have been omitted from the State Reports and can only be found in the Atlantic. The set also contains all decisions for the last 22 years from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Atlantic make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The Atlantic Reporter costs but a small fraction of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. Write for price and detailed information. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. Massachusetts. Citizenship-Age-Character. A citizen of the United States, or an alien who has declared intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, whether man or woman, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, may be admitted to the bar, if his legal qualifications are sufficient. Term of Study-General Education. Every candidate for admission shall file, either together with his petition or with the chairman or secretary of the Board of Examiners, proof that he is entitled to be examined, together with evidence of his good moral character and the course of study, both general and legal, pursued by him. Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee. The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the county in which petitioner has studied law, at least five days. before the day of the examination, and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an attorney of the court, stating the moral character of the applicant and the course of study he has pursued; provided, that any person who has studied at a law school connected with a college or university within the state may file his application either in the county in which such law school is established or in the county of Suffolk. Examination shall be in writing, and shall be based upon the following subjects, or some portion thereof: Contracts, Torts, Real Property, Criminal Law, Evidence, Equity, Corporations, Partnership, Mortgages, Suretyship, Agency, Sales, Negotiable Instruments, Bailments, Carriers, Wills, Probate Law, Domestic Relations, Trusts, Pleading, Practice, Constitutional Law, and Bankruptcy. In addition, the applicant should have knowledge of the general principles of common law and of their development, of the important provisions of our statute law, especially those relating to probate, insolvency, and to practice, of the Constitutions of Massachusetts and of the United States, and the subject of legal ethics. A fee of $15 shall accompany each petition, which fee covers all charges. No rejected person shall be reexamined within five months from the prior examination, and a fee of $10 must be paid on a subsequent petition Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. A person admitted to practice before the highest tribunal of another state, of which he was an inhabitant, may be admitted here upon proof of good moral character and professional qualifications, provided that one so admitted in another state who has practiced there for three years may be admitted here exempt from examination in the discretion of the board. Miscellaneous. Women shall be granted licenses to practice upon production of the qualifications before enumerated. No person who does not intend to practice as an attorney in this state shall be entitled to examination. Examinations are held in Boston on or about January 1st and July 1st of each year, and concurrently at such other places as the examiners deem necessary. Due notice of the time and place shall be given. Source of Rules. Rev. Laws, c. 165, §§ 39-43, as amended by Acts 1904, c. 355; Rules Sup. Jud. Ct., Aug. 1905; Rules Board of Examiners, June 23, 1901. MASSACHUSETTS DECISIONS. 1804 to 1907. A complete set of Massachusetts Reports (down to 1907) consists of: Massachusetts, 17 vols. Metcalf, 13 vols. Cushing, 12 vols. Gray, 16 vols. Allen, 14 vols. Massachusetts, vols. 97 to 191. The Northeastern Reporter, 80 vols., contains all decisions in Massachusetts, vols. 139 to 191 and ail decisions for the last 22 years of Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Ohio. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Northeastern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The Northeastern Reporter, containing, as it does, all current decisions of the states in which the great commercial centers are located, is considered the best set of commercial and corporation reports extant. We will supply full information and prices on request. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. Michigan. Citizenship-Age-Character. Every person who is a resident and a citizen of the United States of full age and of good moral character (which last shall be certified to by at least two members of the bar of this state in good standing, and by the judge of the circuit in which applicant resides, if applicant is known to such judge) shall be admitted to the bar of this state upon presentation of a certificate of approval from the board of examiners. Preliminary Education-Term of Study. The board of examiners will regard applicants who have received bachelor's degrees from any reputable college or university as having the requisite general educational qualifications for admission to the bar. A similar presumption will be made in favor of all graduates of normal or high schools in the state of Michigan, or other reputable institutions of a similar character, also any person possessing a teacher's certificate issued by any board of school examiners in the state of Michigan for the first grade, or higher. In the absence of any of the above evidence, applicants will be examined, before taking the legal examination, in the subjects of arithmetic, grammar, elementary algebra, general American and English history, civil government, composition and rhetoric, and English literature. In filing an application, the petitioner shall satisfy the board that he has diligently pursued the study of law for three years. Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee. The board of examiners is composed of five competent lawyers of the state, appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Supreme Court. The examination shall be partly written and partly oral, and shall include the following subjects: Administration of Estates, including Wills; Agency, Bailments and Carriers, Bills and Notes, Common Law, Contracts, Con |