In Re Todd

—The General Assembly of 1931 enacted the following:

“The Supreme Court of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction to admit attorneys to practice law in all courts of the state under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe.” Acts 1931, ch. 63, p. 150.

In July, 1931, this court adopted rules regulating admission to the practice of law in Indiana. Under these rules an applicant is required to take an examination to determine his professional fitness. Petitioner, Lemuel S. Todd, insists that under §21, Art. VII, of the Constitution of Indiana neither the General Assembly nor this court…