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  CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOATH AND BOND OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 21-163)\n\nEach member of the commission shall, before entering upon the discharge of his\nduties under this chapter, take and subscribe the oath of office required by\nArticle II, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia and shall be bonded in\naccordance with \u00a7 2.2-1840, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his\nduties.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 514; 1942, p. 601; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560kk; 1944, p. 73;\n1946, p. 529; 2021, Sp. 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