FORMS.

In order to preserve uniformity in the transaction of Consular business, the following forms have been prepared. They exhibit the character and kind of service Consular Officers may be called upon to perform. These forms are referred to in the Regulations prescribed by the President for the guidance of Consular Officers, and are to be observed by them in the transaction of official business.

Certain of the forms most frequently used are supplied to Consular Officers by the Department of State. Consuls may cause others to be printed on thin paper, and on sheets not unnecessarily large. When the printed sheets are not filled by the return, they can be reduced in size before transmission to the Department. The observance of these precautions lessens the expense of postage. Consuls will be careful to sign all forms to which their signatures are required.

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FORMS ARRANGED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE

REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT.

I,

FORM No. 1.

Oath of allegiance. (Paragraph 28.)

do solemnly

that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this

day of

[Or should the affiant be unable, on account of participation in the late rebellion, to take the above oath, the following may be taken in lieu of it:]

I, do solemnly swear that I will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign; and that I will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or law of any State, convention, or legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and further, that I do this with a full determination, pledge, and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and further, that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by law: So help me God.

Sworn to before me this

day of

188-.

FORM No. 2.

Bond by Consular Officers in Schedule B. (Paragraph 29.)

Know all men by these presents that we,

and are held and firmly bound to the United States of America in the sum of thousand dollars, money of the said United States, to the payment whereof we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, our joint and several heirs, executors, and administrators. Witness our hands and seals this

appointed

day of

18-.

The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden of the United States at shall truly and faithfully discharge the duties of his said office according to law, and shall truly and faithfully account for, pay over, and deliver up all fees, moneys, goods, effects, books, records, papers, and other property which shall come to the hands of the said or to the hands of any person for his use, as such under any law now or hereafter enacted, and that he will truly and faithfully perform all other duties now or hereafter lawfully imposed upon him as such And these presents are

subject to this other and further condition, that he, the said will not, while he holds the said office, be interested in or transact any business as a merchant, factor, broker, or other trader, or as a clerk or other agent for any such person to, from, or within the port, place, or limits of his directly or indirectly, either in his own name or in the name, or through the agency, of any other person; and in case he, the said shall violate the provisions of this condition, that then the above-named obligors shall be liable to said obligees, to a penalty for the breach of such condition, in a sum equal to the amount of the annual compensation of said which is hereby stipulated, agreed upon, and admitted by way of liquidated damages; but that this condition shall not impair or prevent the right of the United States to prosecute said for the recovery of said penalty against him, individually, the same as if this bond had not shall conform to all the above

the said

been given; and if the said conditions, then this obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of—

NOTE. The following instructions must be particularly observed and complied with in the execution of a bond in either Form 1, 2, or 3:

1st. The Christian names must be written in the body of the bond in full, and so signed to the bond.

2d. A seal, which means an impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed, to be attached to each signature. A mere scroll written or printed upon the paper, though