Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-24
.KENNEBEC LAWYERS
Ancient Record Unearthed at
Clerk of Courts Office.
''ves Names Of Attorneys Admitted
Bar for Nearly 100 Years.
Many Of Them Famous in the Realm Of Law in
This and Other States.

| 80 - uiis uepOSlteO IN the :iTChlSeS
OF the clerk of courts for Kennebec
county is 4 small, black covered book
Oh less than 100 pages. II is valuable
DOCK. FOR in its pages of 41.x1 inches
IS contained register of attorneys
ADMITTED TO the bar in the courts OF
hennebec county from 1886 TO the
present time. The list comprises the
/ names of lawyers who in the past were
! leaders as advocates and counsellors
ana who in the present occupy COM
inanding positions in the realm of the
law.
Attached to the book is Il printed
copy of rules and regulations adopted
at a meeting of the members of the
bar of the county OF kennebec. holden
at the court house, in Augusta. at the
December term of the Court of Com
mon Peas, 1910. This was Il decade
before Maine separated from Massa-
chusetts and set up statehood for her
self
These rules and regulations estab-
iished fees for services and among
other things provide that No gentle
man of the bar shall upon any terms
or under any circumstances. assume
the care of an action commenced by a
person not regularly admitted
practitioner al this or some other bar
In the state.
The list of the then members of the
bar contains the names Of many whose
regulations for great ability and high
standing in their chosen profession
have come down through the years.
These names are attached to the bar
rules, adopted in 1910:
Sam. 5. Wilde. jeremiah Perley. Ell.
w. Ripley, Philip Leach. Warren Pres
ton. Reuben Kidder, limo. Boutelle,
Thomas Rice, II. Weld Fuller. Nathan
lei Perley. Il. T. Warren, Thos. A. Hill,
Augustus Allen. Nathan Weston, Jr.,
BENZ. Whitwell. Nathan Cutler, ]. G.
Hunton, Thos Bond, Jr., S. Bishop,
Fred Allen, S. kingsbury, H. H. Gurley,
John Potter. Lemuel Paine, Alexan-
der Belcher, Ruel Williams.
OF these gentlemen Nathan Cutler
ard J. G. Hunton became Governors,
the former in 1899 and the latter in
1886: Nathan Weston was an as
sociate justice and chief justice of the !
supreme court from 1920 to 1871. |
Reuel Williams served in the United |
States Senate from 1887 until 1913;
Timothy Boutelle vas a leader in the |
politics OF the State for many years, |
and many Of the other gentlemen
achieved fame and honor in the pro-
fessior as well as in the various walks |
Of life.
The register contains the oath adj |
ministered to candidates for admission |
70 the bar. as prescribed by the law |
of tho state, as well as the oath to be |
given the committee on examination. 1t |
Is said, however. that in late years |
the latter has not been used. The |
OF tn - candidates is as follows:
Il do swear that I will support the |
constitution of the United States and |
o. this state so long as 1 shall continue |
citizen thereof, so help me God.
And then the following appears:
You solemnly swear that you Will
do no falsehOod, nor consent to the do
ing of any in court; and if you know of |
~, intention to commit any you viii |
give knowledge thereof to the justices !
OF the court or some OF them, tnat IL
may be prevented; you will not wit
tingly or willingly promote or sue any
false, groundless or unlawful suit, nor |
give aid or consent to the same; you
will delay no man for lucre or malice; |
hut you will conduct yourself IN the
Office Of an attorney within the courts, |
according to the best Of your knowI- |
edge and discretion. and with all good
fidelity as we'll to the courts as your
clients so help you Cod
The cath to the committee to eX-
anime candidates for admission which |
was prepared by Richard H. Vose and |
Seth May. Is as follows: |
.fYou swear that You will faithfully
and impartialIy perform the duties in
cuuben. on YOU as u committee to ex-
anime candidates for admission as at
torneys to practice law at the bar Of
th, courts of this State, 50 help YOU
God"