The Gazette 1921-25

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14th December. Thirty-one Members present.

Meetings of the Council.

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Council of Law Reporting. The Council appointed Mr. James Moore as a representative on the Council of Law Reporting, in room of Mr. James Henry, who has retired from the Council of this Society. Statutory Committee. The Secretary reported that the Lord Chief Justice had appointed the following members of the Council to be the Statutory Committee for the year ending 26th November, 1922 :—Mr. Brady, Mr. Gamble, Mr. MacDermott, Mr. Quirke, Mr. Seddall, Mr. Warren and Mr. White. The President. Mr. Patrick J. Brady, who was elected President of the Society on 7th December, served his apprenticeship to the late Sir Patrick Maxwell, a former President of the Society, and was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1893, and has been a member of the Council. since 1910. From 1910-18 he represented Saint Stephen's Green Division of the City of Dublin in Parliament, and in that capacity rendered many valuable services to the Society and to the profession. Mr. Brady is a Director of the Midland Great Western Railway.Company and of the Hibernian Bank.

1th December. Twenty-nine Members present.

Election of President and Viee-Presidents. The Council elected Mr. Patrick J. Brady to be President of the Society, and Mr. Alexander D. Orr and Mr. Joseph W. Dyas to be Vice-Presidents of the Society for the ensuing twelve months. Labourers Acts. A letter was read from a country member stating that as no Taxing Officer had been appointed under the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1914, in succession to the late Mr. E. F. McHugh, Solicitor, he was unable to have costs taxed which were due to him for work done under the Labourers Acts. It was resolved to request the Local Government to make an appointment. General Meeting Resolution. The resolution passed at the Half-yearly General Meeting on the subject of reciprocity of admission to the profession between England and Ireland was referred to the Privileges Committee.