§14-3-13. Officers and guards - Oath of office.

Every officer and guard shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe before some officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath:

"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen thereof; that I will faithfully execute and discharge all the duties required of me as _____ (designating the office), and observe all the rules and regulations prescribed for the government of convicts, so far as concerns my office; and will, in no case, ill treat or abuse any convict under my charge or control, nor inflict upon him any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by said rules and regulations. So help me God."

(Code 1886, §4582; Code 1896, §4456; Code 1907, §6508; Code 1923, §3607; Code 1940, T. 45, §24.)