The Gazette 1936-40

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

DECEMBER, 1938]

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The Secretary read the report of the Scrutineers of the ballot for Council, which stated that the following had been returned unopposed as Provincial Delegates :—Ulster : John Gillespie ; Munster : Arthur J. Blood- Smyth; Leinster: Daniel O'Connell; Connaught: Christopher E. Callan. That for the thirty-one Ordinary members of the Council the following had been elected, and received the number of votes placed after their respective names:—Senator T. W. Delany, 397; J. J. Duggan, 380; E. F. Collins, 340; T. G. Quirke, 340; H. St. J. Blake, 332; M. E. Knight, 330; D. J. Reilly, 319; J. J. Lynch, 317 ; J. Travers Wolfe, 314 ; W. S. Hayes, 310 ; C. Laverty, 308; H. P. Mayne, 305; T. H. R. Craig, 298 ; P. R. Boyd, 296; W. J. Norman, 295; P. F. O'Reilly, 293 ; W. Gordon Bradley, 285; J.F.D'Arcy, 278; Sean O hUadhaigh, 278; J. R. Brennan, 277; Peter O'Connor, 276; A. H. S. Orpen, 271 ; E. H. Burne, 270; L. E. O'Dea, 269; G. A. Overend, 269; E. J. Mallins, 260; J. B. HamUl, 250; Basil Thompson, 248; J. J. Dunne, 246; C. G. Stapleton, 242; J. S. O'Connor, 224. And the following to form a supplemental list in case of vacancies :—W. S. Huggard, 219 ; J. J. Dundon, 217 ; J. J. Walsh, 215. THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet ing, said :— The Report of the Council for the year has been printed and has been circulated amongst all the members of the Society. I assume it has been read by every member, and I take it at this meeting we may take it as read. I have now to propose that it be adopted. There are a few items in the Report to which I should like to call special attention. The first is under the heading The Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898. The Report sets out what has been done by your Council. It may be thought that in the time that has elapsed since the last November meeting the Council might have been able to make greater progress. The investigations of the matters that arose from the consideration of the resolution of last November made it clear to the Council that the greatest care had to be taken in the interests of the profession, and as these matters were considered, the necessity for

in the Secretary's office before the 20th day of January, 1939.

HILARY SITTINGS LECTURES, 1939. Senior class lectures will begin on Friday, 13th January. Junior class lectures will begin on Wednesday, llth January.

HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. A Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held in the Hall of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, on Monday the 28th November. The Chair was occupied by the President (Senator Thomas W. Delany,) and the following members were present:—Messrs. H. St. J. Blake (Vice-President), Patrick F. O'Reilly (Vice-President), P. R. Boyd, W. G. Bradley, E. H. Burne, E. F. Collins, T. H. R. Craig, J. J. Duggan, W. S. Hayes, E. J. Mallins, H. P. Mayne, W. J. Norman, J. S. O'Connor, Peter O'Connor, L. E. O'Dea, Sean 0 hUadhaigh, A. H. S. Orpen, G. A. Overend, T. G. Quirke, D. J. Reillv, C. G. Stapleton, Basil Thompson, T. D. McLoughlin, D. J. Mayne, H. D. Hurley, L. W. Webb. H. D. Draper, A. J. G. Quirke, J. J. Hickey, V. Kennedy, J. J. O'Connor, A. Lloyd-Blood, R. J. Dodd, John Gillespie, J. D. Hollinger, H. H. Hurley, William Fry, H. W. Flanagan, A. G. Joyce, D. D. MacDonald, R. P. Humphries, B. T. Walsh, L. J. O'Neill, C. St. G. Orpen, F. J. W. Darley, R. G. Kenny, T. J. Kenny, E. J. Kenny, Thomas Jackson, L. J. Egan, M. A. Corrigan, Samuel Hayes, Alfred E. Walker, C. M. Glass, J. P. L. Murphy, P. C. Moore, J. A. Geary, D. L. UaDonnchadha, C. M. Gore-Grimes, M. J. Dunne, M. A. Smyth, E. Jordan, S. H. Watson, D. O'Donovan and F. A. Gibney. • The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, also the minutes of the General Meeting of 16th May, 1938, which were signed by the Chairman. The Chairman, with the consent of the Meeting, signed the audited accounts of the Society for the year ending 30th April, 1938.