the United States, against
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without
any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and
faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to
enter; so help me God;" which said oath, so taken and signed, shall be
preserved among the files of the Court, House of Congress, or
Department to which the said office may appertain. And any person who
shall falsely take the said oath shall be guilty of perjury, and on
conviction, in addition to the penalties now prescribed for that
offense, shall be deprived of his office, and rendered incapable
forever after, of holding any office or place under the United States.]

APPENDIX B.

AN ACT REGULATING THE TENURE OF CERTAIN CIVIL OFFICES.

_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of American in Congress assembled,_ That every person holding
any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be
appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act
therein, is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a
successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified,
except as herein otherwise provided: _Provided_, That the Secretaries
of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior,
the Postmaster General, and the Attorney General shall hold their
offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom
they may have been appointed, and for one month thereafter, subject to
removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

SEC. 2. That when any officer appointed as aforesaid, excepting judges
of the United States courts, shall, during the recess of the Senate, be
shown, by evidence satisfactory to the President, to be guilty of
misconduct in office, or crime, or for any reason shall become
incapable or legally disqualified to perform its duties, in such case,
and in no other, the President may suspend such officer, and designate
some suitable person to perform temporarily the duties of such office
until the next meeting of the Senate, and until the case shall be
acted upon by the Senate; and such person, so designated, shall take
the oaths and give the bonds required by law to be taken and given
by the person duly appointed to fil