Fulton Oath ordinance (§ 2-158)

Every officer of the city and his assistants and every councilmember, before entering upon duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the county or justice of the peace in the city, county or state or the city clerk or municipal judge that he possesses all the qualifications prescribed for his office by law; that he will support the Constitution of the United States and of the state, the provisions of all laws of the state affecting constitutional charter cities and the ordinances of the city and that he will faithfully demean himself in office, which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, his office shall be deemed vacant.