
The image depicts a handwritten document featuring the oath of office taken by H.B. Chase, affirming his commitment to perform his duties as mayor impartially and according to the laws of the state and the United States. The text includes formal declarations of integrity and compliance with legal responsibilities, witnessed and signed alongside H.B. Chase's name on July 30, 1858. The document also contains another oath for a different official, William Richardson, sworn on February 18, 1858, for