Ark. Code Ann. § 16-22-204: Authority of Justice or judge to license

No Justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the circuit or other court shall have power to license any applicant to practice law, but such power shall be exercised by the courts of this state, by proper orders, duly recorded.

Civil Code, § 760; Acts 1873, No. 88, § 1 [760], p. 213; C. & M. Dig., § 597; Pope's Dig., § 634; A.S.A. 1947, § 25-102.