ART. 59.] ATTORNEYS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF COURTS.

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partment of the University of Maryland, it shall be the duty of the
court to which such application shall be made to appoint an ex-
amining board of not less than three members of the bar, who shall
examine the applicant in the presence of the court touching his
qualification for admission as an attorney; and the said court shall
also require and receive evidence of his probity and general char-
acter, and if upon such actual examination, and being satisfied that

Duty of court.

he has been a student of law for at least two years, or a graduate
of the law department of the University of Maryland, and having
heard evidence of his probity and general character, the said court
shall be of the opinion that said applicant is qualified to discharge
the duties of an attorney and worthy to be admitted, the said court
shall admit him, and the Circuit Courts for the counties and the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City are authorized to appoint a per-
manent examining board, but no member of said board shall be
appointed for a longer period than one year.

Graduate of law
department of
University of
Maryland

4. Upon the admission of any applicant to practice law in any
of the courts of this State above mentioned, it shall be the duty of
the court so admitting him to certify the same with their own proper
signatures; which certificate shall be recorded, and a copy thereof,
authenticated with the seal of the court, shall be available and suffi-
cient to entitle the applicant so admitted to admission to practice in
any of the courts of this State.

Art. 11, s 4
1831, c 268, s 3.
Certificate of
admission to
bar.

5. If, upon the application and examination of any citizen as
aforesaid, the court shall be of opinion that he ought not to be ad-
mitted, the said applicant shall not again be entitled to a hearing
for admission in any court of this State until the expiration of
twelve months after the first application, and if upon a second ap-

Id s. 5.
1831, c 268, s 4.
Applicant
rel used admis-
sion

plication he shall be rejected, he shall not again be heard until the
expiration of twelve months after such second application.

When again
heard

6. Upon the application of any lawyer who may have practiced,
or who may have been licensed to practice in any other State, Dis-
trict, or Territory of the United States, for admission to practice in
the courts of this State, it shall be the duty of the court to whom
he shall apply to admit him upon the same terms and under the

Id s 6
1831, c 268, s 6.
Application of
lawyer from
another State.

same regulations that a citizen of Maryland would be admitted to
the courts of the State, District, or Territory in which said applicant
may have practiced, or may have been licensed to practice; pro-
vided, that in the said State, District, or Territory, the mode and
terms of admission to the bar be regulated by law.

Admission.

7. Upon the application of any citizen of any other State, Dis-
trict, or Territory, in which the mode and terms of admission to the
bar are not regulated by law, to practice law in any of the courts of
this State, the said courts shall admit him or not as in their discre-
tion they may think fit.

Id s 7
1831, c 268, s 6.
Discretion of
court as to ap-
plicant from
another State.

8. If, upon the rejection of any applicant for admission to prac-
tice law in any Circuit Court in this State, or in the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City such applicant shall deem himself aggrieved by

Id s 8.
1831, c 268, s 7 ,
1783; c 17
Application to
Court of
Appeals.