, AND
FROM HARFORD COUNTY, VERY
GLASSMAN, WE THANK YOU,
GENTLEMEN, VERY MUCH.
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
CALL UPON THE HONORABLE SHIRLEY
WATSON, FROM THE MARYLAND COURT
OF APPEALS, AND I WOULD ASK
CATHERINE PUGH'S BROTHERS, JAMES
AND ARDELL, TO COME UP AND
ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS.
[APPLAUSE]
MISS WATSON: GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MS. WATSON: LET US BEGIN,
CATHERINE E. PUGH PLEASE RAISE
YOUR RIGHT HAND AND, REPEAT
AFTER ME.
THAT IS YOUR LEFT HAND.
MS. PUGH: OH.
[LAUGHTER]
MS WATSON: THAT WAS ON ME.
I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN
INSTRUCTIONS.
I --
MS. PUGH: I, CATHERINE ELIZABETH
YOU --
MS. WATSON: DO SOLEMN SWEAR --
MS. PUGH: DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR --
MS. WATSON: THAT I WILL SUPPORT
BECAUSE VISION OF THE UNITED
STATES --
MS. PUGH: THAT I WILL SUPPORT
THE VISION OF THE UNITED STATES
--
MS. WATSON: AND BEAR TRUE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE STAT OF
MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF --
MS. PUGH: AND SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF --
MS. WATSON: AND THAT I WILL --
MS. PUGH: AND THAT I WILL --
MS. WATSON TO THE BEST OF MY
SKILL AND JUDGMENT --
MS. PUGH: TO THE BEST OF MY
SKILL AND JUDGMENT --
MS. WATSON: DILIGENTLY AND
FAITHFULLY --
MS. PUGH: DILIGENTLY AND
FAITHFULLY --
MS. WATSON: WITHOUT PARTIALITY
OR PREJUDICE --
MS. PUGH: WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR
PREJUDICE --
MS. WATSON: EXECUTE THE
OFFICE OF --
MS. PUGH EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF
--
MS. WATSON: MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
BALTIMORE --
MS. PUGH: MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
BALTIMORE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MS. WATSON: ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE
STATE --
MS. PUGH ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE
STATE --
MS. WATSON: AND THAT I DO
FURTHER SWEAR --
MS. PUGH: AND THAT I DO FURTHER
SWEAR --
MS. WATSON: THAT I WILL NOT
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY --
MS. PUGH: THAT I WILL NOT
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY --
MS. WATSON: RECEIVE THE PROPHET
SESSION LINE MS. PUGH: RECEIVE
THE PROFITS --
MS. WATSON: OR ANY PART OF THE
PROFITS --
OF ANY OTHER OFFICE DURING THE
TERM OF --
MS. PUG: DURING THE TERM OF --
MS. WATSON: MY ACTING AS MAYOR
OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE --
MS. PUGH: AS MY ACTING OF THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE.
MS. WATSON: CONGRATULATIONS,
MAYOR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MS. WATSON & THE OATH BOOKS AS
THE 50TH MAYOR OF BALTIMORE
CITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MS. WATSON: MAYOR PUGH IS NOW
SIGNING THE OLD BOOKS AS THE
50TH MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]