and Joe Moore. the Judge's body servant This is the twenty-fourth time that Judge Jones has taken the oath of office since the war. Judge Jones has been Captain of the Greys, member of various Governors staffs, alderman, member Ot the Legislature several times, Reporter of the Supreme Court. twice Governor. member of the Constitutional Convention and this is the second time he has taken the oath of office as Judge of the United States District Court.
 Judge Jones's final commission, which was received Sunday. is written on heavy parchment paper and reads as follows:
 COMMISSION.
 Theodore Roosevelt. President of :he
 United States of America.
 To all who shall see these presents
 Greeting:
 Know ye: that reposing special trusi and confidence in the wisdom. upright. ness and learning of Thomas Goodt Jones of Alabama. I have nominated anC hy and with the advice and consent q the Senate, do appoint him United State; District Judge for the Northern and Mid de Districts of Alabama. and do author ize and empower him to execute ano fulhlI the duties of that office according to the constitution and laws of the sait United States, and to have and to hoit the said office with all the powers, privi Icge sand emoluments to the samo o right appertaining unto him, the saiC Thomas Goode Jones during his good be havior.
 In testimony whereof l have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the department of justice to Dt hereunto affixed
 Given under my hand at the city 0 Washington, the seventeenth day of De cember. in the year of our Lord on, thousand nine hundred and one an, the independence of the United State of America the one hundred and twen l ty-sixth.
 | (Seal0 Theodore Roosevelt. | By the President.
 P. c. Knox, Attorney General. The judicial oath administered b! Clerk DlmmicK. was as follows:
 United States of America, Middle Dis
 trict of Alabama.
 I. Thomas Goode Jones. do solemnll swear that I will administer justice with out respect to persons, and do equa right to the poor and to the rich, anC that I will faithfully and imparually dis charge and perform all the duties in cumbent upon me as Judge of the Dis trict Courts of the United States for tn Northern and Middle Districts of Ala bama, according to the best of my abili ties and understanding, agreeably to tn constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
 Thomas G. Jones.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me thi the 23rd day of December, A. D.. 1901. J. w. Dimmick, Clerk of the District Court of the Unite,
 States for the Middle District of Ala
 bama.
 The following constitutional oath Wa then administered:
 United States of America, Middle Dis trict of Alabama.
 | l. Thomas GOode Jones, do solemnl swear that 1 will support and defend tn constitution of the United States agatns all enemies foreign and domestic; that will bear true faith and allegiance to tn same: and I take this obligation freel. without any mental reservation or pur pose of evasion; and that l will we'll an | faithfully discharge the duties of the of fee on which 1 am about to enter. s help me God. Thomas G. Jones.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me thi the 23rd day of December. \. D.. 190
 J. w. Dimmick. Clerk of the District Court of the Unite