Section 9401. Committee  


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  • The  appellate  division  in  each judicial
      department shall appoint a committee of not less than  three  practicing
      lawyers  for  each  judicial  district  within  the  department, for the
      purpose of investigating the character and fitness  of  every  applicant
      for  admission  to  practice  as an attorney and counselor at law in the
      courts of this state. Each member of such committee  shall  serve  until
      his death, resignation or the appointment of his successor. A lawyer who
      has  been  or  who  shall be appointed a member of the committee for one
      district may be appointed a member of the committee for another district
      within the same department.