6 LAWS. OF MARYLAND.
ARTICLE X.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND ATTORNEYS IN FACT.
CHAPTER 638.
AN ACT to repeal Section 1 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
General Laws of this State, title "Attorneys at Law and
Attorneys in Fact, " and to re-enact the same with amend-
ments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Article 10 of the Code of Public General
Laws of this State be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:
No person shall practice the profession or perform the ser-
vices of an attorney at law within this State without being
admitted to the bar as hereinafter directed; and any person
who shall give any legal advice, represent any person in the
trial of any case at law or in equity, or prepare any written
instrument affecting the title to real estate, for pay or reward,
shall be deemed an attorney at law for the purpose of this
Article.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1908.
CHAPTER 595.
AN ACT to add a new section to Article 10 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws, as codified in the Code of 1904, title "At-
torneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact, " to be known as Sec-
tion 18A, to follow immediately after Section 18.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be added to Article 10 of the Code of
Public General Laws', as codified in the Code of 1904, title "At-
torneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact, " to be known as Section
18A, to immediately follow Section 18, and to read as follows:
18A. Any person who has not been duly admitted to the bar
in this State, or elsewhere, or who, after having been so
admitted, shall have been disbarred, who shall in any manner
whatever represent himself to be entitled to practice law, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be liable to a fine of not more than $200 or confinement in
jail for not more than six months.
Approved April 6, 1908.
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