EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 651

CHAPTER 270.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 3 of
Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Attor-
neys at Law and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "Admission to
the Bar", as amended by Chapter 509 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland for 1916.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 3 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title '' Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact'', sub-
title "Admission to the Bar", be and is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

3. All applicants 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 practice in all the courts of
this State. The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules pro-
viding for a uniform system of examinations in this State, which
shall govern the Board of Law Examiners in the performance
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 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;
provided, that those who are subject to draft or who may be-
come subject to draft in the military service of the United
States before the next regular State bar examination or who
have volunteered for the military or naval service of the United
States, or any student now enrolled at any recognized law
school in the State of Maryland, may be examined after
having studied law in a law school for at least two
scholastic years or in the office of a member of the
bar of this State for at least two calendar years, the above pro-
visions in relation to two years shall apply only during the per-
iod for which the United States shall be at war with the
Government of Germany. Every- applicant, upon pre-