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shall have and hold the shares or parcels to them
respectively allotted, in severalty.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the court Court to tax before whom any partition shall be had, shall sue executax the costs and expenses which may accrue on such proceedings, and shall issue execution thereupon, against such person or persons, their goods, chattels, lands, tenements and hereditaments, of whom partition is demanded, as shall not have paid their proportion of the costs and expenses so taxed: Provided, however, That where the parties concerned shall appear and agree upon a person or persons to make partition for them as is herein before provided, then and in that case, the costs and expenses thereafter accruing, shall be taxed in due and just proportion against all the parties.

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Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Power of guardians of all minors are hereby respectively and minors. authorized and empowered, on behalf of their wards, to do and perform any act, matter or thing, respecting the partition of lands under this act, and the same shall be deemed valid and effectual in law, to every intent and purpose, as if the same had been done by such minor, after his arrival at full age.

Repealing

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, for the partition of real estate, in force at the time of the passing of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

February 1st, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

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An act, authorizing aliens to hold lands in this

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Allens authe State of Ohio, That it shall be lawful for any and all aliens that now may have, or that hereafter shall be, entitled to have within this state, any lands tenements or hereditaments, either by purchase, gift, devise or descent, to hold, possess and enjoy the same, as fully and completely as any citizen of the United States or this state can do, subject to the same laws and regulations, and not otherwise.

Sec. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

February 3d, 1804.

Persons not admitted to practice, etc., until examined,

etc.

Persons applying for admission, how to be examined, etc.

CHAPTER XX.

An act, to regulate the admission and practice of attorneys and counsellors at law.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That from and after the passing of this act, no person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counsellor at law, or to commence, conduct or defend any action, suit or plaint, in which he is not a party concerned, in any court of record within this state, either by using or subscribing his own name or the name of any other person, unless he shall have been previously examined and admitted by any two judges of the Supreme Court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any person shall apply to any two of the judges of the supreme court to be admitted as an attorney or counsellor, it shall be the duty of the judges of said court, either by themselves or some persons learned in the law, by them appointed and in their presence, to examine such applicant, and if on such examination had, the said judges shall be of the opinion that the applicant is qualified and is of a good moral character, they shall direct their clerk to ad

minister an oath of office to, and to record the Clerk to admission of, such applicant.

administer oath of office.

of a practi

ney at law

necessary.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That DO Certificate person shall be admitted to such examination cing attor unless he shall produce, from some attorney or counsellor at law, a certificate, setting forth, that such application is of a good moral character, and that he hath regularly and attentively studied law, and that he believes him to be a person of sufficient legal knowledge and abilities to discharge the duties of an attorney or counsellor at law: Provided, however, That any per- Proviso. son residing within this state, producing satisfactory evidence to the court, that he hath been regularly admitted as an attorney or counsellor at law, in any court of record within the United States, may be admitted to an examination at any time.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the supreme court shall have power to suspend any attorney or counsellor at law from practicing in any court in this state for misconduct in office: Provided always, That every attorney or coun- Proviso. sellor, before he is suspended, shall receive a written notice from the clerk of the court, stating distinctly the grounds of complaint, or the charges exhibited against him; and he shall,

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