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 4:48 FIFTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. CHAPTER Snvnnrr-Frvn. or ATTORNEYS. Sec. Sec. 731. When cause may be prosecuted or 734. Women may be admitted. defended in gaerson or by attorney. 735. Oath of office; order of admission. 732. Attotrney a pu lic officer; who may 736. Atporneys of other States and counac as suc. nes ma a ear counse. 733. Application for admission and proof y pp as t ereon. ,“§§,§§“S°g§“Y,{Q,€ Sec. 7 31. Any action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended it?->¤<1&<1 in person or bya party in person or by attorney, except that the United States or a Y ° °m°y‘ coxéporation, either public or private, appears by attorney in all cases; an where a party appears by attorney the written proceedings must · bein the name of the attorney, who is the sole representativeof his client as between him and the adverse mparty. 0¤§;gg$fo¤mg;¤¤g}:g Sec. 732. An attorney is a public officer, but any person may act in amen. . that capacity who has been admitted as such by the district court of m§r£¤¤Egg f¤¤‘rQi the district, or may be hereafter admitted, as provided in this chapter. rumen. P Sec. 733. An applicant for admission as attorney must apply to the district court, an must show- First. That he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, and is a resident of said district, and of the age of twenriy-one years, which proof may be made by his own athdavit; Second. hat he is a person of good moral character, which may he proved by any evidence satisfactory to the court; ' Third. That he has the requisite learning and ability, which must be shown by the examination of the applicant by the ]udges, or under their direction, at the term at which the ap lication is made. mf&gg=¢¤ may be ed- Sec. 734. Hereafter women shall be adpmitted to practice law as ' gttorneys in the courts of said district upon the same terms and con itions as men. _ Om °*.°m¤¤¢ ¤*d¢* Sec. 735. If, u on the examination, the a licant be found qualified, °‘°dm1w°°` the court shall adlfninister an oath to the aplplicant to support the Constitution and laws of the United States an of the district, and to faithfully and honestly demean himself or herself in office. The court shall then direct an order to be entered to the effect that the applicant is a citizen of·the United States and of the district, of the age of twenty- one years, of good moral character, and possessed of the requisite learning and ability to practice as an attorney in all the c0urts of the district, and has taken the oath of oiizice; and upon the entry of the order and payment of the legal fee, he or she is entitled to practice as such attorney, and not otherwise. - S,·,}§e*§'§§{,° ,if§u,§{,P,§; Sec. _7 36. Wheneyer an applicant for admission as attorney shall may nppw as coun- present to the district court a certificate showing him to have been °°' uly admitted to practice as an attorney in the h1 hest courts of any State or Territory of the United States, or in one og the circuit courts, · or the Supreme Court of the United States, such applicant may be admitted to practice as an attorney without further examination.