NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 725

SENATE BILL 412

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL STATUTES 84-24 BY PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY AND ASSISTANCE TO THE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS IN DETERMINING CHARACTER AND FITNESS OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 24 of Chapter 84 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth paragraph ending with the word "determine" and before the fifth paragraph which begins with the words "The Board" a separate paragraph to read as follows:

"The Board of Law Examiners shall have full power and authority to make or cause to be made such examinations and investigations as may be deemed by it necessary to satisfy it that the applicants for admission to the Bar possess the qualifications of character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor at law and to this end the Board of Law Examiners shall have the power of subpoena and to summons and examine witnesses under oath and to compel their attendance and the production of books, papers and other documents and writings deemed by it to be necessary or material to the inquiry and shall also have authority to employ and provide such assistance as may be required to enable it to perform its duties promptly and properly."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1965.