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the several counties of this State and the orphans' court of Baltimore city;
and the orphans' courts of the several counties of this State, and the
orphans' court of Baltimore city, shall disbar from the right to practise the
profession of law in their respective courts all attorneys who shall have
been disbarred from the right to practise the profession of the law by a cir-
cuit court of this State, or by the supreme bench of Baltimore city.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1900, ch. 309, sec. 11B.

12. It shall be the duty of the judges of the orphans' courts of the
several counties of this State, and of the judges of the orphans' court of
Baltimore city to prefer charges, in writing, against any attorney at law
who shall have, in their judgment, been guilty of unprofessional conduct
occurring in their respective courts, or in connection with the business
thereof, to the circuit courts for the county in which such orphans' court
shall have jurisdiction, or to the supreme bench of Baltimore city, as the
case may be.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1888, sec. 12. 1721, ch. 14, sec. 2. 1777, ch. 5, sec. 1.
1854, ch. 18, sec. 2. 1865, ch. 14. 1867, ch. 126.

13. Any attorney who, by his negligence in bringing a cause to a deci-
sion within the time limited by law shall suffer such cause to he discon-
tinued, shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars and all costs of suit
accrued on any action discontinued by his default; one-half to the party
grieved, and the other half to the State, for the use and benefit of the
county where such fines arise.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1900, ch. 13, see. 12A.

14. Any attorney who shall habitually go to the several jails, station-
houses and other places of criminal punishment with the view of soliciting
the clientage of persons confined therein awaiting trial, without having
been first sent for by such persons or by their friends, or who shall solicit
such clientage through sheriffs, constables, jailors or professional law-
breakers, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon proper proof
before a court of which he shall be a member of the bar, shall be suspended
from practice in all the courts of this State for a period of not less than
one year; and the judge imposing the suspension shall have the same pub-
licly posted on the bulletin board of his said court, and shall direct the
clerk of his said court, under a penalty of five dollars for each default, to
send notice of such suspension to the clerk of every other court in the
State. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, justice of the
peace or other official who shall act as such agent or broker for any lawyer
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned, in the discretion of the
court, for not less than thirty days.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 13. 1722, ch. 12, sec. 4. 1775, ch. 5, sec. 1.
1854, ch. 18, sec. 2. 1865, ch. 114. 1867, ch. 126.

15. The several courts of this State may, in their discretion, where
it shall appear to them that any plaintiff or defendant in any action