Howden

Special counsel appearing for petitioner moves this court for his admission to practice as an attorney and counselor" at law in the courts of this state. In support of his motion he presents the following facts:

Petitioner, over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, a resident of the state, has diligently and in good faith studied law for at least three years upon such subjects and under such conditions as the law and the rules of this court prescribe and lastly, has made a bona fide declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States in the manner required by law.

The sole opposition to this motion is based upon a contention that under the law, as now written, full citizenship is a prerequisite to admission to the bar. The issue is presented here because of the desire of the incorporated State Bar and the Committee of Bar Examiners thereunder, to get from this court the measure of their power and duty respecting a new contingency.

The thought is that since the amendment to section 24 of the State Bar Act, enacted in 1929 (Stats. 1929, chap. 884, pp. 1965, 1966), sections 275 and 276 of the Code of Civil Procedure have been thereby repealed, in…