286 ATTORNEYS. [ART. 10

Admission to the Bar.

1888, art. 10, sec. 1. 1860, art. 11, sec. 1. 1715, ch. 48. 1783, ch. 17.

1831, ch. 268.

1. No attorney or other person shall practise the law in any
of the courts of this State without being admitted thereto as
herein directed.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1860, art. 11, sec. 2. 1898, ch. 139.

2. All applications for admission to the bar in this State
shall be made by petition to the court of appeals. A State
board of law examiners is hereby created, to consist of three
members of the bar of at least ten years' standing, who shall
be appointed by the court of appeals, and shall hold office for
the term of three years. Said examiners shall hold office for
one, two and three years, respectively, to be designated by the
judges of the court of appeals. After the first appointment
the court of appeals shall annually appoint a member of said
board in the place of the examiner whose term shall expire.
Members of said board shall be eligible to re-appointment.
In case of any vacancy in said board by reason of death, resig-
nation or otherwise, the court of appeals shall fill said vacancy
by the appointment of a member of said board to serve until
the expiration of the term for which the person so dying or
resigning had been appointed.

1892, ch. 37. 1898, ch. 139. 1902, ch. 399.

3. 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 qualifica-
tions for admission to the bar. The said board shall report
their proceedings in the examination of applicants to the court
of appeals, with any recommendations said board may 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 admitting him or her to practise in all the
courts of this State. The court of appeals shall prescribe rules
providing for a uniform system of examinations in this State,
which shall govern the board of law examiners in the perform-
ance of their duties. The expenses of said board, including
such compensation to the members thereof as the court of
appeals may determine, shall be paid out of the fees of the
applicants. No one shall be examined who shall not have