The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-09-22
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED by AUTHORITY.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled ian
act to regulate the admission and

AN ACT to amend the act entitled "aI
act to regulate the admission anc
practice of attorneys and counsellor
at law" passed February IA, 1924.
SECTION /. Be it enacted 6u the Gen
eraI assembly Of Tie State Of Ohio, Tha'
the third section of the act entitled ian
act to regulate the admission and prac
tice of attorneys and counselors at law
passed February IA, 1924, be so amen.
ded as to read as follows: That no per.
son shall be admitted to such examina.
tion unless he shall have previously re-
| sided one year within this state, and
shall produce from some attorney or
counselor at law, a certificate setting
forth that such applicant is of good NOR
al character, and that he has regularly
and attentively studied law, during the
| Leriod of two years, previous to his ap-
plication for admission, and that he be-
lieves him to be a person of sufficient le-
gal knowledge and ability to discharge
the duties of an attorney or counselor at
law; provided, that any person residing
in this state, or coming into this state
for the purpose of making it his perma-
nent residence, upon producing satisfac-
tory evidence to the judges that be has
read law for the period of two years un-
der the tuition Of some licensed attor
ney, aud had been regularly admitted as
an attorney or counselor at law, in some
court of record within the United States,
or that he has been in the practice of
law in some one of the United States
Tor territories thereof during the period
of two years previous to his application
for admission, may be admitted to an
examination at any time By producing
to i'd judges satisfactory evidence that
such applicant sustains a good moral
character, and By satisfying the judges
aforesaid By affidavit or oath that he &C
tually resides in this state, or Intends to
become a citizen thereof.
SEC 2. That section five of said act
be so amended as to read as follows
Sec. 5. That 10 person shall her after
be permitted to practice as al attorney
or counselor at law in any court in this
state who is not a citiz:n of the United
States, or who has not declared his in
%tention Of becoming a citizen Il the U
States, and who does not actually reside
in this state, any license heretofore
granted to the contrary Notwithstanding,
except in cases in which he S; all have
been employed before the taking effect
of this act or who holds a commission
as judge of the SUI rene court or a court
of common pleas, or who is a clerk of
the supreme court or a court of common
pleas, in any court of which he is clerk,
or who is Il sheriff, coroner, or deputy
sheriff; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall in any wise prevent at
torneys or counselors at law from prac
Using in this state who reside in states
or territories, which permit attorneys
and counsclors at law residing in this
state to practice therein aud provided
further, that nothing in this act contain
ed shall prevent any judge of any of the
courts of this state from finishing any
business by him undertaken in the circuit
or district courts of the United States
prior to his election as judge.
Sec. 3 That the original sections.
three and five, of the act to which this
is an amendment, be aud the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect
from and after it's passage: provided,
that this act shall in nowise affect or im-
pair the provisions of an act entitled IAN
act to regulate the admission of attor.
neys at law in certain cases." passed
April Z, 1856.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker # the House of Reps.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March Is, 1853.