And
Are such as affed their
176 opportunity of attaining a practical knowledge.
of the Law So far though they may be enabled theoretically to give different correct answers to questions propounded to them by the Examiners.
Petitioners humbly submit that
And your retrospective Law, such as the ordinance of which your Petitioners complain, which not only admits persons to become attorneys &c. a profession they Bester for, but makes their service in one capacity, to be reckoned in time and qualifying value for another, of greater responsibility, and of a totally different character, with and which places them in antagonism entire hitherto privileged, although heavily burdened, Class, is unconstitutional and tyrannical.