The oath of office may be taken by all officers before any person authorized by law to administer an oath.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art 27 (2); 1857, ch. 6, arts 184, 185; 1871, § 308; 1880, § 401; 1892, § 3053; 1906, § 3460; Hemingway's 1917, § 2798; 1930, § 2885; 1942, § 4030.
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