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Customs Act 1662

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XXXI.Deputies, Clerks, &c. in the Customs to take Oath to do their Duty;

and none to be employed till Oath taken.; Commissioners, &c. of Customs to administer and register Oath.

And be it hereby alsoe enacted That all Deputies Clerks and Servants which now have [X1or hereafter shall have] any Place or Office in or about the Customes and Subsidies by and under the Commissioners or other the Kings Officers thereof shall before the First day of June next take theire respective Corporall Oath & Oathes for the true and faithfull execution and discharge to the best of theire knowledge and power of theire several Trusts and Imployments committed to theire Charge and Inspection And that no person or persons shall hereafter be imployed or put in trust in the busines of the Customes untill he shall first have taken his Oath as aforesaid And the Commissioners and principall Officers in the Port of London and the principall Officers in all other the Out ports or any Two of them are hereby authorized to administer and give to all and every person or persons such Oath and Oathes as aforesaid and to cause the same to be entred and registred in the Custome House of every respective Port where the person so taking the Oath as aforesaid shall have his residence and imployment

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