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1943
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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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expression of language in the Annotated Code of
Maryland.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
Section 2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2 of Article 10 - Attorneys at Law
and Attorneys in Fact, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it
is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows;
Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
2.
[A] THERE IS A State Board of Law Examiners [is
hereby created, to consist of three] CONSISTING OF FIVE
SEVEN members of the bar of at least five years'
standing, who shall be appointed by the Court of Appeals,
and [shall] hold office for the term of [three] FIVE
years. [The examiners shall hold office for one, two and
three years, respectively, to be designated by the judges
of the Court of Appeals. After the first appointment the
Court of Appeals shall annually appoint a member of the
Board in the place of the examiner whose term shall
expire. Members] A MEMBER of the Board [shall be] IS
eligible [to] FOR reappointment. In case of any vacancy
in the Board by reason of death, resignation or
otherwise, the Court of Appeals shall fill the vacancy by
the appointment of a member of the Board to serve until
the expiration of the term for which the person so dying
or resigning [has been] WAS appointed. THREE FOUR
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. [All
applications] EVERY APPLICATION for admission to the bar
in this State shall be made by petition to the Court of
Appeals and the petition shall be filed with the State
Board of Law Examiners.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
following transitional provisions are adopted to
implement the amendments contained in Section 1 of this
Act:
1. The terms of the members of the Board of
Law Examiners in office on July 1, 1977 expire on
December 31, 1977, December 31, 1978, and December 31,
1979, respectively. These terms shall remain unchanged.
Upon the expiration of each of these terms, a person
shall be appointed or reappointed for a five year term.
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