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approve such certificate of graduation, or the applicant shall pass such an
examination, he shall then be entitled to registration as a law student.

Nunc pro tunc registration may be permitted if the candidate had the
requisite education at the date as of which he desires to be registered and
there has been no laches on his part, said matters to be determined by the
State Board of Law Examiners.

A candidate removing from a jurisdiction having similar standards for
registration may have the registration transferred. 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. No one shall be examined
who shall not have studied law in a law school in some part of the United.
States, or in the office of a member of the Bar of .this State for at least three
years; no one shall be examined who shall not have been registered as
aforesaid as a law student before beginning said period of study; but any
candidate who shall have pursued the study of law in a school outside the
State of Maryland for the requisite period may take the Bar examination
without registration; provided he shall satisfy the said Board of Law
Examiners that before beginning the study of law he had completed the
course of a university, college, high school or other school approved by the
Board of Law Examiners, or was admitted to a college or law school, the
requirements for entrance to which shall be approved by the Board of Law-
Examiners.

The said Board shall report their proceedings in the examination of
applicants to the Court of Appeals, with any recommendations said Board
shall 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 ad-
mitting him to practice in all the Courts of the State.

The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules for a uniform system of
examinations in this State, both for registration as aforesaid and for ad-
mission to the Bar; and for the fees to be paid by the applicant upon taking
the examinations aforesaid; and for the compensation of' the members of
the Board, who shall be paid out of said fees; and generally such other
rules as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this
section.

The Board of Examiners shall render an annual account of their ex-
penses to the Court of Appeals.

Any fraudulent act or representation by any applicant in connection
with his application, registration or examination shall be sufficient cause
for the revocation of the order admitting him to practice.

The provisions of this section as to registration and general preliminary
education shall not apply to those students who shall have matriculated at
the Law Department of the University of Maryland, or shall have begun
the study of law in the office of a member of the Bar of this State before
the first day of January, 1918; nor shall the provisions of this section re-
lative to the three-year period of legal study affect any law student who
shall have matriculated in any reputable law school before April 18, 1916.