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session thereof, touching his qualification for admission as an
attorney; and they shall also require and receive evidence of his
probity and general character; and if, upon such actual exami-
nation, and being satisfied that he has been a student of law at
least two years as aforesaid, and having heard evidence as to
his probity and general character, the said court shall be of
opinion that said applicant is qualified to discharge the duties of
an attorney and worthy to be admitted, they shall admit him.

4. Upon the admission of any applicant to practice law in any
of the courts of this State above mentioned, it shall be the duty
of the court so admitting him to certify the same with their own
proper signatures; which certificate shall be recorded, and a
copy thereof, authenticated with the seal of the court, shall be
available and sufficient to entitle the applicant so admitted to
admission to practice in any of the courts of this State.

5. If, upon the application and examination of any citizen as
aforesaid, the court shall be of opinion that he ought not to be
admitted, the said applicant shall not again be entitled to a hear-
ing for admission in any court of this State until the expiration
of twelve months after the first application, and if upon a second
application he shall be rejected, he shall not again be heard until
the expiration of twelve months after such second applica-
tion.

6. Upon the application of any lawyer who may have prac-
ticed, or who may have been licensed to practice in any other
State, district, or territory of the United States, for admission to
practice in the courts of this State, it shall be the duty of the
court to whom he shall apply to admit him upon the same terms
and under the same regulations that a citizen of Maryland would
be admitted to the courts of the State, district, or territory
in which said applicant may have practiced, or may have been
licensed to practice; Provided, that in the said State, district, of
territory, the mode and terms of admission to the bar be regu-
lated by law.

7. Upon the application of any citizen of any other State)
district, or territory, in which the mode and terms of admission
to the bar are not regulated by law, to practice law in any of the
courts of this State, the said courts shall admit him or not as in
their discretion they may think fit.