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The high sheriff, sub, and under-sheriff of the county, to take the oath herein, the 2d day of each Spring assizes.
[3 Geo. 1. c.15. Eng.]
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[II.] And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the second day of each spring assizes, in every year, there shall be administered, in open court, by the judge who shall preside in the Crown court at every assizes, to the high sheriff, sub sheriff, or under sheriff of such county where such assizes shall be had, and there shall be taken by the high sheriff, sub sheriff, or under sheriff of such county, the following oath:
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I A.B. high sheriff, sub sheriff, or under sheriff of the county of (as the case shall be) do swear, that I have, during the time I have been in the office of high sheriff, sub sheriff, or under sheriff of the county of (as the case shall be) faithfully and honestly, according to the best of my skill and judgment executed, and that I will, whilst I continue in the said office, execute according to the best of my skill and judgment, all execntions, writs, process, orders, or warrants which already have, or shall hereafter come into my hands, or to be lodged in my office, and make speedy, and to the best of my judgment, proper returns to such of them, as are by law returnable to the courts from whence they respectively issued; and that I will take, or cause to be taken, all inquisitions, fairly and openly, giving such notice as the law requires, to such persons as are parties to such suits, and duly return such inquisitions; and that I will impannel and return all jurors, or tales jurors, without partiality or favour, and not at the nomination or direction of any of the parties concerned, or any person on their behalf, but will do equal right to the poor and rich; and that I will truly set and return all issues of such as are within my bailiwick, according to their estates and circumstances, and that I will not remit or delay, or decline doing any part of the duty of my office, by reason of any reward or gratuity, or promise of any reward or gratuity, nor will I take, receive, or demand any fee whatsoever, but such as I am entitled to receive by the laws and statutes of this realm.
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