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Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Colum- bia, enacts as follows: — Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as the "Legal Professions Act," 1884, c. 18, s. 1. Law Society. 2. The persons who shall be elected, or be exofficio, Benchers as hereinafter mentioned, and their successors in office, shall be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the "Law Society of British Columbia," and as such shall have continued succession and a common seal. 1884, c. 18, 8. 3. 3. The Benchers, exclusive of exofficio members, shall be seven in number. 1884, c. 18, s. 4. 4. The Benchers shall appoint a Secretary and shall ap- point one of their number to be Treasurer. 1884, c. 18, s. 5. 5. The property in the books of the law library, hereto- fore kept at the Supreme Court House, James' Bay, Victoria, is declared to be vested in the Society, and the property in any books to be in future purchased by the Benchers shall be vested in the Society and shall form part of the library. 1884, c. 18, s. 49. Benchers. 6. The Attorney-General of Canada, for the time being, the Attorney-General of British Colunbia, for the time being, and any retired Judge of the Supreme Court, shall respect- ively, exofficio, be Benchers. 1884, c. 18, s. 24. 7. The election of Benchers shall take place annually, on the Monday preceding the 31st day of March in every year. 1884, c. 18, s. 6. irS564 sm 8. No person shall be eligible as a Bencher at any election who is not qualified to vote at such election and un- less he be a Barrister. 1884, c. 18, s. 19. 9. At all elections retiring Benchers shall be eligible for re-election. 1884, o. 18, s. 21. 10. Each Barrister or Solicitor entitled to practice in the Supreme Court, and actually residing and practising in the Province, and not hereinafter declared ineligible, may vote for seven persons, 1884, c. 18, s. 8. 11. No person shall be entitled to vote unless all his fees to the Society have been paid. 1884, c. 18, s. 15. 12. On the first Monday in the month of March in each year, an alphabetical list of the Barristers and Solicitors who are entitled to vote at the succeeding election shall be made out by the Secretary of the Society, and such list may be ex- amined by any Barrister or Solicitor at all reasonable times. 1884, c. 18, s. 16. 13. In case any Barrister o^ Solicitor complains to the Secretary of the improper omission or insertion of any name in the list, it shall be the duty of such officer forthwith to ex- amine into the complaint, and rectify such error if any there be, and in case any person is dissatisfied with the decision of such officer, he may appeal to a Judge of the Supreme Court in a summary way, whose decision shall be final, and such list shall remain or be altered in accordance with such de- cision. 1884, c. 18, s. 17. 14. No person whose name is not inserted in the said list shall be entitled to vote at such election. 1884, c. 18, s. 18. 15. Such votes shall be given by closed voting papers, in the form in the Frst Schedule to this Act, or to the like effect, being delivered between the first day of March and the day of election, to the secretary of the Law Society of British Columbia. Any voting paper received during such intervals by the Secretary by post shall be deemed delivered to him. 1884, c. 18, s. 9. 16. The benchers shall, in the month of February in each 6 year, appoint two persons who, with the Treasurer, shall act as scrutineers at the election. In case any scrutineer is absent during such scrutiny the others may nevertheless pro- ceed therewith. 1884, c. 18, s. 7. 17. The voting papers shall upon the day of election be opened by the Secretary of the said Law Society, in the pre- sence of the scrutineers, who shall scrutinize and count the votes, and keep a record thereof in a proper book to be pro- vided by the Society. 1884, c. 18, s. 17. 18. Any person entitled to vote at any election for Benchers shall be entitled lo be present at the opening and scrutinizing of the voting papers. 1884, c. 18, s. 13. 19. Any votes cast for any person who is ineligible to be a Bencher, or who is a Bencher ex officio, shall be null and void, and the election shall be declared as if such votes had not b en cast. 1884, c. 18, s. 20. 20. In the event of any elector placing more than seven names on his voting paper the first seven only shall be taken, notwithstanding any of such seven persons so named may be ineligible for election from any cause whatever. 1884, c. 18 s. 22. 21. The seven persons who have the highest number of votes shall, with the ex officio Benchers, be the Benchers until the next annual election, and until their successors shall have been elected. 