Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-28
A FREEDMAN,
a Bill to Regulate the Admission OF Ne
groes and Iguorant Whites to Practice as
Attorneys and Solicitors.

groes and Iguorant Whites to Practice as
Attorneys and Solicitors.
The following bill has passed tho House
and boon read first time in the Senate:
a BILL to regulate the admission Of per-
sons to practice as attorneys solicitors and
counsclors in the courts Of this State.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate aud House Of
Representatives of tho State of South Caro-.
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the same
Section |. Any male citizens of the age Of
twcnty-onc years having read law in the Office
of any practicing attorney or good standing,
III this State, for the period of two years, or
graduated at amy recognized law school in the
United States, shall, Oil The examination Of
three members of the BAR appointed by the
Circuit Court for that purpose, who shall cer-
lily that he is a person Of good moral charac-
ter aud possesses the requisite learning aud
| ability, be admitted to practice in the Circuit
h'i" i>'o'"eo oo".+~, -..o.nny, en,in;inr
and counsellor, upon taking the oath prcscyib.
cd in the constitution. Provided, Taat in
extraordinary cases the judge proidiug mag,
in his discretion, dispense with any portion of
the two years Of study herein required. And
the Judge Of the Supreme Court may, in like
manner, and under like regulations, admit
persons to practice as attorncNa solicitors rnd
counscllors in the Supreme Court, and admit
tance to the Supreme Court shall cnt:slc them
to practice in all Of the courts of this State.
Sec. 2. Every person who has been All al
| torncy, solicitor OF couisclo,in .hc courts OF
| tho State, under the laws heretofore existing,
shell, on taking the oath prescribed in the cor.
stHu.on, be admitted to practice in the courts
of the State.
Sec 3. Any person Of good moral charac-
ter, who has been admitted to practice as an
attorney, solicitor or counsellor i'll any Court
CT Record in any of the United States, or in
any court Of the United States shall, OH pro-
ducing tho proper evidence thereof, OH motion,
be admitted to practice as such in tho courts
Of similar grade in this State on taking the
prescribed oath.
Sec. q. Any attorney, solicito. OF counsel
lor having been admitted to practice in the
Circuit and Probate courts, and practiced &C.
ccptab]y therein one year, shall, OH motion
and Recommendation of amy attorney Of record
in the Supreme Court, be admitted to practice
M said court.
Sec. s. The oath required to be taken by
this act shall be administered in open court
and tho name Of the person taking She same
entered in roll book kept for that purpose,
and certificate Of said oath shall be filed in
open court.
Sec. g. Attorneys, solicitors and counsel.
lors may be removed or suspended by the SOW
eral courts in Which they shall have been ap.
pointed, but subject to such removal OF s,,s.
pension, they shall hold their Offices during
life.
| Sec, Z. Any attorney, solicitor or coun.
scllor may bo removed or suspended Who
shall be guilty of any deceit, malpractice o.
misdemeanor, but not until copy of the
charges against him shall havc bcen delivered
70 him by the clerk of tho Court in which Che
proceedings shall be had, and an opportunity
shall have been given him Of being hoard in
his defence. ,ar
! SEQ. g.. If any attorney, solicitor or coun.
scl'orshall enter into any speculative practice
J II by purchasing, on procuring to bo purchased
any note or other demand, for tho purpose o.
putting the same in suit, when otherwise tn,
, owner or holder thereof would not suo tn
!. sar,s, such attorney, solicitor or counse,o
shall pay fine Of ono hundred dollars, an,
. shall thereafter be incapable of praoticing %
suoh in any court until restored by the Su
8 prcmo Court.
Il 500. 8. This act shall not be construed s.
|, as to provcnta citizoI from prosecuting or do