Rhodes

Petitioner, an attorney at law duly admitted to practice in the state of Oregon, was granted this writ of review of an order of the committee of bar examiners of The State Bar denying his application to be *661 admitted to practice law in this state on motion and production of his Oregon license.

At the time the application to be admitted to practice in this state was made, April 25, 1928, section 279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, since repealed, relating to admissions to practice, provided, so far as material here, that “Any citizen of the United States, or any resident of this state who has, bona fide, declared his intention to become a citizen in the mamier required by law, who has been admitted to practice law in the highest court of a sister state, or of a foreign country, where the common law of England constitutes the basis of jurisprudence, and who, after such admission, has been engaged in actual practice of law in such state or foreign country for a period of at least three years within the period of seven years immediately preceding the filing of his application [italics added], may be admitted to practice in all the courts of this state,” etc.

On examination of the…