1884, c. 18, s. 12. 22. In case of an equality of votes between two or more persons, which leaves the election of one or more of such Benchers undecided, then the scrutineers shall forthwith put into a ballot-box a number of papers with the names of the candidates having such equality of votes written thereon, one for each candidate^ and the Secretary of the Society shall draw by chance from such ballot-box, in the presence of the scrutineers, one or more of such papers sufficient to make up the required number, and the persons whose names are upon such papers so drawn shall be such Benchers. 1884, c. 18, s. 14. 23. Upon the completion of the scrutiny, the Secretary shall forthwith declare the result of tlie election, and shall cause the names to be published in the British Columbia Gazette for one issue. 1884, c. 18, s. 23. 24. The Benchers may make such regulations as they con- sider expedient, not contrary to the provisions of this Act, for regulating the procedure under the preceding sections of this Act. 1884, c. 18, s. 25. 25. No person shall sign the name of any other person to any voting paper under this Act, or alter, or add to, or falsify, or fill up any blank in any voting paper signed by another person, or deliver or cause to be delivered to the Secretary any such false voting paper or any voting paper which hiP been added to or falsified, or in which any blank has been filled up after the same was signed. 1884, c. 18, s. 27. 26. In the event of there being no Secretary for the time being of the Law Society at the time at which any election under this Act is to be held, or in the event of such Secretary being unable, from illness or other unavoidable cause, to act at such elections, then, and in such case, the Treasurer for the time being of the Law Society shall appoint under his hand some other person to act as such Secretary, and such person so appointed shall perform all the duties of such Secretary as prescribed by this Act. 1884, c. 18, s. 28. 27. In the event of any dispute as to the election of Benchers, the same may be decided in a summary way by any Judge of the Supreme Court, upon petition, whose de- cision shall be final. The Judge may decide upon such petiticm that certain persons were or were not elected, or that certain persons were entitled to be elected, and make a re- turn to the Society accordingly, and such return shall govern the society. The costs of the petition shall be in the discre- tion of the Judge. 1884, c. 18, s. 29. 28. No petition against the return of a Bencher shall be entertained unless presented within ten days after the day of election. 1884, c. 18, s. 30. 29. The voting papers belonging to any election shall not be destroyed until after all petitions in respect to such elec- tion have been decided, but the same shall, together with all other papers in connection with the election, be retained by the Secretary. 1884, c. 1.8, s. 26 30. In case of failure in any instance to elect the requisite number of Benchers according to the provisions of this Act, or in case of any vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any Bencher, or by any u\ or cause, the remaining or con- tinuing Benchers may appoint to the vacant place or places, any person or persons drily qualified under the provisions of this Act to be elected I jcher or Renchers, and the person or persons so appointed shall hold oflBce for the residue oi the period ibr which the other Benches have been elected. 1884, c. 18, s. 31. Powers of the Benchrrs. 31. The Benchers shall have the following powers : — (1.) They may appoint such officers and servants as may be necessary for the management of the business of the Society, and may make rules for the discipline and well-being of the legal profession and otherwise re- lating to the honor thereof ; (2.) They may make rules for the improvement of legal education, and may appoint readers and lecturers with salaries, and may prescribe the subjects and mode of study of students-at-law and articled clerks, and rules for the attendance of students and articled clerks at readings or lectures : (3.) They may make rules for final examinations pf students-at-law and articled clerks as conditional to call to the Bar or admission as solicitor : (4.) They may call to the Bar of the Supreme Court and admit to practice as a Barrister in British Columbia, any person being a British subject of full age and good repute, who, having been entered of and admitted into the Society as a student-at-law, has been standing in the books thereof for five years, and has conformed himself to the rules of the Society : (6.) They may