An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths.

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Sections 1–4, beginning with the form implementing Article VI. The statute establishes an oath obligation. Do not describe it as imposing a general criminal penalty for every breach of that obligation. The 1845 publication metadata concerns the collected volume, not the act’s approval date. Archival links: GovInfo catalog and metadata: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/STATUTE-1/STATUTE-1-Pg23 Statutory text scan: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-1/pdf/STATUTE-1-Pg23.pdf

Date

1789-06-01 (approved)

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First Congress of the United States; approved by George Washington

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