<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idce0edf8b-b211-11e9-9e08-c54bc916790e" identifier="/us/usc/t12/s3"><num value="3">§ 3.</num><heading> Oath of Comptroller</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Comptroller of the Currency shall, within fifteen days from the time of notice of his appointment, take and subscribe the oath of office.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idce0edf8c-b211-11e9-9e08-c54bc916790e">(R.S. § 326; <ref href="/us/pl/86/251/s1/d">Pub. L. 86–251, § 1(d)</ref>, <date date="1959-09-09">Sept. 9, 1959</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/73/488">73 Stat. 488</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/92/310/tII/s223/a">Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 223(a)</ref>, <date date="1972-06-06">June 6, 1972</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/86/206">86 Stat. 206</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="idce0f069e-b211-11e9-9e08-c54bc916790e"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">R.S. § 326 derived from <ref href="/us/act/1864-06-03/ch106/s1">act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 1</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/13/99">13 Stat. 99</ref>, which was the National Bank Act. See <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s38">section 38 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="idce0f069f-b211-11e9-9e08-c54bc916790e"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1972—<ref href="/us/pl/92/310">Pub. L. 92–310</ref> struck out provisions which required the Comptroller to give a bond in the sum of $250,000.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1959—<ref href="/us/pl/86/251">Pub. L. 86–251</ref> increased the surety bond requirement from $100,000 to $250,000.</p>
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