1822 - Edocs

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qualifications and fitness of the applicant, they may
grant him a licence, provided nevertheless tnat such examination
shall not be required of any person who shall
produce a certificate of his having been admitted to practice
in a Court of record in some State or Territory
of the United States, which certificate shall be signed by
the clerk of said Court.
2. Be it further enacted, That, before any person is
permitted to practice in the Courts of this Territory as an
Attorney or Counsellor at Law, he shall take an oath, honestly
to demean himself in his profession and execute his
office to the best of his knowledge, skill and ability.
3. Be it further enacted, That, if any Attorney shall receive
or collect money for his employers and fail or refuse
to pay it over when demanded, he shall be liable to an action
for the same and subject to the penalty of five per
cent for every month he detains the same after regular demand
made.
4. Be it further enacted, That no clerk, deputy clerk or
justice of the peace shall practice in the Courts to which
tiiey respectively belong, nor no Judge of the Inferior
Court shall practice in the Superior Court.
5. Be itfurther enacted, That, no person who has been
guilty of perjury, bribery, corruption, or other infamous
crime, shall be admitted as a practitioner in any of tne
Courts of this Territory.
. J. C. BRONAUGH,
President of the Legislative Council.
[dfi/iroved, \2th August 1822.]
WM. P. DUVAL,
Governor of the Territory of Florida.
TEST,
JOHN COPPINGER CONNOR,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
Oath of office.
Attornies neglectintr
to pay over
money, subject to
five per cent per
month.
Clerks, &c. &c. not
to practice.
Disqualification.