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Vol. XVIII, No. 8.]
February, 1925.
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
Council Meetings.
14th January.
Sixteen Members present.
Publication of Statutes.
It was resolved that representations be
made urging the immediate publication in
annual volumes of uniform
size of
the
Statutes of the Oireachtas.
Land Commission.
The procedure in reference to the obtaining
of consents of the Land Commission to the
sub-division of holdings subject to Land
Commission annuities, was referred to the
Land Acts Committee.
28th January.
Twenty-one Members present.
Publication of Statutes.
A
letter in reply was
read
from
the
Secretary of the Ministry of Justice stating
the matter of the publication in annual
volumes of the Statutes of the Oireachtas is
in the hands of the Attorney-General, who is
now causing the preparation of the volumes to
proceed with all possible speed ;
that the
volume for 1923
is expected to become
available at a very early date, and the others
to follow with as little delay as possible.
Private Bills.
A letter was read from the Examiner of
Private Bills stating that the Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Standing Orders
(Private Business) proposes
to appoint a
Committee of five members to draw up a list
of
charges
for
" Parliamentary Agents,
Attorneys, Solicitors, and others," in con–
nection with Private Bill practice,
and
requesting
that a
representative of
this
Society be nominated to act on the Com–
mittee.
The Council nominated Sir John
O'Connell to act on the Committee.
Roll of Solicitors.
The Secretary reported that, pursuant to
an Order made by the Chief Justice, on the
hearing of a report from the Statutory Com–
mittee, the name of Christopher Friery, of
52 Rutland Square, Dublin, had been struck
off the Roll of Solicitors.
Land Commission.
A report from the Land Acts Committee in
reference to the obtaining of consents of the
Land Commission
to
the sub-division of
holdings
subject
to
Land
Commission
Annuities was submitted, and, as recom–
mended by the report, it was ordered that a
letter be written to the Land Commission
with a view to securing greater expedition in
the disposing of such applications.
Obituary.
MR. JOHN D. COATES,
senior, Solicitor,
died on
the 8th January, 1925, at his
residence, Mervue, Donaghadee.
Mr. Coates served his apprenticeship with
his father, the late Mr. John Coates, Belfast ;
was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1879, and
practised at Arthur Square, Belfast.