Section 4

Section 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every select and common council man, who shall be elected, chosen and returned in manner aforesaid, and whose election shall be so as aforesaid approved of, shall, before he enters on the execution of his office, take a solemn oath or affirmation, before the president or one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Allegheny, or before the mayor or recorder of the said city for the time being, "well and faithfully to execute the office of a select council man or of a common council man (as the case may be) of said city," and shall, thereupon, without any further or other commission, enter upon the duties thereof, and shall hold and exercise the same until the term of office therein shall expire, as directed in and by this act.