, 1899-03-04
SESSION LAWS, 1899.
CHAPTER 20.
House Bill No. rs.
ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.

BE it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. All persons who have been heretofore ad-
mitted to practice as attorneys and counselLors in any dis
trict court of this State, or in the supreme court, may con-
tinue to practice in such courts; and any person who has
heretofore been admitted to practice in any district court
of the State, may, on motion, be admitted to practice in
the supreme court without the examination required by
this Act, upon payment of u fee of three dollars.
Sec. 2. There is hereby created a State Board of Law
Examiners to consist of five members of the bar of at least
five years standing, who shall be appointed by the supreme
court, and shall hold Office for the term of three wears. Pro-
vided, that at least one member shall be appointed from
each judicial district, and at the first appointment two men,
bers shall be appointed for one year, two members for two
years, and one member for three years, and annually there
after the court shall appoint a member or members of said
board in place of the examiner or examiners whose term
or terms shall expire. Members of the Board shall be eli.
giDle TO appointment. n case a vacancy shaii occur IN tne
Board by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be
filled by appointment by the court for the remainder of the
term of the member whose place may have become vacant.
In the appointment of successors, and to fill vacancies, re-
gard shall be had to the district or districts from which
the member or members whose terms shall expire, or whose
place or places may have become vacant, had been appoint
ed, so that each judicial district shall be at all times rep
resented by at least one member of the Board. Removal
of a member from the district in which he may have resided
when appointed shall be construed as creating a vacancy.
The examiners shall serve without compensation.
Sec. 3. All applications for admission to the bar of
this State shall be made by petition to the supreme court.
The same shall be referred to the State Board of Law Ex-
aminers, who shall examine the applicant touching his
qualification for admission to the bar. The said Board shall
report its proceedings i'm the examination of applicants to
the supreme court with their recommendation In the prem
Uses. If the court shall then find the applicant to be quail
fled to discharge the duties of an attorney and to be of good
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be entered admitting him to practice in all the courts of
this State. No one shall be admitted who shall not be a
citizen of the United States, a bOnafde resident of this
State, at least twenty-one years OF age and a person OF
good moral character. No one shall be examined who shall
not have studied law at least three years either in or under
the supervision of a law school in the United States, or in
the Office of a member of the bar, or one of the judges of
this State, or in part at or under the supervision of such
law school and in part in such an Office. Said study must
have been actually and not constructively commenced and
continued. Every applicant before being examined shall
pay into the hands Of the clerk of the supreme court the
fee of fifteen dollars which shall be covered by said clerk
into the State Treasury. Said fees shall constitute a fund
for the payment of the necessary and actual expenses of
the Board and it's members in attending upon the duties
thereof. All other fees received for admission of attorneys
to the court shall likewise be covered into the Treasury and
form a part of said fund. The court may require the Board
to return the examination questions and answers with their
report.
at least two regular meetings in each year at the Capital,
for the examination Of applicants, at such times as shall be
prescribed by rules to be adopted by the supreme court, and
such special meetings may be held as shall be determined
on by said Board from time to time. At all such meetings
a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The
Board shall select a chairman and secretary from its mem
bership. All examinations shall be in writing upon ques.
lions prepared by the Board. The Supreme Court shall pre-
scribe such rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act as it may deem necessary or %expedient to carry out the
purposes of this Act and secure a system of uniform ex-
animation for admission to the bar of this State.
Sec. 5. The examination of any applicant may be con-
Quoted in the district or county of his residence, in the dis
erection of the Board. upon written questions prepared by
said Board in the presence of one or more examiners, or the
District Judge, Or some other discreet and competent person
to be selected by the Board or a majority of its members.
The questions and answers shall be returned to the Board
by the person conducting the examination and the report
shall report thereon as in other cases. The examination
shall be conducted in the district or county where the appli.
cant resides, as aforesaid, whenever it is made to appear to
the satisfaction of the court that it will be a hardship, owing
to d distance, expense or otherwise for the applicant to attend
upon a session of the Board at the capital. Examinations
out of the presence of the Board, held pursuant to the pro-
visions of this Section, shall be conducted in accordance
with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
Court to ensure the genuineness, faithfulness and impair
TALLY of such examinations.
Sec. 6. On payment of one examination fee the appli-
cant shall be entitled to the privilege of two examinations,
but no more; the second being applied for not later than one
year after taking the first.
Sec. Z. The actual and necessary expenses of the Board
and it's members in the performance of their duties shall be
paid out of the fund formed by the fees provided by this Act,
upon an itemized voucher duly verified and accompanied by
a certificate signed by a majority of the members of the
Board showing that the expense has been actually and prop
erly incurred in the performance of the duties devOlving up
on the Board. Upon presentation of such voucher and GER
tifcate, the Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the Treas
urer, against such fund in favor of the proper person. Pro
vided, that no such warrant shall be drawn unless and until
there are sufficient moneys in the said fund to meet the
same; and provided, further, that such expenses shall not
be a charge upon any other state fund.
Sec. 6. AT any examination of applicants for admission
to the bar, it shall be unlawful to permit the person being
examined to receive, during the examination and after the
questions have been submitted to him, any assistance or
advice from any other person or persons, book or memo.
randum.
Sec. o. Any person who may have been admitted to
practice as an attorney in the highest court Of any other
state or territory, and who shall have been engaged In prac-
tice therein may, in the discretion Of the Supreme Court, be