LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

207 K. Whenever any person charged with a criminal offense
before a police justice is admitted to bail for further hearing,

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if such person does not appear at such hearing according to
the tenor of his recognizance, it may be forfeited. If forfeited,
the justice shall note the forfeiture on the recognizance and
deliver it to the clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore, the
said forfeited recognizance shall then become a record of said
court, and shall have the same effect and may be enforced in
the same manner as if it had been taken and forfeited by the
court.

Bail forfeited.

SEO. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 139.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Article
10 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact," and to re-enact Sections 2, 3
and 6 with amendments, and to repeal the Act of 1892,
Chapter 37, entitled an Act to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 3 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in
Fact."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Article 10 of
the Code of Public General Laws, title "Attorneys at Law and

Effective.

Attorneys in Fact," and also the Act of 1892, chapter 37,
entitled an Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments, J
section 3 of Article 10 of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact," be and the
same are hereby repealed, and sections 2, 3 and 6 re-enacted so
as to read as follows :
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

Etepeal.

members of the bar of at least ten years' standing, who shall 3
be appointed by the Court of Appeals, and shall hold office
for the term of three years. Said appointment shall be made
as follows : As soon after the passage of this Act as possible
the Court of Appeals shall appoint three law examiners. Said
examiners shall hold office for one, two and three years respec-

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