The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-23
CHAPTER lB.

OF Attorneys, Solicitors and Counselors to
provide for Board CT Examiners, and to
Repeal Conflicting Acts.
Section ]. practicing attorneys, residents
Of other states and territories, or from foreign
countries, may be admitted on motion to Try
cases In any OF the courts OF this state by such
courts, but shall not be admitted to the gen.
eral practice of law In this state without COM
plying with the provisions OF this act; pro
vided, that where the applicant snal furnish
the supreme judicial court n certificate OF ad.
mission to practice in the court OF last resort
of any state, or certificate OF admission to
any circuit court Of the United States, together
with the recommendation of one of the judges
OF the court of last resort of such state, said
supreme judicial court may In its discretion,
II satisfied as to his qualifications, admit such
person to practice on motion made by soma
member OF the bar of said court.
Section 3. Every other person who shall be
OF full age, q resident and a citizen of the
United States and of good moral character,
may be admitted to practice as an attorney and
counselor. at-law, and solicitor and counselor
in chancery, in all the courts OF record of this
state on motion mads In open court, but the
applicant shall first produce the certificate
hereinafter provided for from tho board OF
examiners, to be appointed by the governor
upon the recommendation of the chief justice
of the supreme judicial court, that he pos.
sesses sufficient learning i'll the law, and
moral character and ability to enable him
10 properly practice as an attorney and coun.
sci Oh. at law and solicitor and counselor in
chancery in the courts OF this state. No per-
son shall be entitled 10 practice rs an attorney
and counsclor-at-law and solicitor and conn
selor in chancery in this state until he shall be
licensed SO to do by said courts
Section g. The governor shall on the rec
concentration of the chief justice OF the su.
preme judicial court and on or before the first
day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine
appoint u board of examiners, composed OF
five competent lawyers OF this state, for the
examination of applicants for the admission
to the bar, whose term of Office shall be as fol.
lows: One for one year, one for two years, one
for three years, ono for four years, ana one
for five years, and thereafter each year the
governor, on Ike recommendation, shall ap-
point one member of the board for the term
Of FIVE years. Such board shall meet annually
at Portland In January, at Bangor In April, at
Augusta in October, during the sessions OF the
supreme judicial court and also at such other
times and places IN the state as the supreme
judicial court shall direct, for the purpose OF
examining all applicants TOR admission TO the
bar, as TO their legal learning and general
qualifications to practice in the several courts
fa this state us attorneys and counselors at
law and solicitors and counselors in chancery
and, upon such examination being had, the
board shall issue to such applicants rs shall
pass the required examination certificate OF
Qualification stating the standing of the APP
plicants and recommending their admission to
the bar Such board shall elect from their
number secretary and a treasurer and shall
make such rules and regulations relative 10
said examination us to them may seem proper.
The president of said board shall be the mem.
Der whose term of Office soonest expires.
Three members of said board shall constituts
q quorum for the transaction OF business.
Section 4. The residences and names of the
applicants shall be made to appear to said
board and satisfactory evidence shall also DO
produced by said applicants OF their good
moral character and of their having pursued the
study of the law in the Office of some attorney
or in some recognized law school or university
for at least three years prior to such examina.
ton; and fee to be fxed by said board OF
not more than twenty dollars shall accompany
the application. The applicant shall be re-
CURED to submit to written examination
which shall be prepared by said board, also 10
IN oral examination by the board, and shall
be required to answer correctly minimum OF
seventy per cent of The questions given him ~
entitle him to the certificate of the board. The
board shall, however. have power to establish
such higher grades of standing as to them may
seem proper.
Section s. The examination papers shall be
kept on file in the Office of the secretary of tho
board, and a record kept of each application
the name OF the applicant, and his qualhca.
tons and general standing as ascertatned 10y
such examination, and the secretary of the
showing the proficiency he has attained in
each branch or subject upon which he has
been examined, whether certificate is issued
or not. Any applicant failing TO pass the ex-
animation may again apply after six months,
by showing TO tho board that he has diligently
pursued the study of the law six months prior
to the examination, and shall not be required
TO DAY an extra fec for the second examination.
In case any applicant does not pass the exam.
nations, and Is not rcexamIned, he shall have
the Zee whlcn accompanied MS hppucutlou
returned to him.
sectionG. The board OF examiners shall re
eeivc rs compensation for their services five
dollars per day for the time actually spent.
and the necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge OF their duties MS examiners, in 20.
ing to, holding, and returning from such ex.
animation to be certified by the clerk or one OF
the justices OF the supreme judicial court; pro
yided, however, that all compensation for ser
vices and expenses shall not exceed tina
amounts received as fees from applicants.
Section Z. On the first Tuesday in January
OF each year said board shall apportion any
sum OF money in the hands OF their treasurer,
received for fees, in excess of the expenses OF
said board during the preceding year, among
the treasurers of the several counties In the
state, for tho use of the law libraries in said
counties. There shall be paid to the treasurer
OF each county sum of money proportionea
to the number of students examined from said
|county as compared with the whole number
examined in the state.
Section 8. Sections twenty three and twenty.
four Of chapter seventy nine Of tho revised
statutes and all other acts and parts of aets
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Section o. Except so far as relates to TITO
appointment of the board of examiners herein
provided for this act shall not take effect until
september one, nineteen hundred.
Section 10. The provisions of this act shall
not apply TO persons whose applications fer
admission TO the bar are pending at the time
this act takes effect.
Improved Mar. H.