§ 36-4-5 — Administration and Filing of Oaths of Deputies

Whenever any officer is authorized or required to appoint a deputy, such deputy, before he proceeds to act, must take the oath prescribed by the constitution, which must be accompanied with the same certificate, filed in the same office, with the same endorsement thereon, as the oaths of his principal. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any deputy who may be employed in particular cases only.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §116; Code 1867, §155; Code 1876, §161; Code 1886, §255; Code 1896, §3067; Code 1907, §1480; Code 1923, §2592; Code 1940, T. 41, §25.)