South Carolina § 14-17-50 - Official oaths; commission shall be read and entered in journal.
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§ 14-17-50. Official oaths; commission shall be read and entered in journal.
The clerk before entering on the duties of his office shall, in addition to the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, take the oaths required of such officer by Section 8-3-20. Said oaths must be endorsed upon the commission, subscribed by the officer and attested by a magistrate or notary public of the county for which the clerk shall have been elected or appointed. At the opening of the first term of the court which may be held thereafter the clerk shall produce his commission, with the endorsement aforesaid, and after the same has been read in open court shall make a fair entry thereof in the journals of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 15-1707; 1952 Code SECTION 15-1707; 1942 Code SECTION 3580; 1932 Code SECTION 3580; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2124; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1303; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 905; G. S. 724; R. S. 777; 1816 (6) 27; 1839 (11) 92; 1880 (17) 502.
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