Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                 1649

Whereas, The unauthorized practice of law has flourished to the
detriment of people of the State of Maryland; and

Whereas, Such encroachment infringes upon the practice of quali-
fied and competent counsel; and

Whereas, There appears a pitiful reluctance on the part of the
public to differentiate between an authorized practice of law confined
by the ethics of the profession and the other unauthorized emblems
of social malfeasance, which thereby degrades the standards of the
Legal profession; and

Whereas, The practice of law is and should be distinguished by an
irreproachable character, a sense of personal honor, and the holding
of dignity as an article of conscience; and

Whereas, That dignity for which the profession is remarkable is
being obscured by the encroachment and usurpation of the legal
profession and its personal responsibility to the public; and

Whereas, This transgression of the bounds of duty and decorum
destroy public faith in the legal profession, yet it further undermines
the public by incomplete or ineffectual results often bogging down in
a legal quagmire; and now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the General Assembly of Maryland instruct the
Legislative Council to study Article 10 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition and 1956 Supplement), title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact", and to report the results of this study
and recommendations for corrective legislation to the 1958 General
Assembly of Maryland; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Secretary
of the Legislative Council.

Approved April 15, 1957.

No. 39
(House Joint Resolution 4)

House Joint Resolution to repeal Joint Resolution No. 12 of the
Regular Session of 1955.

Whereas, at the Regular Session of the General Assembly in the
year 1955 there was introduced Senate Joint Resolution No. 22
which was adopted by the General Assembly and became Joint Reso-
lution No. 12; and

Whereas, this Joint Resolution expressed the sentiment of the
General Assembly at that time that part of the property occupied
by Coppin State Teachers' College in the City of Baltimore could be
utilized without expense to the State as a site for a new Armory to

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