The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall require an oath of office to be taken by the members of the police force, and shall make suitable provisions respecting the same, and for the registry thereof, and such oath may be taken before said Mayor, who is empowered to administer the same.
D.C. Code § 5-105.03
Oath of office
R.S., D.C., § 351; June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 107, ch. 180, § 6
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