THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   953

(b)  A candidate removing from a jurisdiction having similar
standards for registration may have the registration transferred.
The State Board of Law Examiners 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 any other law school which may be recognized
by the State Board of Law Examiners; [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 hav6 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 Depart-
ment of Education.]

(c)  The said Board shall report their proceedings in the examina-
tion 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 pro-
visions of Section 4 to discharge the duties of [any] an attorney, and
to be of good moral character, [and] worthy to be admitted, and not
a subversive person as defined by the Subversive Activities Act of
1949, they shall pass an order admitting him or her to practice in all
the Courts of the State.

(d)   The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules for a uniform
system of bar examinations in this State, [both] for registration as
aforesaid, for character examination of each applicant, [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 pre-
senting 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.

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The State Board of Law Examiners shall render an annual account
of their expenses to the Court of Appeals.

Any [fradulent] fraudulent act or representation by any applicant
in connection with his or her application, registration or examination
shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of the order admitting him
or her to practice.

SEC. 4. From and after June 1st, [1940] 1957, no person shall
begin the study of the law under the provisions of Sections 3 and 4
unless and until, in addition to the requisites for the study of law as
provided in Section 3 of [the] this Article, he or she submits proof
satisfactory to the State Board of Law Examiners that he or she has
successfully completed [one year of college work or its equivalent,
nor from and after June 1st, 1941, unless he or she shall submit proof
satisfactory to the State Board of Law Examiners that in addition
to the requisites of Section 3, he or she has successfully completed
two] three TWO years of college work or its equivalent.