HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 873

of Law Examiners; provided, however, that any person
over the age of 40 years, who was a resident of the State
of Maryland on June 1, 1918, may register as a law student
on or before November 1, 1939, under the provisions of
the law for admission to the bar as existed prior to June
1, 1918.

A candidate removing from a jurisdiction having similar
standards for registration may have the registration trans-
ferred. All applications 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 qualifications for admission to the Bar. No one
shall be examined who shall not have studied law in a law
school in the United States, or in the office of a member
of the Bar of this State for at least three years; no one
shall be examined who shall not have been registered as
aforesaid as a law student before beginning said period of
study with the exception that any applicant who shall have
pursued the study of law in a school outside the State of
Maryland for the requisite period may take the Bar
Examination without registration provided the entrance
requirements of said school shall be approved by the State
Department of Education.

The said Board shall report their proceedings in the
examination of applicants to the Court of Appeals, with
any recommendations said Board shall desire to make. If
the Court of Appeals shall then find the applicant to be
qualified under the provisions of this Section and also (if
registered on or after June 1st, 1940) under the provisions
of Section 3 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 the State.

The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules for a uniform
system of examinations in this State, both for registration
as aforesaid and for admission to the Bar; and for the fees
to be paid by the applicant upon taking the examinations
aforesaid; and for the compensation of the members of the
Board, who shall be paid out of said fees; and generally
such other rules as may be necessary or convenient to
carry out the provisions of this section. Every applicant,
upon presenting himself or herself 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 priv-
ilege of three examinations, but no more.