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certificate to every remittitur shall state the amount of costs taxed in the case and by whom paid. (As amended, Febru ry and March, 1900.)

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§ 6299. RULE 36. Report, when filed. Twenty-four hours prior to the call of any case upon the docket for argument, the reporter shal! file a report of such case with the clerk, for use by the members of the court and the counsel interested. The reporter shall note cn each report the date of filing the same, and make a similar note in his docket or list of cases.

$6300. RULE 37. Mistakes or deficiencies.-On or before the call of a case, counsel for the parties respectively may submit in writing any suggestions they think proper, pointing out mistakes or deficiencies in the report. The suggestions must be brief and pointed in expression, and refer to the pages of the record which are relied upon for vindicating their truth.

XVI. RULES, CONTEMPT.

§ 6301. RULE 38. Breach of rules.—Any breach of one or more of the foregoing rules by counsel, whether intentionally or by inexcusable negligence, will subject the offender to be dealt with for contempt.

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$6302. Board of examiners, appointment of.-It shall be the A. 1897, p. duty of the Justices of the Supreme Court to appoint a board of three a. 1898, p. examiners, designating one of their number as its chairman, whose powers and duties shall be as hereinafter declared and the members of which shall be learned and experienced attorneys at law of generally recognized ability and integrity.

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§ 6303. Term of office, vacancies, etc.-The first appointment A. 1897, p. shal! be for the terms respectively, of two, four and six years, from A. 1898, p. the first day of January, 1899. All subsequent appointments, except to fill vacancies, which said Justices are hereby authorized to do, shall be for full term of six years, and each member of the board shall hold his office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

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$ 6304. Oath of members.-Each member of said board shall, A. 1897, p. before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath, take and a. 1898, p. subscribe an oath to faithfully, carefully and impartially perform all the duties imposed upon him by this Act, and by the rules hereinafter provided for, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of the Supreme Court.

§ 6305. Applicants for admission.-Any male person desiring to a. 1897, p. become a member of the bar of this State shall make a written appli

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A. 1898, p. cation to a judge of any superior court, accompanying the application with the certificate described in the second section of this Act.

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§ 6306. Examination of applicants.-Each applicant, except as A. 1898, p. provided in section 3 of this Act, shall submit to an examination in writing, which shall be prepared by the Board of Examiners, covering all the topics and subjects a knowledge of which is, under existing laws, requisite to admission to the bar. Said board shall pass upon the merits of each examination, and as to each applicant determine whether or not he is qualified to plead and practice in the several courts of this State other than the Supreme Court, admission to the bar of which shall be governed by existing laws. The meetings of said board shall be regulated by the rules for the making of which provision is herein made. All examinations of applicants shall, in accordance with said rules, be conducted under the supervision of the judges of the respective superior courts. Each applicant shall sign his examination paper by number, and, in a sealed envelope accompanying said paper, shall state the number he has adopted, so that his name shall not be known until after the Board of Examiners have passed upon the question of his admission or rejection. Each applicant, before presenting his application to the judg, shall remit to the Chairman of the Board of Examiners the sum of fifteen dollars, and shall exhibit his receipt for same to said judge, and, out of the fund thus arising, said Board of Examiners shall pay all the expenses incurred in carrying this Act into effect, and shall divide the balance equally among themselves as compensation for their services.

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$6307. Certificate of character.--Each candidate for memberA 1898, p. ship shall accompany his [application] with a certificate from two practicing members of the bar of the State of Georgia as to his moral character, and those certifying to such character shall further state in said certificate that they have examined the applicant upon the various branches of the law and deem him qualified for admission to the practice of the law. Said certificate of character and qualification shall be sealed with the number assumed by the applicant, so that said name shall not be disclosed until after the grading of such examination.

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§ 6308. Law school graduates, etc.--No person shall be admitted A. 1898, p. to the practice of the law in this State excepting under the examination herein provided for, but this Act shall not apply to those who have received diplomas from any law school of this State authorized to issue diplomas to students of law, nor shall this Act apply to those who have been admitted to the practice of law in other States which by comity admit to practice the duly licensed lawyers of this State. § 6309. License, how granted.--All male persons who have successfully passed the examination, with a proper certificate from the A. 1898. p. Board of Examiners] to that effect, may be duly licensed to practice law in this State upon taking the oath now provided by law, and may

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receive a license to practice upon presentation of said certificate to the clerk of the superior court of his residence upon the payment of the fee now provided.

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§ 6310. Rules to be prescribed by Supreme Court.-The [Justices A. 1897, p. of the Supreme Court shall have the power to pass such rules as may A. 1898, p. be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.

§ 6311. Rules for admission to the bar.

Order appointing Board of Examiners.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,

ATLANTA, GA., December 20, 1898.

The following order was passed:

In the exercise of the appointing power conferred by the act of the General Assembly, approved December 19, 1898, as to a Board of Examiners to pass upon applications for admission to the bar, it is ordered that said board shall consist of Washington Dessau of Bibb, Joseph R. Lamar of Richmond, and Joseph A. Cronk of Chatham. The first named is hereby designated as the Chairman of said Board, and is appointed for a term of six years, the second named is appointed for a term of four years, and the third named for a term of two years from the first day of January, 1899.

It is further ordered that this order be entered upon the minutes. of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and that a copy of the same be furnished to each member of said board.

