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Clerks may administer oaths, &c.
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45. It shall be lawful for the . . . chief clerk, and two first-class clerks in each of the said Superior Courts of Common Law to take affidavits or affirmations in all matters relating to the business of the said Courts respectively, and to administer the necessary oaths and affirmations for that purpose; and all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations shall be of the same force, validity, and effect, and shall and may be filed and used and acted upon respectively as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if the same had been sworn or affirmed before the said Courts, or all or any of the judges thereof respectively; and any person who shall wilfully or corruptly swear or affirm anything false in any such affidavits or affirmations shall be subject to all pains, penalties, punishments, and disabilities for wilful and corrupt perjury, in like manner in all respects as if such affidavits had been made in any of the said several Courts, or before all or any of the judges thereof respectively.
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