admit as Solicitors, of the Supreme Court 8 any person being a British subject of full age and good repute, who has been bound by articles, in writing, to a practising Solicitor in British Columbia, to serve, and has him served, as his clerk for five years con- tinuously, and has conformed to the rules of the Society : (6.) To select the books to be purchased for the law library, and to manage and direct the use of the library : (7.) To prescribe the fees to be paid to the Society upon calls to the Bar and the admission of Solicitors, and fees payable by students-at-law or articled clerks, on their being admitted or enrolled as such on the books of the Society : (8.) To make provision for the reporting of legal decisions. 1884, c. 18, s. 32. 32. The term of five years required in respect of the study or service of a student-at-law or articled clerk shall be re- duced to three years, if previously to having been entered on the books of the Society, or articled to a solicitor, the student or clerk shall have attained the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts in any recognized University of Great Britain or Ireland or Dominion of Canada. 1884, c. 18, s. 54. 33. The Benchers may by rule require that students-at- law, or articled clerks, or both, shall pass a preliminary ex- amination ; and the term of study or of service under articles to entitle each student-at-law or articled clerk to be admitted as a Barrister or Solicitor, respectively, shall date only from the passing of such examination. 1884, c. 18 s. 42. 34. The Benchers may, from time to time, make such rules as they consider necessary for conducting the ex- amination of persons applying to be admitted as Barristers or Solicitors, as well touching the term of study, or articles and service, and the several certificates required to be pro- duced by them before their admission, as touching their fit- ness and capacity to act as Barristers or Solicitors, and may 9 from time to time nominate and appoint examiners for con- ducting such examinations. 1884, c. 18, s. 43. 35. The Benchers may also call and admit to practise at the Bar in Her Majesty's Courts in British Columbia, British subjects of full age, good conduct and repute, who have been duly called and admitted to practise as Barristers-at-Law in any of her Majesty's Courts in England or Ireland, or wLo shall have been duly called and admitted to practise as Barristers-at-Law in any of the Superior Courts in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or Provinces of Canada, wherein the common law of England is the common law of the land : Pro- vided always that before the Benchers shall so call or admit any such person, he shall have resided in the Province for twt4ve consecutive months previously to his call or admission, and shall have before the commencement of such twelve months entered his name on the books of the Society and shall pass satisfactorily before the Benchers, or some persons to be appointed by them, an examination concerning his knowledge of the statute law of Canada and of this Province, and of the practice of the Courts of the Province, and shall produce a certificate from a Judge of a Superior Court of the country in which he was called to the Bar, to the effect that the applicant was called to the Bar, or admitted to practise as such Barrister in such Court, and that he is in good stand- ing and repute as such Barrister : Provided further, that the applicant shall have paid his admission fees to the Society, and shall have given previous to his call, two months notice in the British Columbia Gazette, ol his intention to apply for call to the Bar. 1884, c, 18, s. 33. 36. The Benchers may also admit as a Solicitor of the Su- preme Court, any British subject of full age, good conduct and repute, who has been duly admitted to practise as a So- licitor of Her Majesty's Courts in England or Ireland, or who shall have been admitted as a Solicitor or Attorney in any of the Superior Courts of Her Majesty's Colonies or Provinces of Canada, wherein the common law of England is the law of the land : Provided always, that, before the Benchers shall so admit any such person, he shall have resided for twelve 10 consecutive months in the Province previously to his admis- sion, and shall have before the commencement of such twelve months entered his name in the books of the Society and shall pass satisfactorily before the Benchers an examination touching his knowledge of the statute law of Canada and of this Province, and of the practice ot the Courts of the Pro- vince, and shall produce a certificate from a Judge of a Superior Court of the country in which' he was admitted a Solicitor; to the effect that the applicant was admitted a Solici- tor of such Court and that he is in good standing and repute as such Solicitor: Provided further, that the applicant shall have paid his admission fees to the Society, and shall have given, previously to hifHy^mission, two month's notice in the British Columbia Gazette of his intention to apply for admis- sion as a Solicitor. 