Signed by each of the Justices, except Little, J., who was absent.

ATLANTA, GA., December 21, 1900.

In the exercise of the appointing power conferred upon the Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia by the Act of December 19, 1898, as to a Board of Examiners to pass upon applications for admission to the bar.

It is ordered that Joseph A. Cronk, of Chatham, whose term will expire on the 1st day of January, 1901, be, and he is hereby, reappointed as a member of said board for the full ter mof six years from the date last mentioned.

It is further order that Washington Dessau remain Chairman of said board until otherwise ordered.

Let this order be entered upon the minutes of said court and a copy of the same be furnished to each member of said board.

T. J. SIMMONS, Chief Justice,
SAM'L LUMPKIN, P. J.,

WM. A. LITTLE, Associate Justice,
ANDREW J. COвв, Associate Justice,
HENRY T. LEWIS, Associate Justice.

[NOTE.-Mr. Justice Fish was absent when this order was passed.]

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THE RULES

For carrying into effect the provisions of the foregoing law, as prescribed by order passed on January 9, 1899, and as amended by order of July 24, 1899.

1. List of questions; precautions to insure secrecy.-The Board of Examiners shall, at least ten days before each day for examination, hereinafter designated, prepare a list of questions consecutively numbered and differently arranged from the list used in any previous examination, and covering "all the topics and subjects a knowledge of which is, under the existing laws, requisite to admission to the bar," and the Chairman shall cause a sufficient number of copies thereof to be printed in time for use as hereinafter prescribed. He shall exercise the greatest possible care to prevent a single copy of these questions being left in the hands of the printer, whom he is hereby authorized to select, or from falling into the hands of any person whomsoever, execept as hereinafter provided.

2. Application for admission; time and place of examination.Every applicant for admission to the bar who is required to submit to an examination must present his application, and the certificate by which the law requires the same to be accompanied, to the Judge of the Superior Court in a circuit of which the applicant is a resident, or in which he has read law. Such application must be presented at least ten days before that one of the examination days herein prescribed upon which such applicant desires to be examined, and he must also exhibit to the Judge the receipt of the Chairman of the Board of Examiners for fifteen dollars, as the law directs. The Wednesdays next after the second Mondays of March and De cember in the year 1899, and the Wednesdays next after the second Mondays of June and December of each succeeding year are hereby designated as the times when the examinations shall take place. The place in each circuit at which the same are to be had shall be fixed by the Judge, and he shall give to each applicant notice thereof when his application is presented. Each examination shall commence not later than nine o'clock A.M., and shall be concluded by the end of the day fixed therefor. No examination paper commenced on a day other than the day for examination, or that may be commenced on but concluded after the day for examination, shall be considered by the Board of Examiners.

"Whenever in advance of the arrival of an examination day a judge of the superior court is aware that he will be prevented by providential or other unavoidable cause from attending at the place fixed by him as above provided, he may, if able, procure some other judge of the superior court, before whom no applicants are to be examined on that day in his own circuit, to attend and serve in the place of the absent judge; and in that event, the nonresident judge shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties devolving upon the resident judge." (As amended November 29, 1900.)

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3. Printed list of questions to be securely kept; copies furnished to Judges. After each list of questions provided for in Rule 1 shall have been printed, all the copies thereof shall be forthwith delivered to said Chairman, who shall keep the same in a safe place, not allowing any person whomsoever, except as in these rules provided, to obtain any information as to their contents.

Immediately after the expiration of the time within which, relatively to a particular examination day, applications may under the preceding rule be presented, each Judge of the Superior Court shall make upon said Chairman a requisition for the number of copies of said questions which will be needed to conduct the examinations of the persons whose applications shall have been presented to said Judge, and said Chairman shall forward to him, by express or registered mail, securely sealed, the number of copies demanded; and it is hereby enjoined upon the Judges to keep the same carefully and in such manner as to absolutely prevent any inspection thereof. After the times prescribed in the preceding rule for examinations to take place shall have passed, all unused copies of said questions in the hands of any Judge shall be promptly destroyed, without allowing the same to be inspected by any person whatever.

4. Mode of conducting examinations.-The examination of each applicant shall be begun by delivering to him a copy of the questions and calling his attention to the oath he must take, as hereinafter prescribed. Each applicant shall then write legibly and neatly with ink on white paper his answer to each and every question, numbering the answers so as to correspond with the questions, and writing upon one side only of each sheet; and when he shall have finished, shall date the paper and sign the same with a number selected by himself from a list of twenty or more numbers which shall be handed to him for this purpose by the Judge, who shall take care to see that no applicant is furnished with a list having thereon any number which appears upon the list delivered to any other applicant.

Every examination must be in the presence of the Judge, provided that he may, while temporarily absent from the room in which the same is taking place, designate a member, or members, of the bar to preside until his return. It is hereby made incumbent upon the several Judges, and upon those for the time being acting in their stead, to have all examinations conducted in strict accord with both the letter and the spirit of these rules.

5. Oath of applicant.-After signing his examination paper with a number as above provided, each applicant must take and subscribe before the Judge the following oath:

"I do solemnly swear that I never saw, until handed to me by the Judge, the list of questions upon which I have been examined in connection with my application for admission to the bar, nor a copy thereof; that I had not, before my examination, received any

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