226 ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND ATTOENEYS IN FACT. [ART. 10

1904, art. 226, sec. 6. 1888, art. 10, sec. 9. 1860, art. 11, sec. 9. 1381, ch. 228, sec. 1.

1878, ch. 400.

6. All persons who are now or shall hereafter be admitted to prac-
tise law in the court of appeals of this State, shall be entitled to prac-
tise law in any or all other courts of the State, upon exhibiting to the
judge or clerk thereof a duly authenticated certificate of such admis-
sion to the bar of the court of appeals.

Free Inspection of Records by Practitioners.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1900, ch. 26, sec. 9 A

7. All persons who are now or shall hereafter be admitted to practise
law in any court in this State, or their authorized clerk or repre-
sentative, shall be entitled to inspect and examine as soon as received
for record, or at any time thereafter, all papers filed for record or
otherwise, in the clerk's office of the circuit courts of this State, aud in
the clerk's offices of the courts constituting the supreme bench of Balti-
more city, and in the offices of the registers of wills in this State and of
the commissioner of the land office, and to make memoranda or notes
therefrom for any lawful purposes whatsoever, without payment of
fees therefor, and also to examine the records and indexes in the afore-
said offices free of charge; and it shall be the duty of the clerk or
register aforesaid in whose office said paper or papers are filed or records
and indexes are kept, to afford immediate access to said papers or
records, and a full opportunity to the person or persons desiring to make
an examination of the same and memoranda therefrom for the purpose
aforesaid.

Oath of Attorneys at Law.

Ibid. sec. S. 1888, art. 10, sec. 10. 1860, art. 11, sec. 10. 1777, ch. 5, sec 1.
1854, ch. 18. sec. 2. 1865, ch. 114. 1867, ch. 126.

8. Every attorney or other practitioner at law shall in open court
take and prescribe the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that I will at all times demean myself fairly and
honorably as an attorney and practitioner at law; that I will bear true
allegiance to the State of Maryland, and support the laws and consti-
tution thereof, and that I will bear true allegiance to the United States,
and that I will support, protect and defend the constitution, laws and
government thereof as the supreme law of the land; any law or ordi-
nance of this or any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

Misconduct of Attorneys at Law—Negligence—
Disbarment—Suspension.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888, art. 10. sec. 11. 1860, art. 11, sec. 11. 1719, ch. 4, sec. 2.

9. The judges of the several courts of this State shall observe the
demeanor of all attorneys practising the law before them, who shall use
any indecent liberties to the lessening the grandeur and authority of