Chap. 53.—-An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3413 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to the Board of Law Examiners and qualifica-
tions and examination of applicants for membership to the bar. [S B 101]

Approved February 24, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-four hundred and thirteen of the Code of Virginia, as hereto-
fore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3413. President of Board; Rules and Regulations ; Quorum.
—The board shall elect one of its members president, and may make,
alter and amend rules and regulations as to the legal qualifications of
applicants, the requirements necessary for passing examinations, in
whole or in part, and as to all things necessary or expedient for the
proper conduct of its examinations and the proper discharge of its
duties.

Every applicant before taking any examination shall furnish to said
board satisfactory evidence that such applicant has either received a
degree from a law school approved by the American Bar Association
or completed the equivalent of at least a two-year academic course of
an accredited college, but such study need not have been in any college,
provided that as to any applicant who has heretofore taken any such
examination, the provisions of this paragraph shall not become effective
until July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. After July first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, every applicant who does not hold
such a law degree shall furnish satisfactory evidence that he has not
only the academic qualification (or equivalent) above mentioned but
also that he has studied law for not less than two years under such
reasonable conditions as may be prescribed by the board, except that
the board shall not require any of such study to be in a law school.

Three members shall constitute a quorum for holding examinations or
the transaction of other business.