The Somerset reporter., 1903-04-02

wars one for three years, one for four
years and one for five years, and there
sfter each year the governor, on like
Recommendation, shall appoint one MEM
her of the board for the term of five
years. Such board shall hold at least
TWO sessions annually at such times and
nlaces in the State as the supreme judi
rial court shall direct, for the purpose
IF examining all applicants for admission
20 the bar as to their legal learning and
general qualifications TO practice in the
Several courts of this State as attorneys
and counselors at law and solicitors and
cohnselors in chancery and, upon such
examinations being had, the board shall
issue te such applicants as shall pass the
required examination certificate of
nu',lit1cation stating the standing of the
applicants and recommending their adj
mission to the bar. Such board shall elect
from their number secretary and
treasurer and shall make such rules and
regulations relative to said examination
"a TO them my seem proper. The prcsi-
dent OF said hoard shall be the member
WHOSE term of office soonest expires.
Three members of said board shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction of
business.
hereby amended by inserting after the
word examination" in the tenth line the
words If deemed necessary so that said
section, as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Il
names OF said applicants shall be made
10 appear TO said board and satisfactory
evidence shall also be produced by said
applicants of their good moral character
and of their having pursued the study of
the law in the office of some attorney
or In some recognized law school or uni
yersity for at least three years prior to
such examination; and a fee to be fixed
by said board of not more than twenty
dollars shall accompany the application.
The applicant shall be required to submit
to a written examination which shall be
prepared by said board, also to an oral
Examination by the board, If deemed
necessary, and shall be required to an
swer correctly minimum of seventy per
cent of the questions given him to en-
title him to the certificate of the board.
The board shall, however, have power to
establish such higher grades of standing
as to them may seem proper
Section ). Section five of said act Is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
section 5. The examination papers
shall be kept on file in the office of the
secretary OF the board, and record kept
Of each application, the Name of the APP
pcant, and his qualifications and general
standing rs ascertained by such examina.-
ton. and the secretary of the board shall
furnish each applicant with a card, show
ing the proficiency he has attained In
each branch or subject upon which he has
been examined, whether a certificate is
issued or not. Any applicant failing to
pass the examination may again apply
that he has diligently pursued the study
OF the law six months prior to the ex-
animation; If such second application Is
within one year after his first eXamna-
ton, he shall not be required to pay an
extra fee for the second examination
Section 4. Section six of said act Is
hereby amended by emitting the words
"as examiners in going to, holding and
returning from, such examination" so
that said section, as amended, shall read
as follows:
Section g. The board of examiners
shall receive as compensation for their
services five dollars per day for the time
actually spent, and the necessary eX-
penses incurred in the discharge of their
duties, to be certified by the clerk or ONE
OF the justices Of the supreme judicial
court; provided, however, that all COM
pensation for services and expenses
shall not exceed the amounts received as
fees from applicants.
Section 5. This act shall take effect
September first, nineteen hundred and
three.
[Approved March 2G.]
Chapter 147.
An Act to amend Section five of Chapter
one hundred thirty seven of the Revised
Statutes as amended by Section one of
Chapter two hundred ninety five Of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred nine
ty-three, relating to Insane Criminals
Section /. Section five OF chapter one
hundred thirty seven of the revised stat
utes as amended by section one of chap
ter two hundred ninety-five of the public
laws of eighteen hundred nnety-three is
hereby further amended, 50 as to read as
follows
Section 5. The governor shall appoint
In each county in the state Il competent
physician, who shall be a resident OF the
county, to act as an examiner of Insane
convlcts In the county Jail of the county
When convict in the state prison or a
county Jail becomes insane, the warden
shall forthwith notify the prison physi-
clan, or the jailer shall forthwith notify
such examiner in the county of the fact,
and the prison physician or such exam
liner, as the case may be, shall forthwith
investigate the case and make q personal
examination of the convict and If the
prison physician or such examiner. as
the case may be, finds such convict in
sane he shall forthwith certify such fact
In writing to the governor and council,
and the governor and council shall cause
the removal of such insane convict to the
insane department of the state prison or
to either insane hospital until he becomes
of sound mind. The fee of such examiner
for each examination shall be -
dollars. If such convict becomes of sound
mind before the expiration of the term
Of his sentence he shall be returned to
the prison or Jail from which he was re-
moved. If the term of his sentence has
expired he Shall be discharged free. In
mates OF county jails and persons under
Indictment bepoming insane before final
conviction. may be committed to an in
SANE hospital by the judge of the SUI
nreme judicial, or superior court in the
county where such person Is to be tried
or the case Is pending, under such limita-
IONS as such judge may direct. The SUI
Derintendent of the insane hospital at Au-
gnsta shall visit the insane department of
the state prison not less than once each
month to advise with the prison physician
and warden ~ to the proper care, treat
men and disposition OF the convicts in
sara department And whenever, in the
Judgment OF said superintendent, any
convict of the state prison who may be
insane, can. be better treated at the in
sane hospital at Augusta, he may recon-
mend the transfer lol said convict to said
hospital. and report his conclusions to the
governor and council, and thereupon they
may order. such transfer, and said con-
wet Shall be returned to the state prison
whenever said superintendent shall con-
slider 1t advisable TO do so; il such person
recovers after the expiration OF his sem
eyer any convict IN said department at
t9e expiration of his term Of sentence
snail, in the opinion of said superinten-
cent, prison physician and warden, be so
lat insane that his discharge will endail-
ger the peace and safety of the commune
", they shall make a certificate setting
ior5h briefly the facts OF his sentence
and Its expiration and their opinion of
his insanity which certificate shall be by
inc warden recorded, and thereupon, up
on said certificate, which shall be his war
Elht THEREFOR said warden shall transfer
ana commit said insane person to the In
sane hospital at Augusta. All expenses
OF sald superintendent In connection with
SAID department, as we'll as those of the
commitment, removal and support of said
ttonVicts. during the term of their ser-
fences shall be paid by the state by order
vi the governor and council from state
prison appropriations
section 2. Section seven of said chapter
as amended Is hereby further amended
so as to read as follows
section Z. If a person convicted of any
crime, In the supreme judicial court or
eit iher superior court, is found by the
JuQke OF such cnurf q he tnssn