sold, lessened or otherwise disposed of, in trust, or concealed, all or any part of my lands, money, goods, stocks, debts, securities, contracts or estate, whereby to secure the same, to receive or expect any profit or advantage thereof, or to defraud or deceive any creditor or creditors to whom I am indebted, in any wise howsoever: so help me God.”

OATH OF AN INSPECTOR OF FLOUR.

"I, A B, do swear (or affirm) that I will, without favor or affection, malice or partiality, inspect all flour brought to me, and which I shall be required to examine, that no flour shall be passed or branded by me without my inspecting the same; that I will not brand or cause to be branded, as passed, any cask or casks of flour, that do not appear to me, to the best of my skill and judgment, to be sufficiently clean, well ground, sweet and merchantable; that I will mark on all casks of flour the degree thereof, according to the directions of law; that I will carefully examine the casks in which flour brought for inspection shall be contained, and that I will not pass or brand any such casks, unless they be of such size, goodness and thickness, as by law required: so help me God.'

OATH OF AN INSPECTOR OF TOBACCO.

"I, A B, swear [or affirm] that I will carefully and diligent ly view and examine all tobacco, brought to any public warehouse, whereof I am appointed to be Inspector, and all other tobacco which I may be called upon to view and inspect, and that, not separate and apart from my fellow, but in his presence; and that I will not receive any tobacco that is not, in my judgment, sound, well-conditioned, merchantable, and clear of trash; nor receive, pass or stamp any tobacco, hogsheads or casks of tobacco, prohibited by law; and that I will not change, alter, or give out any tobacco, other than such hogshead or cask, for which the receipt to be taken in was given; but that I will, in all things, well and faithfully discharge my duty in

the office of Inspector, according to law, without fear, favor, affection, malice or partially: so help me God."

OATH OF AN INSPECTOR OF OTHER ARTICLES THAN TOBACCO AND FLOUR.

"I, A B, do swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully, impartially, and diligently execute the office of Inspector, and that I will not, for favor, affection, prejudice or partiality, brand for any person whatsoever any barrel of beef, pork, rice, tar, pitch or turpentine, fish, butter, or flaxseed, or pass any staves or heading, lumber or shingles, other than such as are declared to be lawful, according to the best of my skill and judgment: so help me God."

OATH OF A JURY TO ASSESS DAMAGES FOR OVERFLOWING LAND.

"You and each of you swear that you will well and truly enquire, whether any damage hath been sustained by the petitioner, A B, by reason of the erection of the mill complained of by him, and, if any damage hath been sustained, that you and each of you will impartially, according to the best of your judg ment and ability, assess the amount which the said A B ought annually to receive from the owner, proprietor or tenant of said mill, on account thereof: so help you God."

OATH OF A JURY IN CIVIL CASES.

"You and each of you, swear that you will well and truly try all Civil Cases which shall come before you during this Term, and true verdicts give, according to the evidence thereon: so help you God."

Note.-The Oath to the Talismen is the same, only substituting the word "day" for the word "term."

OATH TO BE TAKEN BY A JURY FOR LAYING OFF A ROAD.

"I, A B, do solemnly swear, that I will lay out the Road now directed to be laid out by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to the greatest ease and advantage of the inhabitants, and with as little prejudice to enclosures as may be, with out favor or affection, malice or hatred, and to the best of my skill and knowledge: so help me God."

OATH OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

"I, A B, do solemnly swear [or affirm] that as a Justice of the Peace, and as a Justice of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in the county of in all articles in the commission to me directed, I will do equal right to the poor and to the rich, to the best of my judgment, and according to the laws of the State. I will not, privately or openly, by my self or any other person, be of counsel in any quarrel or suit depending before me, and I will hold the Quarter Sessions and County Courts of my County, as the statutes in that case shall and may direct; the fines and amercements that shall happen to be made, and the forfeitures that shall be incurred, I will cause to be duly entered without concealment; I will not wittingly or willingly take, by myself or by any other person for me, any fee, gift, gratuity or reward whatsoever, for any matter or thing, by me to be done by virtue of my office, except such fees as are or may be directed and limited by statute, but well and truly I will do my office of Justice of the Peace, as well within the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, as without; I will not delay any person of common right, by reason of any letter or order from any person or persons in authority to me directed, or for any other cause whatever; and if any letter or order come to me contrary to law, I will proceed to enforce the law, such letter or order notwithstanding. I will not direct, or cause to be directed, any warrant by me to be made to the parties, but will direct all such warrants to the Sheriffs or Constables of the county, or the other officers or ministers of the State, or other indifferent persons, to do execution thereof; and finally, in all things belong

ing to my office, during my continuance therein, I will faithfully, truly and justly, and according to the best of my skill and judgment, do equal and impartial justice to the public and to individuals: so help me God."

OATH OF A PATROL.

"I, A B, do swear that I will, as searcher for guns, swords, and other weapons, among the slaves in my district, fai.hfully, and as privately as I can, discharge the trust reposed in me, as the law directs, to the best of my power: so help me God."

OATH OF A PETIT JURY LAYING OFF DOWER.

"You and each of you swear that you will, without partiality and according to your best judgment, lay off and allot to A B, widow of CD, such dower in the lands of said C D as by law she is entitled to: so help you God."

OATH OF A PETIT JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES, OTHER THAN CAPITAL.

"You and each of you swear that you will well and truly try all issues of traverse, which shall come before you during this day, and true verdicts give, according to the evidence thereon: so help you God."

OATH OF A PICKER OF TOBACCO.

"I, A B, do swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully pick all Tobacco, which may be put into my possession for that purpose, without fraud or damage to the owner: so help me God."

OATH OF A PLAINTIFF MADE TO OBTAIN A CA. SA. AGAINST A

DEBTOR.

State of North Carolina,}

John Doe vs. Richard Roe.

Personally appeared before the subscriber, an acting Justice

of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, on this

day of

18 the plaintiff in the above named case, and made oath in due form of law that the defendant in the above case, in his belief, has not property to satisfy the above judgment which can be reached by a fieri facias, and has property, money or effects, which cannot be reached by a fieri facias, or has fraudulently concealed his property, money or effects, or is about to remove from the State.

OATH OF A PROCESSIONER.

"I, A B, do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will well and truly execute the duty and trust, enjoined by the act for processioning lands in this State, according to the best of my skill and ability, without favor or partiality to any person or persons whatsoever: so help me God."

OATH OF A RANGER.

"I, A B, do swear [or affirm] that I will well and truly execute the office of a Ranger for the county of according to the best of my skill and ability: so help me God."

OATH OF A REGISTER.

"I, A B, do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully and truly, according to the best of my skill and ability, execute the office of Register for the county of , in all things according to law: so help me God."