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Vol. VI, No, 2.]
June, 1912.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Half-Yearly Meeting.
THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Society was held on Thursday, 16th May,
in the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts.
Mr. Gerald Byrne, President, was in the
chair, and the following members were also
present:
I. J. Rice (Vice-President), R. Blair White
(Vice-President), Sir G. Roche, Sir A. F.
Baker, W. J. Shannon, R. A. Macnamara,
George Collins, J. W. Richards, J. A. Denning,
H. J. Synnott, F. W. Meredith, W. V.
Seddall, G. H. Lyster, R. G. Warren, C. G.
Gamble, A. E. Bradley, C. A. Stanuell, T. C.
Franks, A. V. Montgomery, A. Lloyd-Blood,
James Moore, M. Buggy (Kilkenny), P. K.
White, David Dunne, H. D. Draper, D. A.
Quaid, Patrick Rooney, W. G. Armstrong,
W. D. Sainsbury, J. W. Davis, W. J. M.
Coulter, James Brady, H. K. Clay, J. G.
Perry, W. P. Kelly, 0. E. Barber, Wm. Read,
W. H. Fry, W. J. Byrne, W. H. Sutton, H.
R. Maunsell, M. C. O'Halloran, Henry
Shannon (Nenagh), G. A. Byrne, E. H. Burne,
W. J. G. White, T. H. R. Craig, N. L. Moran,
C. J. Law, Edwin Lloyd, W. J. Ryan, Peter
Seales, John Read, F. H. Croskerry, R. W.
MacNeice, R. T. Holmes, W. C. Gage, E. N.
Edwards, W. X. White (Maryborough), E.
E. Brady, G. M. Collins, W. G. Bradley,
C. M. Grimes, T. B. Moffat (Enniscorthy),
A. T. Ellis, T. M. Gerrard, J. R. O'Connell,
E. R. Bate, J. H. Montgomery, H. G. Cooper,
C. W. Ashe (Macroom), M. Purcell (Macroom),
H. J. W. Downey, J. H. Walsh, Q. W.
Kennedy, J. W. Dyas, B. M. O'Grady, F.
Kennedy (Wicklow), Chas. Corcoran, R. G.
Hunt, C. G. Thompson, J. R. Cresswell,
P. J. Moran, R. J. Dodd (Jun.), S. H.
Crawford, R. N. Matheson, E. S. Lowe,
M. A. Corrigan, R. T. F. Greene, John Moran,
J. M'Dermott, H. Galbraith, J. P. CoUins,
Elliott M'Neill.
The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) read
the notice convening the meeting, also the
Minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting
held upon the 27th of November, 1911, and
the Minutes of the Special General Meeting
held upon the 2nd of January, 1912, both of
which were signed by the President.
On the motion of Mr. I. J. Rice, seconded
by Mr. R. Blair White, it was resolved that
Messrs. F. Gifford, W. W. Carruthers, and
D. B. Dunne be appointed Auditors of the
Accounts of the Society for the year ending
30th April, 1912.
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of the ballot for
the election of the Council to be held on 21st
November, 1912 : Mr. J. J. Cartan, Mr. E.
N. Edwards, Mr. W. Geoghegan, Mr. J. G.
Perry, and Mr. P. K. White.
THE PRESIDENT. Arising out of the
minutes of the meeting held here in the
month of January last, at which a resolution
was passed that the Government be requested
to appoint Commissioners to hold an inquiry
with respect to what amendments in the
existing County Court law and procedure are
desirable in Ireland, it is right that I should
tell you what has been done since with refer–
ence to that matter. The resolution was
passed on the 2nd January, and a copy of
it was forwarded to the Chief Secretary;
and on the 6th January we received from the
Under-Secretary the following letter :