PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

hold the office of judge of the county court in his county.

THE LAW SOCIETY.

This society was incorporated by virtue of a statute of this province passed on the 29th day of April, 1876, under the name of “The Law Society of Prince Edward Island”.

The object of the enactment is therein set forth to be “for the purpose of establish- ing order and good conduct among them- selves and of securing to the province and the profession a learned and honorable body and of procuring and maintaining a library for the use of the members of the corporation and for the purposesset out in this act and in the by-laws to be enacted in pursuance there- of.” The by-laws of the society are sub— ject to the approval of the supreme court or two judges thereof

By virtue of the above act and the acts in

amendment thereof it is provided that no_

attorney nor barrister of the supreme court shall be allowed to practice in the supreme court or court of chancery unless he com- plies with the provisions of the incorporating act and all the by-laws made in pursuance of the same.

For the purpose of securing and main— taining a law library for the use of the society an annual fee and also a charge upon every writ issued out of the supreme court is levied upon each member of the society.

To enforce its rules and to carry out its specified objects power is given to the society to impose fines, and by a two-thirds vote of the members present (the members present being a majority of the total members of the society), to expel a member.

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The society is authorized to examine persons applying to be admitted attorneys of the supreme court, to define the subjects for examination, the mode of conducting it, and to regulate and define the fees to be paid to the examiners and all other matters con- nected with the examination, examiners and applicants for admission.

Before entering upon a study of law the applicant must either be a graduate in arts of some college within His Majesty’s do- minions or must pass an examination before the examiners appointed by the law society in the subjects set forth in the appendix thereto.

After admission as a student at law the candidate is required to enter into articles in writing with a barrister of the court and to study thereunder for the full time of five years, or, if a college graduate, for the term of four years.

After completing the term of study, hav- ing paid the fees and having passed the ex- aminations prescribed the student may be admitted to the bar forthwith if he has made seventy-five per cent. of the aggregate num- ber of marks possible, otherwise, if he has complied with the by-laws set forth in the appendix hereto he may be admitted as an attorney, and one year thereafter may be ' admitted to the bar.

Any time spent by the student during his term at a law school approved by the law society may be deemed as part of his term.

In pursuance of the statute the society was organized 26th June, 1877, when the following officers were appointed: John Longworth, president; T. Heath Haviland, vice—president; Francis L. Hazard, secre- tary-treasurer; Honorable L. H. Davies, Malcolm McLeod, Edward Jarvis Hodgsbn, Fredrick Brecken, executive committee.