No one else reads Wisc. Stats. Chapter 19
No one else reads Wisc. Stats. Chapter 19, even here, why expect others to do so?
SUBCHAPTER I
OFFICIAL OATHS AND BONDS
19.01 Oaths and bonds. (1) FORM OF OATH. Every official
oath required by article IV, section 28, of the constitution or by any
statute shall be in writing, subscribed and sworn to and except as
provided otherwise by s. 757.02 and SCR 40.15, shall be in substantially
the following form:
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County of ....
I, the undersigned, who have been elected (or appointed) to the
office of ...., but have not yet entered upon the duties thereof,
swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, and will faithfully
discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability.
So help me God.
.... ....,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)
....(Signature)....,
(1m) FORM OF ORAL OATH. If it is desired to administer the
official oath orally in addition to the written oath prescribed
above, it shall be in substantially the following form:
I, ...., swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the
United States and the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, and
will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of
.... to the best of my ability. So help me God.
(2) FORM OF BOND. (a) Every official bond required of any
public officer shall be in substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned, jointly and severally, undertake and agree
that ...., who has been elected (or appointed) to the office of ....,
will faithfully discharge the duties of the office according to law,
and will pay to the parties entitled to receive the same, such damages,
not exceeding in the aggregate .... dollars, as may be suffered
by them in consequence of the failure of .... to discharge the duties
of the office.
Dated ...., .... (year)
(4) WHERE FILED. (a) Official oaths and bonds of the following
public officials shall be filed in the office of the secretary of
state:
1. All members and officers of the legislature.
2. The governor.
3. The lieutenant governor.
4. The state superintendent.
5. The justices, reporter and clerk of the supreme court.
6. The judges of the court of appeals.
7. The judges and reporters of the circuit courts.
8. All notaries public.
9. Every officer, except the secretary of state, state treasurer,
district attorney and attorney general, whose compensation is paid
in whole or in part out of the state treasury, including every member
or appointee of a board or commission whose compensation
is so paid.
10. Every deputy or assistant of an officer who files with the
secretary of state.
(b) Official oaths and bonds of the following public officials
shall be filed in the office of the governor:
1. The secretary of state.
2. The state treasurer.
3. The attorney general.
(bn) Official oaths and bonds of all district attorneys shall be
filed with the secretary of administration.
(c) Official oaths and bonds of the following public officials
shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for any
county in which the official serves:
1. All circuit and supplemental court commissioners.
3. All municipal judges.
4. All judges or judicial officers, not included in subds. 1. and
3., elected or appointed for that county, or whose jurisdiction is
limited to that county.
(d) Official oaths and bonds of all elected or appointed county
officers, other than those enumerated in par. (c), and of all officers
whose compensation is paid out of the county treasury shall be
filed in the office of the county clerk of any county in which the
officer serves.
(dm) Official oaths and bonds of members of the governing
board, and the superintendent and other officers of any joint
county school, county hospital, county sanatorium, county asylum
or other joint county institution shall be filed in the office of
the county clerk of the county in which the buildings of the institution
that the official serves are located.
(e) Official oaths and bonds of all elected or appointed town
officers shall be filed in the office of the town clerk for the town
in which the officer serves, except that oaths and bonds of town
clerks shall be filed in the office of the town treasurer.
(f) Official oaths and bonds of all elected or appointed city officers
shall be filed in the office of the city clerk for the city in which
the officer serves, except that oaths and bonds of city clerks shall
be filed in the office of the city treasurer.
(g) Official oaths and bonds of all elected or appointed village
officers shall be filed in the office of the village clerk for the village
in which the officer serves, except that oaths and bonds of village
clerks shall be filed in the office of the village treasurer.
(h) The official oath and bond of any officer of a school district
or of an incorporated school board shall be filed with the clerk of
the school district or the clerk of the incorporated school board for
or on which the official serves.
(j) Official oaths and bonds of the members of a technical college
district shall be filed with the secretary for the technical college
district for which the member serves