GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831.

to said application, it shall be the duty of the court to whom

CHAP. 268.

such application shall be made, to examine said applicant

Examination

upon some day during the regular session thereof, touching

his qualification for admission as an attorney, and they shall

also require and receive evidence of his probity and gene-

ral character, and if upon such actual examination, and be-

ing satisfied that he has been a student of law, at least two

years as aforesaid, and having heard evidence as to his pro-

bity and general character, the said court shall be of

Admission.

opinion that said applicant is qualified to discharge the du-

ties of an attorney and worthy to be admitted, they shall

admit him.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That upon the admission of any

Certificate thereof.

applicant to practice law in any of the courts of record

in this state as aforesaid, 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 county seal of the county in

which the party shall be admitted, shall be available and

sufficient to entitle said applicant so admitted, to practice

in any of the courts of this state.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if upon the application

Case of refusal to

and examination of any citizen as aforesaid, the court shall

admit.

be of opinion, that he ought not to be admitted, the said

applicant shall not be again entitled to a hearing for admis-

sion in any court of this state, until the expiration of twelve

months after said first application, and if upon a second

Subsequent appli-
cation.

application, he shall be rejected, he shall not be again heard

until the expiration of twelve months after such second ap-

plication.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That upon the application of

Applicants from
other states to be

any lawyer who may have practised, or who may have

admitted.

been licensed to practice in any other state, district or ter-

ritory of the United States, for admissionn 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 ter-

ritory, in which said applicant may have practiced, or may

have been licensed to practice; Provided, That in the said

Proviso,

state, district or territory, the mode and terms of admission

to the bar, be regulated by law.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That upon the application of

Applicants under

any citizen of any other state or district, in which th

the proviso.

mode and terms of admission to the bar are not regulate

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