Ex Parte Garland

By the court, Field, J.

On the 2d day of July, 1862, congress passed an act prescribing an oath to be taken by every person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit under the government of the United States, either in the civil, military or naval departments of the public service, except the President of the United States, before entering upon the duties of his office, and before being entitled to its salary or other emoluments. On the 24th of January, 1865, congress passed a supplementary act, extending its provisions so' as to embrace attorneys and counsellors of the courts of…