1884, c. 18, s. 34. 37. The Benchers shall have full power, upon com- plaint made, to disbar, disqualify, suspend from practice, or strike off the rolls, any Barrister or Solicitor for good cause shown and after hearing, but any decision which may disbar, disqualify, suspend from practice, or strike off the rolls any Barrister or Solicitor, shall be subject to appeal to a Judge of the Supreme Court, whose decision may be reviewed by the Full Court. 1884, c. 18, s. 47. Solicitors and Articled Clerks. 38. No Solicitor shall have under such articles as afore- said more than two clerks at one time, and no Solicitor shall have any such clerk after such Solicitor has discontinued practising his profession, nor while he is employed as a clerk by any other practitioner, and service by a clerk under any such circumstances shall not be deemed service under this Act. 1884, c. 18, s. 36. 39. In case any Solicitor, before the determination of the articles of a clerk bound to him as aforesaid, has become bankrupt, or insolvent, or discontinued practice as a Solicitor, or become or employed as a clerk by any other practioner, the Supreme Court, or a Judge thereof, may, upon the appU- cation of such first mentioned clerk, order such articles to be 11 discharged or assigned to such oerson upon such terms, and in such manner, as the Court or Judge thinks fit. 1884, c. 18,s. 37. 40. Whenever any such articles as aforesaid have been discharged by the Supreme Court or a Judge, or cancelled by consent of the parties thereto, or determined by the death of the Solicitor, the clerk may be bound by other articles in writing to serve as clerk to any other practising Solicitor, during the residue of the term for which he was bound by such first mentioned articles, and service under such second articles, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, shall be as effectual for the purposes of this Act as if such service had been performed under the first articles. 1 884, c. 18, s. 38. 41. Whenever any person has been bound by articles to serve as a clerk as aforesaid, and whenever any such articles have been assigned, the Solicitor to whom such person is so bound, or such articles are so assigned, shall, within six months after the date of such articles or assignment respec- tively, make and duly declare a statutory declaration or stat- utory declarations, of such Solicitor having been duly ad- mitted, and also of the actual execution of such articles or assignment by the several parties thereto, specifying the names of such parties and their respective places of abode, and the day on which such articles or assignment were or was actually executed by them respectively; and every such statutory declaration, with the articles or assignment to which refers, shail be filed within six months after the execution of such articles or assignment with and by the Secretary of the Society. 1884, c 18, s. 39. 42. In case any such articles or assignments, with the statutory declaration or declarations in respect thereof here- inbefore required, be not filed as aforesaid within the time hereinbefore limited therefor, the same may afterwards be filed with the said Secretary, but the service of the clerk shall be reckoned only from the day of such filing, unless the Benchers iia their discretion, for special reasons, shall otherwise order. 1884, c. ]8, s. 40. 43. No person shall be admitted as a Solicitor (except as 12 in section 36 is mentioned) unless he has, during all the term specified in his articles, duly served thereunder and been actually employed in the proper business of a Solicitor by the Solicitor to whom he has been bound, at the place where such Solicitor has for the time being, resided. 1884, c. 18, s. 41. Call and Admission. 44. No person shall be called or admitted to practise in the Supreme Court as a Barrister or Solicitor, save in accord- ance with the provisions of this Act. 1884, c. 18, s. 50. 45. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, any person who shall have been admitted and enrolled as a Solic- itor of the Supreme Court previously to the 18th day of Februarys 18S4, and shall have actually practised therein as such for one year preceding his appUcation, may apply to the Benchers by letter to be called to the Bar, and the said Benchers shall, upon the production of the certificate or other satisfactory proof of the admission of such applicant as a Solicitor, call him to the Bar, and he shall thereupon be admitted, enrolled and allowed to practise as a Barrister in all of Her Majesty's Courts of this Province. 