The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-24
STRINGENT MEASURE
TOUCHING ATTORNEYS
A Bill WiCh Regulates At
tOrneyS' Admission to
the Bar

territorial Baf asSOclduOns VIII II.
chairman Of The committee
selected for the purpose, today drafted
and placed in the hands of Represen-
tative Jones for introduction in the
house the following bill relating TO
admission of attorneys to the bar:
An act to provide for the admission
of attorneys TO practice law; author
izing the supreme court TO appoint =
to conduct examinations.
said court to prescribe
rules for such examinations, and She
necessary for admission
to the bar; providing for fee for ex-
animation and to repeal section !,
3l6.. chapter of the stat
utes Of Oklahoma territory Of 1888
BE It enacted by the Legislative AS.
sembly of the Territory Of Okla
homa:
Section 1 No person shall be ad-
mitted to practice as an attorney or
at law. or to commence,
conduct or defend any action or pro
ceeding in which he is not party
either by using or subscrib-
ing his own name. or the name Of any
other person, in any court of record
in this territory. unless he has been
previously admitted to the bar by or
der Of the supreme court, or a majori-
ty of the judges thereof; but this sec
tion shall not apply to persons admit
ted under pre-existing laws.
Sec. 2. There shall be appointe
by the supreme court of the territory.
a territorial board of law examiners
to consist of three members of the
bar who have been admitted to prac-
tice before said supreme court. 10
hold and supervise all examinations
for admission to the bar, and report to
the supreme court of the territory the
qualifications of the different appli
cants. One member of the said boaro
shall be elected to act as chairman
and the clerk of the supreme court
shall be ex-offlcio clerk of said board
Each examiner shall hold his office
for the term of three years unless
sooner removed for good cause shown
The said board shall hold two annual
sessions at the capital, beginning on
the first day of the January and June
terms of the supreme court, and such
other sessions at the capital on the
call of the chairman as demands shah
justify A majority of said board shall
be competent to act.
Sec 3. The judges of the supreme
court Of the territory shall prescribe
such rules and regulations as they
shall deem necessary for the control
of said board of examiners, and for
the conducting of the examinations
herein provided for, and shall pre-
scribe the qualifications necessary for
admission to the bar but no person
shall be Admitted to practice as an
attorney or counsellor at law unless
such person shall have regularly and
attentively studied law In the office
of practicing attorney for the period
of three years. and shall pass a salts
factory examination upon the prlnci-
pies of the law in open meeting before
said board of examiners, or is a regu-
lar graduate of a college of law OF
recognized standing
Sec. a. Each applicant desiring 20
be admitted to thu bar shall make
affidavit in his own handwriting set
ting out the length of time he has at
tended common school, academy. or
college. and the length of time he has
spent in the study Of the law, naming
the books read with a statement show
ing that he possesses the statutory
qualifications for admission, and trans
nit the same to the clerk of the SUI
preme court Each applicant at the
time the said affidavit is transmitted
to the clerk Of the supreme court shall
pay to the said clerk the sum of $1,000
as an examination fee in addition TO
the regular fees of the clerk The
fund thus created shall be divided
equally among the members Of the
said board of examiners, and shall be
in full of all salary for services
t',areon
Sec. S, Section 1, paragraph Sl3 of
chapter OF the statutes OF Oklahoma
territory OF 1898, is hereby repealed.
This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the final adjourn
ment Of the 1908 session Of the legis-
latiye assembly
Members of the bar are requested
by the committee to write their friends
in each house OF he asseably ami