49-8 - Where fact of oaths having been taken is recorded.
§ 49-8. Where fact of oaths having been taken is recorded.
When a person elected or appointed to any office or post takes the oathsrequired of him in a court of record, a transcript from the record of thecourt, stating the fact of their having been taken, and when he takes suchoaths before a judge, or other person, a certificate of the personadministering the same, stating the fact of their having been taken, shall beobtained by the person taking the same, and be by him delivered for record asfollows - that is to say: When an oath is taken by the Governor, LieutenantGovernor, or any other officer of the general state government or member ofany board or commission specifically mentioned in the Constitution, or by anyofficer or employee of the general state government or officer or member oremployee of any state board, commission, division, bureau, institution oragency of whom an oath is required by law, the record shall, unless otherwiseprovided by law, be kept in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.When an oath is taken by a judge, the record shall be in the first court inwhich he sits. When taken by an officer appointed by or belonging to a court,it shall be in the said court or in such other court as may be provided bylaw. In the case of a member or officer of either house of the GeneralAssembly, the record shall be on the journal of the house in which hequalifies, or in such other manner as that house may prescribe by its rules.In the case of any other officer, unless it be otherwise provided, the recordshall be in the court of the county or corporation in which the duties are tobe discharged; or, if his duties are not to be discharged wholly in onecounty or corporation, then in the court of the county or corporation inwhich such officer resides.
(Code 1919, § 277.)