Apothecaries' Hall Act, 1791

Directors not to act until they shall have taken the following oath.

IX.(a) Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That none of the said John Hastings, Peter Kelly, George Kiernau, Richard Magan James Mc'Laughlin, Daniel Moore, John Pentland, Foden Perrin, Robert Powell, Stephen Reynolds, Charles Ryan, John Usher, and Richard Usher, hereby nominated, constituted, and appointed the first directors of the said corporation, or any person or persons hereafter to be chosen to the office or trust of a director of said corporation, shall be capable to execute or act in the said office of a director at any time or times hereafter, until he or they shall respectively have taken the following oath or affirmation, as the case may require, to wit,

Oath.

I A. B. do swear or affirm, that in the office of director of the corporation or company of the apothecaries' hall of Dublin, I will give my best advice and assistance for the support and good government of the said corporation, and that I will diligently, faithfully, and honestly execute the trust reposed in me as a director, according to the best of my skill and knowledge.

persons by whom said oath may be administered.

Which oath or affirmation to the directors herein before nominated, and every of them respectively shall and may be administered by the said chancellor of Ireland, or the keeper of the great seal, or by the chancellor or chief baron of the exchequer of Ireland, or by the first governor, or in his absence by the first deputy governor, being first sworn as before mentioned, and the said oath to any future director or directors shall and may be administered by the chancellor of Ireland, or by the keeper or commissioners of the great seal of Ireland, or by the chancellor or chief baron of the court of Exchequer in Ireland for the time being, or any of them, or by a sworn governor of the said corporation for the time being, or in his absence by a sworn deputy governor for the time being, or by the governor or deputy governor for the preceding year, who, or any of them are hereby authorized and required to administer the said oath or affirmation to every director or directors, from time to time accordingly.

[(a) See 31 & 32 Vict. c. 72. s. 12.]