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Free Inspection of Records by Practitioners.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1900, ch. 26, sec. 9A.

8. All persons who are now or shall hereafter be admitted to practise
law in any court in this State, or their authorized clerk or representative,
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, and in the clerk's offices of the
courts constituting the supreme bench of Baltimore 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 aforesaid 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.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 10. 1777, ch. 5, sec. 1. 1854, ch. 18, sec. 2.
1865, ch. 114. 1867, ch. 126.

9. 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 constitution 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 ordinance of this or any State to the
contrary notwithstanding.

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

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 11. 1719, ch. 4, sec. 2.

10. 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 their
respective courts, and shall discountenance and punish the same according
to the nature of the offense, either by suspending such attorney from his
practice perpetually, or for a time, or by fine (at the discretion of the court)
not exceeding fifty dollars for any one offense.

Cited but not construed in Helms v. Franciscus, 2 Bl. 565 (note).

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1900, ch. 309, sec. 11 A.

11. Disbarment of any attorney at law from the right to practise the
profession of law by a circuit court for any county of this State, or by the
supreme bench of Baltimore City, shall extend to and include disbarment
from the right to practise the profession of law in the orphans' court of