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ARTICLE X.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND ATTORNEYS IN FACT.
Admission to the Bar.
3A. Minors may take bar examination,
when; admission to bar when of
age.
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Who May Not Practice Law.
16. Registers of wills, clerks, court of-
ficials, and employees not to
practice law; penalty.
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Admission to the Bar.
1914, ch. 655.
3A. All persons, graduates of a recognized law school and possessing
all other qualifications which are now or may hereafter be prescribed by
law, shall be eligible to take the examination provided for in this Article
at the regular examination of the Examining Board, held at any time
following his graduation, even though he be less than twenty-one years
of age; provided, however, that no such person shall receive his certifi-
cate of admission to the Bar of this State, nor be qualified nor permitted
to perform any of the duties of an Attorney at Law as provided by this
Article until he shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one.
Who May Not Practice Law.
1904, art. 10, sec. 16. 1888, art. 10, sec. 15. 1860, art. 11, sec. 16. 1786, ch. 10.
1862, ch. 179. 1868, ch. 404. 1898, ch. 472. 1914, ch. 236.
16. Any Register of Wills or Clerk of any Court, or deputy Reg-
ister or Clerk or assistant Clerk, appointee or employee of said Register
of Wills or Clerk of any Court, or bailiff of any Court, or officer or
employee of any Juvenile Court, who shall pursue the practice as attor-
ney at law in this State during the term of their office or appointment,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined
not less than Twenty-five Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars,
and be suspended from the practice of law before any of the Courts of
Maryland for one year.
State's Attorney.
20.
See article 5, section 7, et seq., of the Md. constitution.
Cases of attorneys who are members of the legislature, which come up for
trial during the session of the legislature, may be continued—article 75, section
70A.
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