The state treasurer shall take an oath before a judge of the supreme, appeals, or circuit court, or a chancellor, to support the Constitutions of Tennessee and of the United States, and faithfully to execute the duties of the office.
Code 1858, § 226 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 27, § 1); Shan., § 274; Code 1932, § 218; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-504.