§ 2.03. Official Oaths.  


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  • At or before entering into the duties of office, the Mayor-elect shall take before some officer of the state authorized to administer it, the following oath of office:

    "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and of the State of Florida against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the same and that I am entitled to hold office under the Constitution; that I will faithfully perform all the duties of the Office of the Mayor of the City of Orlando on which I am about to enter. So help me God (or so I do affirm)."

    The Mayor after being so qualified shall administer or cause to be administered to the Commissioners and other officers the like oath, substituting appropriate language for the office involved. Police officers shall also subscribe to the same oath before assumption of their duties.

(Code 1948, § 63.30; Ord. of 6-7-1971, § 1; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524)