The subscribing of the oath is an indispensable requisite. Wherever the statute, as in the 19th,. 20th and 22ci Sections, Rev. Laws 343, speaks of the taking-of the oath, the subscribing of it is always mentioned ; and in the 21 st Section it is enacted that if the officer shall not take and subscribe such oath, &c., such neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve in the office.

Let the return be quashed.