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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="2-203" title_number="2" title_name="Official Oaths" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration of Oath">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution shall be taken and subscribed before the Governor by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Adjutant General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Attorney General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Comptroller;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the justices of the Appellate Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the clerk of the Appellate Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the Secretary of State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the State Reporter; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the State Treasurer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the third Monday of January that next follows the election of the Comptroller, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the successful candidate for that office shall qualify by taking the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary of State shall maintain a book that records the oaths taken and subscribed under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
