...which I am about to enter. So help me God. Section 1757 of the Revised Statutes required that this oath be taken by any person elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States, either civil or military. We do not consider that...

...question, other than those to which you refer. The Revised Statutes, section 1756, provides that — "Every person elected or appointed to any office of honor...profit, either in the civil, military, or naval service, excepting the President and the persons embraced bv the section following, shall, before entering upon...

...63d Article of War.2 Such persons are, however, obliged to take the oath of office required of every person elected or appointed to any office of honor...profit either in the civil, military, or naval service ; ' they are entitled to pensions the same as officers of the army ; 4 to be saluted and to give orders...

...OFFICE. i 1. The Act of July 2, 1862, now contained in Sec. 1756, Rev. Sts., requires that " every person elected or appointed to any office of honor...profit, either in the civil, military or naval service," (with certain exceptions stated,) shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, take and subscribe...

...by section 1756, Eevised Statutes?" My answer to that is, no. Sections 1756 and 1757 apply to "every person elected or appointed to any office of honor...either in the civil, military, or naval service." In my judgment the clerks who receive the payments under this joint resolution are not in any sense...

...1789—1 S ta t., 24, sec. 4). The Revised Statutes contain the following provisions: "SEC. 1756. Every person elected or appointed to any office of honor...profit, either in the civil, military, or naval service, excepting the President and the persons embraced by the section following, ghall,beforc entering upon...

...be taken bv any person elected or appointed to any otiico of lionor or profit, either in the eivil, military, or naval service, except the president of...the United States, shall be as prescribed in section 1T57 of the Revised Statutes. But this repeal shall not affect the oaths prescribed by existing statutes...

...and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and hereafter the oath to be taken by any person elected or appointed to...service, except the President of the United States, shall boas prescribed in section seventeen hundred and fiftyseven of the Revised Statutes. But this repeal...

...section 1756 of the Revised Statutes bo and the ваше is hereby repealed; and hereafter the oath to be taken by any person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit, cither in the civil, military, or naval service, except the President of the United States, shall be...

...and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and hereafter the oath to be taken by any person elected or appointed to...or particular subordinate offices and employments. SEC. 3. That the provisions of this act shall in no manner affect any right, duty, claim, obligation,...