Chap. 188.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section
numbered 3409-a, authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to grant, without
examination, licenses to practice law to certain persuns who served in the
armed forces of the United States. [S B 157]

Approved March 15, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered thirty-four hundred nine-a, as follows:

Section 3409-a. Licenses without examination to certain persons
discharged or released from the armed forces—The Supreme Court of
Appeals may in its discretion grant a certificate without examination
to any lawyer who submits evidence satisfactory to the court that he:

(1) Is at the time of his application and was for at least three
years prior thereto a member in good standing of the bar of the State,
territory of the United States, or District of Columbia in which he 1s
entitled to practice ; and

(2) Is entitled to practice in the Supreme Court or court of like
standing of such State, territory or District of Columbia; and

(3) Has his application for a certificate to practice under this
section endorsed by two members of the bar of the city or county in
which he resides who are attorneys in good standing at the bar of this
State and who have been qualified to practice in the Supreme Court
of Appeals of Virginia for at least five years ; and

(4) Served in the armed forces of the United States between
December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one and August fifteen, nine-
teen hundred forty-five, was discharged or released from active service
but not dishonorably discharged from such armed forces, and was an
actual bona fide resident of this State for at least one year immediately
preceding his entry into such armed forces.

Any certificate granted hereunder shall entitle the holder, after
paying his license tax, to practice in the courts of this State. Any appli-
cation for a certificate made by a person who has been discharged or
released from the armed forces prior to the effective date of this act
must be filed within one year after such date, but any person discharged
or released thereafter may file his application within one year after such
discharge or release.