1884, c. 18, s. 53. 46. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, every Barrister who on the 18th day of February, 1884, had been admitted to practise in the Supreme Court shal' be entitled to be admitted as a Solicitor of the said Court, upon pay- ment of the fees payable upon the admission of Solicitors, and upon such payment the Secretary of the Society shall issue to such Barrister a certificate of his admission as such Solicitor. 1884, c. 18, s. 65. Disbarring, ^c. 47. Notwithstanding any Act, law or usage to the con- trary, a Barrister or Solicitor shall not be disbarred, dis- qualified, or in any manner suspended from practice or struck off the rolls, except as hereinafter is provided, until the mat- ter of complaint against him shall have been first submitted to the Benchers. 1884, c. 18, s. 46. 13 V :."■'. ^ Fees. "^ 48. Any person called as a Barrister under section 35 shall pay to the Society the fees that are payable by a stu- dent-at-law upon his admission as a student-at-law and call to the Bar, and any Solicitor admitted under section 36 shall pay to the Society the fees that are payable by an articled c?erk on his being enrolled as an articled clerk and upon his admission as a Solicitor. 1884, c. 18, s. 35. • 49. Every practising Barrister or Solicitor shall pay an- nually to the Society, on or before the first Monday of Octo- ber in each year, a sum to be fixed by the Benchers, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and shall obtain from the Secretary annually a certificate of the same date, under the seal of the Society, stating his qualifications to practise, and that the certificate is in force for one year from its * date. Upon payment of such fee, the Secretary shall issue such certificate. A Barrister who is also a Solicitor need only take out annually one certificate. Such certificate may be in the form contained in the Second Schedule thereto. 1884, c. 18, s. 44. . , , . 50. If any Barrister or Solicitor, or any member of any firm of Barristers or Solicitors, either in his name or in the name of any member of his firm, practises in any Superior or Inferior Court of Law or Equity in British Columbia without having taken out a certificate for the current year, as directed by the last preceding section of this Act, he shall for every such oflfeoce forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars to the Society, which sum may be recovered in any of the said Courts by the Society; and he shall also be liable upon summary application to the Supreme Court to be suspended by the Court from practice in all such Courts for any period not exceeding six months, or imtil the fee payable for such certificate, and the further sum of fifty dollars forfeited as aforesaid has been duly paid. 1884, c. 18, s. 45. 51. All fees, dues and subscriptions payable under this Act shall be the property of the Society, and shall be received and accounted for by the Treasurer, and the samu shall be disbursed and appropriated by him under the directions of the Benchers, in payment of the necessary law library and for law reporting. 1884, c. 18, s. 48. u FIEST SCHEDULE. FoBM OF Voting Papbb. Law Society of British Columbia. Election of Benohebs, 18 I, , of the Britisli Golambia, Barrister-at-Law, do hereby declare: — 1. That the signature hereto is my proper handwriting. 2. That I vote for the following persons as Benchers of the Law Society: A, J5., of the a D., of the K F., of the O, H., of the H, jr., of the L, M., of the N, O., of the 3. That I have signed no other voting paper at this election. 4. That this voting paper was executed on the day of the date thereof. Witness my hand this day of , A. D. 1884, c. 18, Sch. SECOND SCHEDULE. Law Society of British Columbia, Annual Certifioate No. This is to certify that has paid to the law Society of British Columbia, under the provisions of the "Legal Pro- fessions Act," the sum of dollars, and that the said is hereby entitled to practise as a in the Province of British Columbia for one year &om the date hereof. Dated October, 18 [aeal.} Secretary. 1884, c. 18, Sch. 15 BENCHERS- 1 889. A. E. B. DAVIE, Q. C, Attorney General, (ex-officio.) M. W. T. DRAKE, Q. C, C. E. POOLEY, Q. C, THEODORE DAYIE, Q. C, A. N. RICHARDS, Q. C, D. M. EBERTS, J. S. YATES, G. E. CORBOULD. 