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title: "12 U.S.C. § 3"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
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chapter_name: "THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 3 - Oath of Comptroller
## Text
The Comptroller of the Currency shall, within fifteen days from the time of notice of his appointment, take and subscribe the oath of office.
(R.S. § 326; Pub. L. 86251, § 1(d), Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 488; Pub. L. 92310, title II, § 223(a), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 206.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 326 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 1, 13 Stat. 99, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments1972—Pub. L. 92310 struck out provisions which required the Comptroller to give a bond in the sum of $250,000. 1959—Pub. L. 86251 increased the surety bond requirement from $100,000 to $250,000.