The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-18
REGULATES
ADMISSION
TO THE BAR
Clerk HegIer Tells What New
Law Requires.
DIGEST OF THE ACT
Supreme Court Has Not Pre-
pared Rules as Yet.

Guthrie. o. T, April 17.-Captain Ben
jamin F. Hegler, clerk of the Oklahoma
supreme court, has been receiving num-
erous inquiries relative to the new law
concerning the admission of attorneys 10
the bar So many letters have been re-
ceived that Captain HeGler made the fo!-
lowing digest of the law, which he is send
ing out over the territory:
Dear Sir:-So many inquiries are re-
ceived by me since the act of the late
legislature concerning admission to the
bar T. this territory, that have prepared
the following digest of the act for the
Information of all concerned:
Section Prohibits practice without
admission to bar supreme court. Said
court to fix time for examination of ap-
plicants. Act not to apply to residents Of
territory admitted under pre-existing
laws.
Sec PROVIDES for examination of ap-
plicants. and that supreme court may ap
point a commission of not less than five
persons to assist the court in such exam
nations.
Sec, 3-Provides that applicants shall
be q years of age, and citizen of tie
United States, or shall have declared his
intention to become such. and shall pre-
sent to the court a certificate of some
attorney at law that applicant is a citizen
OF good moral character; that he has
regularly and attentively studied law for
one year previous to mis- application; and
= that attorney certifying believes applicant
TO be of sufficient legal knowledge and
ability to discharge the duties of an at
tGrney. But any person residing or COM
ing into the territory for the purpose Of
making it his permanent residence, upon
producing satisfactory evidence that he
has been regularly admitted as an attor-
ney in some court of record of the United
States, may be admitted here on a GER
tificate of said court showing his admis-
sion to practice therein, and that he has
not been disbarred.
Sec. An any law college, university
or college having a department of law,
duly organized. the supreme court shall,
on written application of the president
Of the faculty of such college or depart
ment, appoint a committee of not less
than five attorneys TO attend commence
ment exercises of ssid college Cor depart
ment next after their appointment, and
examine such graduates thereof as pres
ent thmselves for examination as to their
fitness to practice law; and the favor
able certificate Of such committee, or
majority of them, shall have the same
effect as the certificate provided for iE
section 3. but shall not dispense with the
conditions required of age. residence, citi-
zenship or declaration of intention.
Sec 5-Forbids practice in any court
OF the territory of non-citizens. judges CT
courts of record sheriff, coroner or
deputy sheriff And the clerk of the SUI
preme court or of any district or probate
court. or any Of their deputies. shall not
practice in the court of which he is clerk
or deputy clerk. But attorneys residing
without the territory may practice within
the territory: nor shall this act prevent
any Judge or any of the courts of this
territory from finishing any bushes un.
dertaken by him in the district or s,l.
preme courts OF the United States prior
10 his judSeship; an alien who has de-
clarsd his intention may practice as If he
were citizen.
Sec. 6-Repeals section J. chapter e.
Stat ls9. and all acts and parts of acts
in conflict Herewith.
''Sec I'm force from passage and ap-
proval Approved March l. 1903.
Supreme court has not been in ses-
sion since the passage of this act: hence
has prepared no rules yet
BENJAMIN f. HEGLER.
Clerk Supreme Court"