16 !i Members of the Bar and List of Solicitors OF British Columbia. d889. Namk. Albert Norton Richards, Q.O. Clement F. Cornwall M. W. Tywhitt Drake, Q. C. Robert E. Jackson H. B. W. Aikman Alex. E. B. Davie, Q. C Edwin Johnson Henry S. Mason Eli Harrison J. Roland Hett Chas. Jas. Legrgatt William Pollard C. E.Pooley Theodore Davie A. T. D. McElmen W. Norman Bole John Patmore Walls D. M. Eberts P. M. Irving Thornton Fell Q. E. Corbould 8. Perry Mills Angus John McColl Charles Wilson Geo. Jay, Jr R. W. Armstrong H. D. Helmcken J. Stuart Yates S. Y. Wootton W. J. Taylor W. Ward Spinks E. V. Bodwell T. C. Atkinson Eustace J. Jenns John M. Muir E.G. Walker S. O.Richards A. G. M. Spragge A.S. Black E. E. Wootton L. P. Eckstein A. O. Muir C. C. Pemberton C. S. Mason William H. Whittaker HezekiahG. Hall Alfred St. G. Hamersley Date of CaIjU 1871, May 15th 1865. March 15th... 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, February 25th 1873, April 16th.... 1875, February 25th 1877, February 25th 1877, April 16th.... 1877, April 16th.... 1878, October 26th. 1878, November 25th 1882, April 26th 1882, May 5th.. 1882, May 5th.. 1882, May 15th. 1882, May 26th. 1882, June 30th 1882, December 7th 1883, January 23rd. 1883, November 15th 1883, December 19th 1883, December 19th 1884, August 10th... 1885, September 24th 1886, February 8th 1886, October 13th 1887, July 19th.... 1887, November 2nd 1888, March 7th 1888, March 7th 1888, April.... 1888, August 4th. . 1889, January 28th 1889, January 28th 1889, May 4th. 1889, May 4th. 1889, May 11th Date op Admission. 1875, July 23rd. 1' \ June 30th. », November 25th. i !, January 25th. I»d9, May 6th. 1870, June 16th. 1870, October 21st, 1874, February 25th. 1871, October 9th 1873, November 25th. 1876, October 27th. 1879, April 30th. 1873, April 15th. 1875, April .')th. 1877, May 3ist. 1879, April 16th. 1880, December 28th. 1882, May 5th. 1879, January 14th. 1880, December 20th. 1882, June 30th. 1882, December 7tb. 1883, January 23rd. 1883, June 15th. 1883, November 15th. 1883, December 19th. 1884, December 1st. 1884, June 18th. 1887, September 24th. 1885, September 18th. 1887, November 2nd. 1888, March 7th. 1888, March 7th. 1888, August 4tb. 1888, March 7th. 1889, January 28th. 1889, January 28th. 1889, January 28th. 1889, May 4th. 1889, May 4th. t^lJLtES OF THE in ^^^ ^^i^ijf^^^ OF Bt^iTisH CoiiUiwsifl. benchers' meetings. 1. The regular meefcings of the Benchers shall be held at the City of Victoria on the iirst Monday of January, April, July and October in every year. 2. Special meetings may be held on the written request of two Bencliers addressed to the Secretary. 3. Four Benchers shall be a quorum, and no business shall be transacted unless a quorum be present. 4. In the absence of the Attorney General, the senior Barrister present at any meeting shall be Chairman. 5. The Secretary shall keep minutes of all proceedings of the Benchers, and all rules and regulations shall be entered at length in a book to be called the " liule Book," and shall be signed by the Chairman and Secretary. LIBRAKY. 1. The Benchers may expend such suras as they think fit in the purchase of books, and the library shall be kept at the Supreme Court House, Victoria. 2. The library shall be open for the use of the Judges of the Supreme and Coun y Courts, Barristers, Solicitors, 18 Btudents-at-law and articled clerks during the office hours of the Eegistrar of the Supreme Court. 3. The Benchers may appoint a Librarian and pay him for his services out of tlie funds of the Society. 4. No book shall be taken out o the Court House. 5. Is'o Barrister or Solicitor shall be entitled to the use of the library, unless his annual certificate shall have been taken out. 6. All books damaged or not restored, shall be placed at the expense of the person damaging or not restoring them. 7. It shall be the duty of the person taking a book to re- place it in its proper place as soon as he has finished with its use. 8. In the event of any person violating the rules as to the use of the library, the Benchers may proscribe his further use of the library. 9. The Treasurer shall exercise a general supervision over the library. STUDENT8-AT-LA\V AND ARTICLED CLERKS. 1. A candidate for enrolment as student at law, or articled clerk, or both, shall file with the Secretary a written applica- tion for enrolment, stating age and residence, together with a certificate by two practicing members of the profession, that the applicant is a person of good moral character. 2. Previously to the name of any candidate being entered on the roll, he shall be examined orally, and by written ques- tions in (a) English History. (b) Modern Geography. (c) Euclid, first three books. (d) Arithmetic. (e) English Grammar. 