about January 1st and July 1st of each year. 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., July 3, 1905; Rules Super. Ct., July 1, 1906; Rules Board of Examiners, June 23, 1904. MASSACHUSETTS DECISIONS. 1804 to 1909. A complete set of Massachusetts Reports (down to 1909) consists of: Massachusetts, 17 vols. Pickering, 24 vols. Metcalf, 13 vols. Cushing, 12 vols. Allen, 14 vols. Massachusetts, vols. 97 to 197. The Northeastern Reporter, 86 vols., contains all decisions in Massachusetts, vols. 139 to 197, and all decisions for the last 24 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. 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, Constitutional Law, Corporations, both Public and Private, Criminal Law and Procedure, Damages, Domestic Relations, Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure, Evidence, Insurance, Mortgages, Real and Personal, Partnership, Pleading and Practice at Common Law and under the Michigan Laws, Personal Property, Real Property, including Landlord and Tenant; Fixtures and Easements, Torts, Legal Ethics, Trusts, Michigan Statute Law, International Law, Suretyship, Fraud, Jurisdiction and Practice of the United States Courts, and any other subjects that the board of examiners may choose to add. A minimum of 70 per cent. shall be required for qualification. Each petition shall be accompanied by a fee of $10, which shall entitle the candidate to a second attempt, if the first is unfavorable. The second test can only be taken, however, six months or more after the failure, and the application in such case must state that that length of time has been spent diligently in the study of law. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. When an applicant shall furnish a certificate to practice in a court of last resort of another state, or in any Circuit or District Court of the United States, together with the recommendation of a judge of that court, the Supreme Court, in its discretion, may grant a license on motion of an attorney of said. court. Admission on Diploma. One graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan or the Detroit College of Law shall be admitted to practice on presentation of diploma and avowal of the prescribed oath. Miscellaneous. Examinations are held at Lansing at least twice a year, usually on the second Wednesday of the October and April terms of the Supreme Court. Applications, on blank forms which may be obtained of the secretary, must be filed with the secretary at least 10 days prior to the examination. The present secretary is W. W. Hyde, Grand Rapids, Mich. No person shall be denied admission on account of sex. Source of Rules. Comp. Laws 1897, §§ 1119-1121, 1123, 1124; Rules Board of Examiners. MICHIGAN DECISIONS. 1836 to 1909. A complete set of Michigan Reports (down to 1909) consists of: Harrington, 1 vol. Walker, 1 vol. Michigan, 152 vols. The Northwestern Reporter, 119 vols., contains all decisions of Michigan subsequent to vol. 40. This represents 80 per cent. of all the decisions of the state, and includes a large number of decisions which have not as yet been published in the State Reports. It also contains all decisions for the last 30 years of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and all the decisions of Dakota Territory and North and South Dakota. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Northwestern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The set sells at less than 20 per cent. of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. Write for full information and prices. Minnesota. Citizenship-Age-Character. In this state the rules of the Supreme Court require that the applicant shall be a citizen of the United States, a citizen and resident of the state, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, which last must be certified to by two practicing attorneys in this state. General Education. Applicants, other than those exempt from test before the board of examiners, shall satisfactorily prove to the board that they have passed examination in one year's Latin, English history, American history, English composition and rhetoric, and the common school branches before being admitted to the bar examination. Term of Study. A person who shall have studied law for three years, within the five years preceding his application, either in a law school or in the office of a practicing attorney, or in both, provided at least six months was spent in the office of a practicing attorney in this state, shall be eligible to the bar examination. If for at least six months the candidate has pursued his studies in the office of a practicing attorney in this state as prescribed, the board may, in its discretion, accept in lieu of the remainder of the time required to be passed in a law office or school an equivalent period of study, irrespective of the manner or place in which it was spent. Examination—Regulations-Scope—Fee. The petition for examination shall be filed with the secretary of board, and shall contain statements regarding applicant's |