JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

branch thereof, or some committee thereof, and by doing work
properly incident thereto, or by giving legal advice in the
case of regular legal counsel of corporations or associations,
unless his name is also entered on the docket of legislative
agents.

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7. The General Assembly may provide, by rules or other-
wise, for further regulating the employment of legislative
counsel and agents, for the manner and form of keeping such
legislative dockets, and for disbarring any person from
employment in the capacity of a legislative counsel or ageht;
provided, that such person be allowed a hearing before a
committee or otherwise, upon the question of such disbar-
ment, and that cause be shown therefor. No person shall
employ any one as legislative attorney or agent within the
period of three years after his disbarment, as above provided.
Any person regularly or professionally employed as a legisla-
tive agent may cause his name to be entered upon a list of
such agents, which shall be kept by the Secretary of State in
connection with said docket. When any person is disbarred
from employment as a legislative agent, as above provided,
his name shall be stricken from such list, and shall not again
be placed thereon within the period of three years.

Further rules
regulating
legislative
counsel and
agents

Disbarment.

8. The legislative dockets shall be closed biennially upon
the adjournment of the General Assembly, and the docket
for the ensuing two years shall then be opened. In the
absence of rules made by the General Assembly with refer-
ence to said dockets, the Secretary of State may adopt such
rules with reference thereto as may be proper under this
sub-title.

Regulating
legislative
dockets.

9. Within thirty days of the adjournment of the General
Assembly every person whose name appears upon the legis-
lative dockets of the previous two years as employing any
legislative counsel or agent shall render to the Secretary
of the State a full, complete and detailed statement, sworn
to before a proper officer, by the person making the same,
or, if a corporation, by both president and treasurer, of all
expenses paid or incurred by such person or corporation in
connection with such employment of legislative counsel or
agents, or in connection with promoting or opposing in any
manner, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat by the
General Assembly of any legislation within the terms of this
sub-title; said reports shall be made in such form as may be
indicated and approved by the Secretary of State, and shall
be open to public inspection.

Persons
employing
counsel shall
make sworn
statement.