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Vol. XXXI, No. 2]

JUNE, 1937

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HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. A Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held on Thursday, 13th May, at the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, the President (Mr. John J. Duggan) in the chair. The following members were also present: Messrs. Scan O hUadhaigh (Vice-President), P. R. Boyd, E. H. Burne, T- H. R. Craig, T. W. Delany, M. E. Knight, Charles Laverty, J. J. Lynch, E. J. Mallins, W. J. Norman, T. G. Quirke, C. G. Stapleton, Basil Thompson, T. D. McLoughlin, J. J. Hickey, R. J. Dodd, Vincent Kennedy, D. D. MacDonald, R. Mecredy, E. J. Kenny, S. A. McAuliffe, R. P. Humphreys, J. S. Martin, C. St. G. Orpen, G. F. Robinson, R. G. Kenny, H. E. M. W. Flanagan, M. A. Corrigan, John Foley, G. E. Grove-White. The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting and the minutes of the Half- yearly General Meeting held on the 26th November, 1936, the latter of which were signed by the President. On the motion of Mr. 0 hUadhaigh, seconded by Mr. Knight, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " That Mr. A. E. Prentice, Mr. P. Glynn and Mr. E. J. O'Brien be appointed Auditors of the Society's Accounts for year ending 30th April, 1937." The President nominated the following

members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for election of Council to be held in November next : Mr. F. G. Sharpe, Mr. H. G. Sweet- man, Mr. H. H. Maxwell, Mr. Desmond J. Collins and Mr. Thomas Jackson. THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meeting, said : Since the last half-yearly meeting the Council has lost from amongst its members Mr. Peter Scales, a highly respected and most valued colleague, who had given consistent and active service on the Council's Com– mittees for a period of eighteen years, and I avail of this opportunity of publicly paying tribute to his memory Mr. Frederick Lyons, of Kilkenny, has, I regret also, recently passed away. He was a former member of the Council and took much interest in its work. The Council has been recently much con– cerned with complaints regarding delays in the assessment of duty on schedules of assets and other accounts in the Estate Duty Office, and also in connection with the stamping of deeds and other documents. As a result of personal representations I have been assured that there will be no further cause for complaint. The grievances were admitted. It would greatly facilitate business in the Stamping Department if Solicitors would particularly note the circular letter dated