Irish Fisheries Act, 1819

Commissioners for the Irish Fisheries to be sworn.

Oath.

XLV. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, to be appointed by virtue of this Act, before they shall proceed in the Execution of any Powers or Authorities vested in them by this Act (save only the Power of administering the Oath hereinafter mentioned), shall severally take and subscribe the following Oath; that is to say,

I A. B. do swear, That I will faithfully and honestly, according to the best of my Skill and Judgment, execute the several Powers and Trusts reposed in me by an Act passed in the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act] according to the Terms and Purport of the said Act; and that I am not directly or indirectly concerned as an Adventurer in the Fisheries of Ireland or any of them, or as a Curer of Herrings, and that so long as I shall continue to act as a Commissioner under the said Act, I will not be concerned either directly or indirectly as an Adventurer in the said Fisheries, or any of them, or as a Curer of Herrings.       So help me God.’

Which Oath any One of the said Commissioners may administer to the other or others of them.