lations, Common-Law Pleading and Practice, Pennsylvania Practice, Federal Statutes relating to the Judiciary and Bankruptcy, Pennsylvania Statutes and Decisions, and the Rules of the Supreme and Superior courts and of the courts of the county in which the applicant intends to practice. A fee of $25 must be paid to the board at or before the time of filing the application. If the applicant fails to pass, he may appear for reexamination at any final examination held within the succeeding year, without filing additional credentials, upon payment of one-half the regular examination fee. Notice must be filed with the secretary of the board at least 21 days in advance.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Attorneys in good standing who have been admitted to the court of last resort of another state, who have practiced therein for at least five years, and who can furnish evidence of good moral character, may be admitted without examination upon the recommendation of the state board of examiners, provided, that the board may, in its discretion require any such applicant to take the final examination. Attorneys in good standing from other states who have practiced at least one year may, in the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be permitted to take the final examination without previous registration. Attorneys who are members in good standing of a court of record of another state, may be admitted to final examination, without previous registration in Pennsylvania and without regard to the period of practice in such other state, providing they shall have served a regular clerkship in the office of a practicing attorney in this state for a period of at least one year prior to the examination. In the last two cases, however, it is the practice of the board to require applicants to pass the preliminary as well as final examination, excepting applicants who hold academic degrees approved by the Supreme Court for the registration of law students. All applications must be accompanied by a fee of $25.

Miscellaneous.

Examinations, both preliminary and final, are held simultaneously after due notice, in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and petitions to take the examination must be filed with the board. All applications must be on the forms provided by the Board of Examiners. A pamphlet containing fuller information can be obtained from the secretary of the Board of Examiners. These rules apply solely to admissions in the Supreme Court.

Source of Rules.

Rules Sup. Ct.; Circular of Information Issued by State Board of Law Examiners.

PENNSYLVANIA DECISIONS

1754 to 1917.

A complete set of the reports of the Pennsylvania court of last resort (down to 1917) consists of:

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reports, 1754-1845.

Dallas, 4 vols.

Addison, 1 vol.

Yeates, 4 vols.

Binney, 6 vols.

Sergeant & Rawle, 17 vols.

Rawle, 5 vols.

Penrose & Watts, 3 vols.

Watts, 10 vols.

Wharton, 6 vols.

Watts & Sergeant, 9 vols.

Pennsylvania State Reports, 253 vols., 1844-1917.

All decisions subsequent to vol. 109 Pennsylvania, are reported in the Atlantic Reporter, 98 vols. In fact, this is the only

medium for obtaining all the decisions. Upward of 1,500 cases have been omitted from the Pennsylvania State Reports, and these are all reported in full in the Atlantic Reporter. The Atlantic also contains all decisions for the last 32 years of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Atlantic make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and vol

ume.

There are many side reports, periodicals, etc., covering the decisions of the inferior courts of Pennsylvania. The list is too long to include here, but we will furnish a catalogue in which these are set forth on request. We will be pleased to quote prices and furnish full information regarding the Atlantic Reporter on request.

WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Citizenship-Residence-Age-Character.

Any resident of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, not a subject or citizen of any foreign government, of the age of 21 years and of good moral character, may apply for admission to the bar in these Islands. Proof as to age, residence, and citizenship shall be by affidavit of the applicant. Application-Form and Contents-Fee.

Application, accompanied by all the affidavits, certificates, etc., required by the rules, together with a fee of 30 pesos, Philippine currency, and evidence of good moral character, must be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Manila at least 15 days before the day of the examination. In case applicant is not admitted to the examination, the 30 pesos shall be returned to him.

General Education.

Every applicant shall offer evidence, by certificate filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court, that he has passed an examination under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction, in a course of studies identical with or equivalent to the course prescribed for graduation in the government high schools, such as is required of graduates in those schools, or has satisfied said Secretary that before commencing the study of law he had pursued a course of studies identical with or equivalent to the course prescribed for graduation in the government high schools or the course formerly required by Spanish legislation for the degree of bachelor of arts: Provided, that the latter form of certificate will not be accepted as to any applicant who may have entered upon the last four years of his academic study later than June 30, 1910, and provided further, that no certificate issued by said Secretary of Public (145)

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Instruction will be accepted unless it appears that prior to the date of its issue the fee of 30 pesos had been deposited with the clerk of the Supreme Court as required by the rules, and in the event that the certificate is based upon an examination held under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction, that the fee had been deposited before taking the examination.

Period of Study.

Applicants, other than those who have been admitted in the United States Supreme Court, or in any United States Circuit Court of Appeal or Circuit or District Court, or in the highest court of any state or territory in the United States, or in the courts of the Philippine Islands or of Spain or any of its dependencies during the period of Spanish sovereignty, shall prove that they have regularly and diligently studied law for three years in a law school or university, or in the office of a practicing attorney, or in a court of record. The affidavit of the candidate, accompanied by a certificate from the law school, attorney, or clerk of court under whose tuition said studies were pursued, shall be filed as proof. All persons who commence the study of law in these Islands shall register their names in the office of the clerk of court of the province in which they may pursue their studies or in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court at Manila in case they shall study in that city, and file a certificate showing that they are engaged in such study. This certificate must be filed some time during June or July of each year, and the clerks of the courts shall forward these annual certificates, after being recorded in their respective offices, to the clerk of the Supreme Court.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Time and Place of Holding.

A committee of three practicing lawyers is appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct the examinations. Such examina