The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

and qualifications of all applicants for
admission to practice, and to commu-
nicate to the board any information
known to them affecting such matters" :"
RULES OF THE BOARD.
In addition to these, the examining
committee has adopted the following
rules relating to examinations:
Rule mo applicant will be accept
ed for examination in the law until he
has satisfied the board (a) that he is a
person of good moral character; (b)
that he is possessed of the requisite
general education.
Rule 2-Every applicant for exami-
nation for admission to the bar will
be required to produce and file with
the secretary of the board a written
certificate, signed by the judge of the
district court or of the court of COM
mon pleas and three members of the
bar of the county where he resides or
has lately resided, showing that he is
a person of good moral character.
Rule 3-A diploma or propely authen-
ticated certificate showing that the APP
plicant has graduated from the State
University or other accredited uniVer-
sity college or high school will be ac-
cepted as prima facie evidence that the
applicant possesses the requisite edu-
cational qualifications to entitle him to
an examination in the law Where ne
has, no diploma or certifieat of gradu-
alton, affidavits of the applicant and
his teacher or teachers may be offered,
showing that he has pursued STUDIES
and work substantially equivalent 10
that required to complete an ordinary
high school course. Such affidavits, In
satisfactory form, will be regarded as
prima facie evidence that the applicant
possesses the requisite educational
qualifications.
Rule As a guide to the requirements
of the preliminary examination appn-
cants are expected to have covered sat
isfactorily the following ground: Three
years English grammar. rhetoric ana
literature arithmetic. algebra, geome-
try; general history, Roman, Englsh
and American history; civil govern
ment: the elements of physics, physical
geography, botany, biology; poltlcal
economy and sociology.
Rule 5-Applicants who have complied
with rule 26 of the supreme court of the
state and are of good moral character
and possessed of the requisite general
education, who are citizens of this state,
and have read law for two years in the
office of a regularly practlclng attorney
of this state, or are graduates OF tne law
department of the University OF Kansas
or some other law school of equal re
uuirements and reputation, shall be ad-
mitted to examination in the law at sucn
times and places as examinations are
hereafter held by the board
Rule 6-Applicants shall be required
to pass a satisfactory examination upon
the following subjects. as to their
learning in the law: Elementary law,
Roman law, persons, property. consul
tutional law, constitutional history, in
ternational law. conflict of laws, equity
JURISPRUDENCE equity pleading and
practice contracts, evidence. real prop
erty. mortgages negotiable instruments,
agency sales bailments, partnership,
corporations. carriers, municipal corpo-
rations torts. wills and administration,
insurance extraordinary legal rem
edies provisional remedies under the
Kansas statutes domestic relations.
civil procedure, criminal law. common
law pleading, federal practice, pleading
and practice under the Kansas code.
legal ethics. and also upon such addi-
tional subjects as the board may re-
ouire.
Rule Applications for examination
and proof of qualifications should be,
as far as practicable, on the printed
forms prescribed by the board, and filed
with the secretary of the board at least
three weeks before the stated meeting
of the board al which the applicant ex-
poets to present himself for examina-
tiaa.
Rule Sat every stated examination
each applicant shall draw a number
on a slip of paper, on which he shall
write his name and deposit it in a
sealed envelope with the secretary. The
outside of the envelope. When the ap-
plicant shall have finished any book he
shall si-n it with his number only and
mark it as directed by the board, and
any other mark of identification placed
upon the book shall disqualify it. and
the board NAV refuse to read or con-
slider such disqualified book.