19 (f) Latin Grammar. (g) Virgil, tlie Urst J'jieid or, at the option of tlio ca!iditlate, the Odes of Horace, (h) Writing from Dictation, and Composition. 3. Candidates must be of the full age of sixteen years. 4. Examinations will be held on the first Monday in June and the iirst Monday in December, in each year, at the city of Victoria. 5. Examinations will be conducted in the presence of a Bencher who shall certify as to the result and the candidate, if successful, shall forthwith be enrolled on the books of the Society. 6. Previously to the Examination the candidate must de- posit with the treasurer the sum of fifty dollars to be retained by the Society in the event of a successful examination. If unsuccessful, forty dollars will be returned. 7. The Examiners shall each be entitled from the funds of the Society to be paid the sum of seven dollars and-a-half, in respect of each candidate examined. STUDENTS AND ARTICLED CLERKS APPLYING FOR CALL OR ADMIS- SION OR BOTU. 1. Every applicant for a solicitor must produce a certifi- cate from the Solicitor to whom he has been articled or as- signed, shewing in effect that the applicant has undergone the prescribed term of study or service continuously with such \Solicitor and that the applicant has during such period been faithful, diligent and engaged in no other duties than those in- cident to his service. 2. Every applicant for barrister must produce a certifi- cate that he has been bprne on the books of the Society as a student of law for a period of 5 years, and that during that period he has been a resident of the Province and that he has been engaged in no other duties than those incident to his studentship. 20 3. No applicant shall be called or admitted unless a Hritish Hubject, of full age of twenty-one years, nor unless he shall have studied or undergone the term of service reo Appeal Reports 14 Do Practice Report 1 Do Law Reports — Digest of Cases 2 Public General Acts 10 Public General Statutes— 15 Vict, to 27 Vict, (and 2 Lid) 14 Paley's Summary Convictions 1 Phillips' Reports 2 Peere, Williams' Reports 4 Do Do 3 Parsons on Partnership 1 Do on Contracts Z 28 Phillips on Insurance 2 Precedent in Chancery 1 Practice Eeports 11 Eoscoe's Digest of Evidence (Thirteenth Edition) 1 Eussell on Arbitration (Fourth Edition) 1 Russell on Mercantile Agency (Second Edition) 1 Eussell on Crimes 3 Eussell's Eeports 5 Eussell and Eyan's Eeports 1 Eussell and Mylne's Eeports 2 Eaymond's Eeports 3 Eobinson's Christopher, Admiralty Eeports 6 Eobinson's, W. D., Admiralty Eeports 3 Eules of Law Society of Upper Canada 1 Eobinson and Joseph's Law Digest 2 Eailberg's Index 1 Eaymond's Term Eeports 1 Salkeld's Eeports 3 Strange's Eeports 2 Scott's, J., (C. B.) Eeports 9 Scott's, J., (C. B.) Eeports (N. S.) 19 Shower's Eeports 2 Smith and Batty's Eeports . 1 Smale and Giffard's Eeports 3 Schoales and Lefroy's Eeports 2 Steven's Digest (N . B.) 1 Do of Criminal Law of England 3 Seaton on Decrees 3 Superior Courts Practice 2 Statutes, Chronological, Tables and Index 4 Story on Bailments (Eighth Edition) 1 Do Agency 1 Do Bills 1 Do Promissory Notes (Sixth Edition) . , 1 Do Partnership (Sixth Edition) 1 Do Conflict of Laws (Seventh Edition) 1 Do Equity Pleading (Eighth Edition) 1 Do Equity Jurisprudence (Tenth Edition) ....... 2 Smith's Leading Cases (Seventh Edition) 2 Simpson on Law of Infants .,. 1 Saunders' Eeports 3 Simons' Eeports , , 17 29 Simons', N. S., Reports 2 Simms and Stutt's Chancery Reports 2 Statutes of Canada— '67 to '77 13 Do Revised ^ Do United Kingdom— 41 Geo. Ill to 15 Vict 20 Do At Large 19 Statutes, Consol Statutes of B. C, Revised Taylor on Evidence (Sixth Edition) 2 Tliring on Joint Stock Companies (Third Edition) 1 Tudor's Leading Cases, M. L 2 Tudor's Leading Cases, Real Property (Second Edition) 1 Tudor's Leading Cases, Jiquity (Fourth Edition) 2 Taunton's Reports ° Tamlyn's Reports 1 Turner and Russell's Reports 1 Terra Reports ° Talbot's Cases | Taschereau's Criminal Acts 1 Upper Canada, Q .B. Reports 46 Upper Canada, C. P. Reports 32 Upper Canada, Queens Bench Reports (O. S.) 6 Upper Canada, Kings Bench Reports 2 Upper Canada, Error and A})peal Reports 2 U. S. Supreiae Court Reports 128 Do Do Digest (Wanforth's) 1 Vesev's Chancery Reports 20 Vesey and J^eame's Chancery Reports 2 Vesey's Notes to Chancei-y Reports 2 Yernon and Scriven's Reports 1 Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant 1 Wills on Circumstantial Evidence 1 Wilson's Reports 3 Wilson's Reports 1 Wall's Reports j Wood on Master and Servant 1 Wharton's Digest of International Law 3 Wallace's Reports (U. S.) 23 West Coast Reporter 1 Young and Collyer's Reports 2 Young and Jervis' Reports (Exchequer) 3 Yelverton's Reports 1