Chap. 27.-An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty-four hundred and
eighteen of the Code of Virginia of 1919, as amended by an act approved
March 26, 1928, and section thirty-four hundred and nineteen of the Code of
Virginia of 1919, as amended by an act approved March 24, 1922, in regard
to license to practice law. [H B 3]

Approved February 20, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-four hundred and eighteen of the Code of Virginia of.
nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended by an act approved March
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and section thirty-
four hundred and nineteen of the Code of Virginia of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, as amended by an act approved March twenty-
fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Section 3418. Preliminary certificate of character and of age
of persons twenty-one years of age and over.—No one shall take any
examination until he shall file with said board a certificate from the
circuit court of the county, or the corporation court of the city wherein
he resides, or the judge of either of said courts, that he is a person
of honest demeanor, of good moral character, is over the age of twenty-
one years, and has resided in this State the preceding six months;
or if he is, or within three months prior has been, a student in one
of the law schools of this State connected with a university or college,
a certificate signed by any two professors of said law school that he
is a person of honest demeanor, of good moral character, is over the
age of twenty-one years, and within the preceding three years has
studied law at said school for a period of two collegiate years.

No such certificate shall be made by any such court or judge, unless
and until the name of the person applying therefor has been submitted
by the court, or judge, to three attorneys, practicing before such court,
who shall make a thorough investigation of the moral character and
fitness of the applicant and make a report of their findings to the
court, or judge, and the certificate shall show compliance with the
above requirement; but such report shall not be binding on the court
or judge.

Section 3419. Preliminary certificate of character and of age of
persons over nineteen and under twenty-one years of age——Any per-
son who is over the age of nineteen and under twenty-one years of age
may also take any examination upon filing with the board a certificate
from the circuit court of the county, or the corporation court of the city,
in which he resides, or the judge of either of said courts, that he is a per-
son of honest demeanor, of good moral character, that he is over the age
of nineteen years, that he has studied law for the preceding two years in
the office of a practicing attorney in this State and that he will attain
the age of twenty-one years on the................ day of................ (giving
the date). No such certificate shall be made by any such court, or
judge, unless and until the name of the person applying therefor has
been submitted by the court, or judge, to three attorneys, practicing
before such court, who shall make a thorough investigation of the
moral character and fitness of the applicant and make a report of
their findings to the court, and the certificate shall show com-
pliance with the above requirement; but such report shall not be bind-
ing on the court or judge. If such person is, or within three months
prior has been, a student in one of the law schools of this State con-
nected with a university or college, in lieu of the above-mentioned
certificate of a court, or judge, he may file with the board a certificate
of two of the professors in said school, that he is a person of honest de-
meanor, of good moral character, that he is over the age of nineteen
years, that within the preceding three years he has studied law for a
period of two collegiate years in one of said law schools, and that he
will attain the age of twenty-one years on the............ day of............ (giving
the date). No license to an applicant under this section shall be
issued until he attains the age of twenty-one years.