                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                   CHAPTER 2--ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 24. Secretary of Senate or assistant secretary may 
        administer oaths
        
    The Secretary of the Senate, and the assistant secretary thereof, 
shall, respectively, have power to administer any oath or affirmation 
required by law, or by the rules or orders of the Senate, to be taken by 
any officer of the Senate, and to any witness produced before it.

(Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, Sec. 2, 19 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 92-51, July 9, 
1971, 85 Stat. 125.)

                         Change of Name

    Assistant secretary of the Senate deemed successor in references to 
chief clerk of the Senate in all laws, rules, resolutions, and orders, 
effective July 1, 1971, under provisions of Pub. L. 92-51, July 9, 1971, 
85 Stat. 125.
