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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 153. 1920. 561 By striking Out SeCtl011S 218, 219, mid 220, and inserting in lieu  p 1224 tl16I‘60fZ amended. , · ’ "SEe. 218. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in b,;2°m‘“l°“ °° °‘° general term shall have full power and authority from time to time to make such rules as it may deem fproper respecting the examination, qualification, and admission o persons to membership in its bar and their censure, suspension, and expulsion; and every person so admitted, before he shall be at liberty to practice therein, shall take and subscribe the following oath: ‘I, ———, do solemnly 0¤rh· swear (or aflirm) that I will demean myself as a member of the bar of this court upright] and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of tlire United States} _ "Sec. 219. That said supreme court, in general term, shall have p,·,‘;§*h‘;§§;,, *‘g,c_§“§; full ower and authority to censure, suspend from practice, or m¤ml¤¤r· expel) any member of its bar for any crime, misdemeanor, fraud, deceit, malpractice, professional misconduct, or any conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. Any fraudulent act or misrepresentation b an applicant in connection with his application or admission shag be sufficient cause for the revocation by said court of such admission. Disbamm on com USec. 219a. Whenever any member of the bar of said co1n·t shall vlction xox moral anbe convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude, and a duly P*°“d°· certified copy of the final judgment of such conviction shall be presented to said court, the name of the member so convicted may thereupon, by order of said court, be stricken from the roll of the members of said bar, and he shall thereafter cease to be a member S mi n dum thereof. In the event of appeal from any such judgment of con- app?. ° viction as aforesaid, and pending the final deltermination of such appeal, the said court may order the suspension from ipractice of V t, f rd { such convicted member of the bar; and upon a reversal o such con- m.°°° mn ° ° ° ’ viction, or the granting of a pardon, said court shall have power to vacate or modify such order of disbarment or suspension. T, I I in "Sec. 220. Before any such member of the bar is censured, sus- gmilin sZm°i°m°° pended, or expelled as provided by section 219, written charges, under oath, against him must be presented to said court, stating distinctly the grounds of comdplaint. Said court in eneral term may order sand charges to be file in the office of the cgark of said court and shall fix a time for hearing thereon. Thereupon a certified copy of said charges and order shall be served upon such member personally by the marshal or such other person as the court may designate, or in case it is established to the satisfaction of the court that personal service can not be had, a certified co v of such cha es and order shall be served upon him by mail, publication, or oltierwise as the court may direct. At any time after the filing of said written charges the court shall have power, pending the trial thereof, to suslpend from practice the person charged/’ A,. . [ im 0, y striking out sections 276, 277, 2 8, 279, and 280 and inserting seams. in lieu thereof the following:  *’· m4' "Sr:c. 276. Prmsoivs n1vrrrLm>.—If the intestate leave a widow or ggevg¤¤¤*§§{ggd6md surviving husband and a child or children, administration, sub`ect to maui g the discretion of the court, shall be granted either to the widow or surviving husband or to the child, or one or more of the children quahfied to act as administrator, and further subject to the discretion of the court as follows: "Sso. 277. If there be a widow or surviving husband and no child, the widow or surviv` cr husband shall be preferred, and next to the wuhow gr survivmgmliusband or children a grandchild shall bo pre erre. f‘Sr:c. 278. If there be neither widow or surviving husband, nor child, nor grandchild to act, the father shall be preferred; and if there be no father, the mother shall be preferred.