Pennsylvania Act 1866-844 — HEALTH OFFICE ESTABLISHED - SUPPLEMENT

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HEALTH OFFICE ESTABLISHED - SUPPLEMENT
                 Act of Apr. 12, 1866, P.L. 854, No. 844              Cl. 11
                           A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

     To an act to establish a health office, and to secure the city
        and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of
        pestilential and contagious diseases, passed January twenty-
        ninth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

        Section 1.  Administration of oaths; punishment for false
     swearing
        The president, the secretary, and the chief clerk of the
     Board of Health, and the health officer of the City and Port of
     Philadelphia, shall have power to administer oaths and
     affirmations in conducting the business of their respective
     offices, in connection with said board; and if any person or
     persons shall wilfully and absolutely swear, or affirm falsely
     in taking any oath or affirmation, required by such officers
     aforesaid, in the proper performance of their respective duties,
     such person or persons so offending, shall, upon due conviction
     thereof, be subject to the pains and penalties, which are by law
     prescribed for the punishment of wilful and corrupt perjury.
     1866, April 12, P.L. 854, Sec. 1.