Section
General Provisions
31.01 Oath of office
31.02 Limited authority to administer oaths; false swearing
31.03 Authority of deputies, assistants, and acting city officers
31.04 Dual office holding
31.05 Property and property insurance inventories
Specific Officers
31.20 Mayor
31.21 City Clerk, qualifications, powers and duties generally
31.22 Same; duties as Assessor
31.23 City Treasurer, powers and duties generally; records and reports
31.24 Same; collection and deposit of city money; how payments made from City Treasury; consequences upon failure to City Treasurer to comply with section
31.25 City Attorney
31.26 Street Commissioner
31.27 City Engineer
GENERAL PROVISIONS
All city officers shall take the following oath, before entering upon their duties, which shall be filed with the City Clerk and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the county clerk: “I, (name of affiant), do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, and that I will truly, faithfully, and impartially discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter to the best of my skill and judgment.”
(Prior Code, § 2-35)
(A) The Mayor, the presiding officer of the Common Council or any committee thereof, the presiding officer of any board, commission, or other body of the city government, the City Clerk, the City Treasurer, and each other officer, deputy, or assistant officer of the city to whom any sworn statement, whether oral or in writing, is required to be made or submitted by any person pursuant to any provision of the Charter, this code, or other ordinance or resolution of the Common Council shall have authority to administer the oath so required; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as purporting to authorize the administration of any oath which, by law, is required to be administered by a judicial officer, notary public, or other officer authorized by statute to administer oaths, nor shall this section be construed as purporting to authorize the taking of any acknowledgment of any signature or seal for the purpose of recording in the office of the Clerk of the County Court or elsewhere other than in the office of the City Clerk or some other office of this city.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to whom an oath has been administered pursuant to this section to knowingly make any false certificate, affidavit, or statement, oral or written, concerning any matter whatsoever in violation of such oath.
(Prior Code, § 2-36) Penalty, see § 10.99
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