Section 246. Oath to members of the court  


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  • At the time and place appointed,
      and before the court proceeds to act upon  the  impeachment,  the  clerk
      must  administer to the presiding judge, and the presiding judge to each
      of the members of the court then present, an oath or  affirmation  truly
      and  impartially  to try and determine the impeachment; and no member of
      the court can act or vote upon the impeachment, or any question  arising
      thereon, without having taken this oath or affirmation.