§ 36-1-2 - Engagement of office. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 36-1-2

   § 36-1-2  Engagement of office. – Every person, except the justices of the supreme and superior courts, electedto office by the general assembly, or by either house thereof, or under theprovisions of the law in relation to public schools, or appointed to office,civil or military, by the governor, or by any other appointing authority, to astate board, agency or commission, shall, before he or she shall act therein,take the following engagement before some person authorized to administeroaths, namely: I, [naming the person], do solemnly swear (or affirm)that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of[naming the office] according to the best of my abilities, and that Iwill support the Constitution and laws of this state, and the Constitution ofthe United States, so help me God: [Or: This affirmation I make and giveupon the peril of the penalty of perjury.]