Apothecaries' Hall Act, 1791

The court of directors may administer the following oath to all their agents or servants,

XI.(a) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said court of directors shall have power and authority, and they are hereby empowered, authorized and required to administer an oath or affirmation to all inferior agents or servants that shall be employed by the said corporation, for the faithful and due execution of their several places and trusts in them reposed, in the words or to the effect following, that is to say,

Oath.

I A. B. being elected to the office or place of to the governor and company of the apothecaries' hall of Dublin, do swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will be true and faithful to the said governor and company, and will faithfully and truly execute and discharge the said office or place of to the utmost of my skill and power.

So help me God.

if a governor or director shall neglect to take the oath appointed, 10 days after election, office shall become vacant.

And in case any person hereby nominated or hereafter to be elected governor, deputy governor, or director as aforesaid, shall for the space of ten days after the passing of this act, or after such election, neglect or refuse to take or make the respective oaths hereby appointed to be taken and received as aforesaid, or shall refuse to take upon him his or their offices, that then and in such case, the office and place of every such person so neglecting or refusing shall become vacant, and others be chosen in their places, by a general court of the said subscribers.

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