[Sidenote: Age.]
No person under sixteen years of age is permitted to hold any situation
in the Post office, to have access to the letters or papers, or is
allowed to have charge of the mail.
[Sidenote: Oath or declaration.]
On entering the service of the Post office it is necessary to make an
oath or declaration in the prescribed form before a Magistrate; and no
person can be permitted to perform any official duty until this oath or
declaration is signed. The following is the form of oath or declaration:
I, <i>(Name of person and capacity in which employed, to be inserted
here.)</i> do solemnly and sincerely promise and <i>(swear or affirm)</i>
that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me by my
employment in the service of the Post Office, and will abstain from
everything forbidden by the Laws for the Establishment and Government
of the Post Office Department in Canada.--So Help me God.
This <i>(oath or affirmation)</i> was taken and }
subscribed before me, the day }
of 186 }
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