224 ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND ATTORNEYS IN FACT. [ART. 10

Admission to the Bar.

1904. art. 10, sec. 1. 1888, art 10, sec. 1. 1860, art. 11, sec. 1. 1715, ch. 48.
1783, ch. 17. 1831, ch. 268. 1908, ch. 638. 1910, ch. 608 (p. 6).

1. No person shall practice the profession or perform the services
of an attorney at law within this State without being admitted to the
bar as hereinafter directed; and any person who shall give legal advice,
represent any person in the trial of any case at law or in equity or
prepare any written instrument affecting the title to real estate, for
pay or reward, shall be deemed an attorney at law for purposes of this
Article; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to Carroll
County and Worcester County, Garrett County, so far as it relates to
the preparation of written instruments affecting the title to real etsate-
for pay or reward.

Cited but not construed in In Re Taylor. 48 Mil. 30.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1888, art. 10. sec. 2. 1860, art 11. sec. 2. 1898, ch. 139.

2. All applications for admission to the bar in this State shall be
made by petition to the court of appeals. A State board of law
examiners is hereby created, to' consist of three members of the bar
of at least ten years' standing, who shall be appointed by the court of
appeals, and shall hold office for the term of three years. Said examiners
shall hold office for one, two and three years, respectively, to be desig-
nated by the judges of the court of appeals. After the first appoint-
ment the court of appeals shall annually appoint a member of said
board in the place of the examiner whose term shall expire. Members
of said board shall be eligible to re-appointment. In case of any vacancy
in said board by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the court of
appeals shall fill said vacancy by the appointment of a member of said
board to serve until the expiration of the term for which the person so
dying or resigning had been appointed.

For cases now apparently inapplicable to this section by reason of changes
in the law. see In Re Taylor, 48 Md, 31; State v. Johnston, 2 H. & McH. 163.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1892, ch. 37. 1898, ch. 139. 1002, ch. 399.

3. All applications for admission to the bar shall be referred by
the court of appeals to the State board of law examiners, who shall
examine the applicant touching his or her qualifications for admission
to the bar. The said board shall report their proceedings in the exami-
nation of applicants to the court of appeals, with any recommendations
said board may desire to make. If the court of appeals shall then find
the applicant to be qualified to discharge the duties of an attorney, and
to be of good moral character and worthy to be admitted, they shall
pass an order admitting him or her to practise in all the courts of this
State. The court of appeals shall prescribe rules providing for a uni-
form system of examinations in this State, which shall govern the board
of law examiners in the performance of their duties. The expenses of
said board, including such compensation to the members thereof as the
court of appeals may determine, shall be paid out of the fees of the