§ 90. Admission to and removal from practice by appellate division;\ncharacter committees. 1. a. Upon the state board of law examiners\ncertifying that a person has passed the required examination, or that\nthe examination has been dispensed with, the appellate division of the\nsupreme court in the department to which such person shall have been\ncertified by the state board of law examiners, if it shall be satisfied\nthat such person possesses the character and general fitness requisite\nfor an attorney and counsellor-at-law and has satisfied the requirements\nof section 3-503 of the general obligations law, shall admit him to\npractice as such attorney and counsellor-at-law in all the courts of\nthis state, provided that he has in all respects complied with the rules\nof the court of appeals and the rules of the appellate divisions\nrelating to the admission of attorneys.\n b. Upon the application, pursuant to the rules of the court of\nappeals, of any person who has been admitted to practice law in another\nstate or territory or the District of Columbia of the United States or\nin a foreign country, to be admitted to practice as an attorney and\ncounsellor-at-law in the courts of this state without taking the regular\nbar examination, the appellate division of the supreme court, if it\nshall be satisfied that such person is currently admitted to the bar in\nsuch other jurisdiction or jurisdictions, that at least one such\njurisdiction in which he is so admitted would similarly admit an\nattorney or counsellor-at-law admitted to practice in New York state to\nits bar without examination and that such person possesses the character\nand general fitness requisite for an attorney and counsellor-at-law and\nhas satisfied the requirements of section 3-503 of the general\nobligations law, shall admit him to practice as such attorney and\ncounsellor-at-law in all the courts of this state, provided, that he has\nin all respects complied with the rules of the court of appeals and the\nrules of the appellate divisions relating to the admission of attorneys.\nSuch application, which shall conform to the requirements of section\n3-503 of the general obligations law, shall be submitted to the\nappellate division of the supreme court in the department specified in\nthe rules of the court of appeals.\n c. The members of the committee appointed by the appellate division in\neach department to investigate the character and fitness of applicants\nfor admission to the bar, shall be entitled to their necessary\ntraveling, hotel and other expenses, incurred in the performance of\ntheir duties, payable by the state out of moneys appropriated therefor,\nupon certificate of the presiding justice of the appellate division by\nwhich such committee is appointed.\n d. The committee on character and fitness appointed by the appellate\ndivision of the supreme court in the first judicial department and the\ncommittee on character and fitness appointed by the appellate division\nof the supreme court of the second judicial department, may each, with\nthe written consent of the justices of each of such appellate divisions\nor a majority of such justices, acting for their respective appellate\ndivisions, from time to time, appoint and remove a secretary,\nstenographers and assistants, and procure a suitable office for each\ncommittee, properly furnished and equipped and all books, stationery,\nblanks, postal cards, expressage and postage stamps as shall be required\nfor the proper performance of the duties of each such committee.\n e. The salaries of such secretary, stenographers and assistants shall\nbe fixed for each department by the justices of the appellate division\nin each department or a majority of them in each department.\n f. The salaries of such secretary, stenographers and assistants and\nthe necessary expenses under the terms of this act in the first judicial\ndepartment, shall, in the said first judicial department, be paid by the\ncomptro
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