Appropriations 1959 1960

Special Funds $3,635 $3,685
Staff: None.

STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS

Chairman: Parsons Newman
William H. Price
Wilson K. Barnes, Secretary
Mildred H. Pullen, Clerk to the Board

900 Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2-1630

The Courts of the Province were first authorized to examine persons
seeking to practice law in 1716 (Acts 1715, chap. 48, sec. 12). The
examination of attorneys remained as a function of the several courts
of the State until 1898, when the Legislature created the State Board
of Law Examiners. The Board is composed of three members appointed
by the Judges of the Court of Appeals, Twice yearly, in the City of
Baltimore during the months of March and July, the Board examines
all persons wishing to practice law in the State. It also passes upon
the petitions of attorneys from other states and territories desiring
admittance to the Maryland Bar in accordance with rule fourteen of
the Board. The Board passes upon appeals from the findings and
recommendations of the Character Committees of the various counties
and the City of Baltimore. In addition, it accredits universities and
colleges in the State of Maryland for pre-legal training and prescribes
the necessary courses of study for law students. Students expecting to
study law in anticipation of practicing in Maryland must register their
intentions with the Board. The Court of Appeals formulates the rules
of the Board, but the Board may prescribe rules for the conduct of
examinations, providing such rules do not conflict with those made by
the Court (Code 1957, Art. 10, sees. 2-8).

Appropriations 1959 1960

Special Funds $29,148 $29,995
Staff: None.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Chairman: Edward J. Stegman, C.P.A., 1961

G. Heberton Evans, Jr., Economist, 1961; W. Frank Every,
Attorney, 1961; James M. Fincham, C.P.A., 1952.
J. Wallace Bryan, C.P.A., 1960, Secretary-Treasurer

1101 Mercantile Trust Building, Baltimore 2
Telephone: Saratoga 7-8200

This Board was first established in 1900. At present the Governor
appoints three Certified Public Accountants, one each year, for three-
year terms, together with one attorney for a two-year term, and one
economist, selected from a list of three names submitted by the
President of The Johns Hopkins University, for a two-year term.

This Board examines applicants for certificates as Certified Public
Accountants and passes on applications by Certified Public Accountants
of other states for special certificates of registration (commonly called
reciprocal certificates) entitling the holders to practice as Certified
Public Accountants in Maryland. Examinations are held in May and
November of each year. Those persons who pass the examinations, or