Section 1. Administration of oaths to Speaker, members and officers
When either branch of the Legislature shall have made choice of a speaker, the oaths or affirmations prescribed in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Constitution of the United States, shall be administered to the Speaker elect, by a member appointed for that purpose by a majority of the members present, and the Speaker so sworn or affirmed shall administer the oaths or affirmations to the members elect and officers respectively. 1804, March 19, p.l. 330, 4 sm.l. 164, sec. 1.