Every officer, department head, board, or commission member elected or appointed shall within ten days of the effective date of the term of election or appointment and before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath of office, which shall be kept and filed in the office of the city clerk, which oath of office shall be as follows:
State of Michigan )
County of Wayne ) ss.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ______, of the City of Hamtramck, according to the best of my ability.
(Signed)_____________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me________________on this________________day of________
Notary Public, Wayne County, Michigan,
My commission expires_________________
In case of his failure to take, subscribe, and file the oath within ten (10) days after the effective date of his term of election or appointment, unless the council shall extend the time by resolution, he shall be deemed to have declined the office.