1050 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 509

CHAPTER 509.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 3 of
Article 10 of the Annotated Code of the Public Civil Laws
of Maryland, edited by George P. Bagby, regulating admis-
sion to the Bar.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 3 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code
of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, edited by George. P.
Bagby, title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact, " sub-
title "Admission to the Bar, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as fol-
lows:

3. All applications for admission to the bar shall be re-
ferred by the court of appeals to the State board of law exam-
iners, who shall examine the applicant touching his or her
qualifications 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 attor-
ney, and to be of good moral character and worthy to be ad-
mitted, they shall pass an order admitting him or her to prac-
tise in all the courts of this State. The court of appeals shall
prescribe rules providing for a uniform system of examina-
tions in this State, which shall govern the board of law exam-
iners 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. Every applicant, upon presenting
himself or herself for examination before the board of law exam-
iners, shall pay to the treasurer of the board such fee, not ex-
ceeding twenty-five dollars, as may be fixed by the court of ap-
peals. 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 connec-
tion with his or her application or examination shall be suffi-
cient cause for the revocation of the order admitting him or her
to practice. The board of law examiners shall render an annual
account of their expenses to the court of appeals. The provi-