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Show License for Lawyers. Thoro soenis to bo a wldo diver-gonco diver-gonco of opinion nmong nttornoys themsolvos as to tho legality of tho proposed ordlnnnco compelling law-yors law-yors to take out licenses in order to prnctlco In tho city of Chicago. Alderman Alder-man Sloan icccntly suggestod such a plan In tho city council, and it received re-ceived somo attention at that time. Somo lawyers aro of tho opinion that tho tax could not bo legally collectod, and that tho city has no powor whatever what-ever to oxact this of attorneys. Others Oth-ers maintain thnt tho city has tho right to exact licenses of nttornoys na It would of brokors, real estnto mon, butchers, nnd merchants in gnnornl. |