Section 7 Oath on Admission of Notary.

Every person to be admitted and enrolled a public notary shall, before a faculty is granted to him authorizing him to practice as such, . . . F1 make oath before the said master of the faculties, his surrogate or other proper officer, in substance and to the effect following:

“I A.B. do swear, that I will faithfully exerice the office of a public notary; I will faithfully make contracts or instruments for or between any party or parties requiring the same, and I will not add or diminish any thing without the knowledge and consent of such party or parties that may alter the substance of the fact; I will not make or attest any act, contract, or instrument in which I shall know there is violence or fraud; and in all things I will act uprightly and justly in the business of a public notary, according to the best of my skill and ability.” . . .