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tions, Partnership, Trusts, Carriers, Constitutional Law, and Bankruptcy, besides general principles of the common law, the statute law of the state, and the principles of the Constitutions of the state and the United States. The board shall recommend to the Supreme Court those candidates who have successfully passed the examination. Such candidates shall then, unless the court otherwise orders, be admitted as attorneys of this court. In case of failure to pass the examination, a fee of $5 shall be required upon the filing of any subsequent petition. The secretary of the board will notify each applicant of the result of his examination, and will inform those possessing the necessary requirements as to the time when the board will recommend their admission to the court.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

One admitted in another state, who has practiced therein for more than three years, shall be eligible to the examination after six months of study in an attorney's office of this state; but one so admitted in another state, who has practiced for 10 years, may dispense with the course of study in such office. In either case he must produce his license to practice in such other state, or the certificate of the clerk of the highest court in such state; also a certificate of good moral character from the Chief Justice of such court.

Certificate of Clerkship.

Any person entering the office of an attorney in this state as a student of law shall file with the clerk of the Supreme Court such attorney's certificate, stating that the term of clerkship has commenced, and the time of such period shall begin with the filing of the notice.

Source of Rules.

Gen. Laws 1909, c. 272, § 2; Rules Supreme Court and Board of Examiners, in force 1910.

RHODE ISLAND DECISIONS

1828 to 1917.

A complete set of Rhode Island Reports (down to 1917) consists of 37 vols. All Rhode Island decisions subsequent to vol. 14 are reported in the Atlantic Reporter, 98 vols. The set also contains all decisions for the last 32 years of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, including upward of 3,000 decisionsa number of which are from Rhode Island-which have been omitted from the State Reports, and can only be found in the Atlantic. 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 volume. The limited number of local precedents makes reference to the decisions of the neighboring states a frequent necessity, and the decisions reported in the Atlantic carry weight in Rhode Island. Write for price and full information.

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Citizenship-Residence-Age-Character.

The applicant for admission in this state must be a citizen of the state, 21 years of age and of good moral character, which last must be certified to by at least three reputable attorneys of this state.

Application-Fee.

Application in writing must be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Columbia, S. C., at least two weeks prior to the date of the examination. Such applications must contain statements as to age, occupation, and residence of the applicant, and must be accompanied by proof of the qualifications as to moral character, general education and term of study, as outlined above and below. A fee of $5 must accompany the application.

General Education.

Applicant must present to the Board of Examiners satisfactory proof in writing, by examination, or otherwise, as the board may direct, that he has had a preliminary general education equivalent to that of a graduate of a high school of this state. His application shall show the schools and colleges attended and the course of study taken.

Term of Study.

He must also present such proof as the board directs that he has studied law in a law school in the United States, or in the office or under the direction of a member of the bar of this state, for a period of two years during at least 36 weeks in each year; and that he has read the entire course prescribed by the Supreme Court, or equivalents, naming them. Proof of period of study shall be by the certificates of the instructors, professors and attorneys under whose direction applicant has

studied, or, in case of graduates, by presentation of applicant's certificate or diploma. The course of study prescribed by the Supreme Court covers the subjects of Elementary Law, Personal Property, Real Property, Criminal Law and Procedure, Torts, Contracts, Damages, Negotiable Instruments, Domestic Relations, Bailments, Agency, Partnership, Corporations, Insurance, Executors and Administrators, Wills, Equity, Code Pleading, Evidence, Constitutional Law, Legal Ethics, and the South Carolina Statutes and Rules of Court. The list of books recommended is too lengthy to be listed here, but may be obtained upon request from the clerk of the Supreme Court.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

Applications shall be referred by the Supreme Court to a Board of Examiners, which board shall examine the applicant touching his qualifications, legal and otherwise, for admission to the bar. Two examinations are held each year at Columbia, S. C., one on the first Wednesday and Thursday of May and the other on the first Wednesday and Thursday of November; or on such other days as the Board of Examiners may determine. The board shall report the result of their proceedings to the Supreme Court. If the Court is satisfied as to the applicant's general qualification and good moral character, they shall pass an order admitting him to practice in all the courts of the state, upon payment of a fee of $5 to the State Treas

urer.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Members of the bar of any state, district, or territory of the United States who for five years after admission have been engaged as practitioners, judges, or teachers of law shall be admitted without examination, on proof of good moral character, after becoming actual residents of this state.

Graduates of Law Department of State University.

Graduates of the Law Department of the University of South Carolina are admitted upon the production of their diplomas and satisfactory evidence of good moral character.

Source of Rules.

Civ. Code 1912, §§ 3908-3922; Rules Sup. Ct. Nov. 1, 1916.

SOUTH CAROLINA DECISIONS

1783 to 1917.

A complete set of South Carolina Reports (down to 1917) consists of:

Law Reports, 1783-1868.

Bay, 2 vols.

Brevard, 3 vols.

Mills, 2 vols.

Nott & McCord, 2 vols.

McCord, 4 vols.

Harper, 1 vol.

Bailey, 2 vols.

Hill, 3 vols.

Riley, 1 vol.

Dudley, 1 vol.

Rice, 1 vol.

Cheves, 1 vol.

McMullan, 2 vols.

Speers, 2 vols.

Strobhart, 5 vols.
Richardson, 15 vols.

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