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LAWS OF MAKYLAND.

tively, 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 reappointment. In case of any vacancy in
said board by reason of death, resignation 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.

8. All applications for admission to the bar shall be referred

Applications
to be re-
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by the Court of Appeals to the State Board of Law Examiners,
who shall examine the applicant, touching his qualifications
for admission to the bar. The said board shall report their
i 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 to practice in all the courts
of this State. The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules pro-
viding for n uniform system of examinations in this State,
which shall govern the Board of Law Examiners in the per-
formance of its 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
studied the law in a law school in any part of the United
States or in the office of a member of the bar of this State for
at least three years. Every applicant, upon presenting himself
for examination before the Board of Law Examiners, shall pay
to the treasurer of the board such fee, not exceeding twenty-
five dollars, as may be fixed by the Court of Appeals. On
payment of one examination fee, the applicant shall be entitled
to the privilege of three examinations, but no more. Any
fraudulent act or representation by an applicant in connection
with his application or examination, shall be sufficient cause for
the revocation of the order admitting him to practice. The
Board of Law Examiners shall render an annual account of
their expenses to the Court of Appeals.

6. Members of the bar of any State, district or territory of
the United States, who, for five years after admission, have
been engaged as practitioners, judges or teachers of law, shall
be admitted without examination on proof of good moral