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DECEMBER, 1912.] The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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Ex-Presidents.
The Council resolved to invite ex-Presidents
of the Society to present to the Society their
portraits, to be placed in the Council Chamber.
Debating Society.
The list of subjects for debates for 1912-13
Session was submitted and approved of.
Retiring Members of Council,
The following resolution was adopted :—
" That this Council desires to express its
" deep regret at the retirement from it of
" seven of
its most valued members.
" Their colleagues desire to express to
" them their keen appreciation of their
" valued services to the Society and to the
" profession, and to hope that at a future
" date they may see their way to again
" become members of the Council."
Mr. Franks, Sir George Roche, and Mr.
Lyster, the three members present of the
seven referred to, thanked the. Council, and
it was resolved that the resolution be for
warded to the other four retiring members.
November 27th.
Extra-ordinary Members.
A letter was read from the Northern Law
Society submitting the names of the following
members of that Society to be extra-ordinary
members of Council:—Mr. J. C. White, Mr.
Joseph Alien, Mr. Martin J. Burke, Mr. J. D.
Coates, and Mr. G. B. Wilkins.
A letter was read from the Southern Law
Association submitting the names of the
following members of that Association to be
extra-ordinary members of the Council :—
Mr. W. Guest Lane, Mr. A. Blake, Mr. F.
Hall, Mr. A. H. Julian, and Mr. W. Thornhill.
The ten members nominated were declared
duly elected
as
the
ten
extra-ordinary
members of the Council for the year ending
26th November, 1913.
Retiring Members of Council,
Letters were read from Sir John Lynch,
Mr. Meredith, and Mr. Bland, thanking the
Council
for
the resolution passed at
its
previous meeting.
Appeals under Land Purchase Acts,
A letter was read from
the Honorary
Secretary of the Bar Council enclosing a draft
of a Petition to the House of Lords seeking a
rule under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act,
1876, permitting an appeal to the House of
Lords upon points of law decided by a
Judicial Commissioner under Section 24 of the
Land Purchase (Ireland) Act, 1903.
The
matter was referred to a Special Committee
to deal with.
Civil Bill Decrees.
The following resolution was received from
the Council of the Cork Chamber of Com
merce and Shipping :—
" That we,
the Council of the Cork
" Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and
" Shipping, desire to draw attention to the
" present unsatisfactory machinery for the
" collection of Civil Bill Decrees in Ireland,
" and that the Chief Secretary for Ireland
" be asked to appoint a Committee to
" enquire what steps should be taken to
" place this branch of the Executive on a
" more satisfactory basis. That copies of
" this Resolution be sent
to the Chief
" Secretary, the Lord Chancellor, and the
" Secretary
of
the Incorporated
Law
" Society."
It was resolved that a reply be sent giving
details of the action of the Council in the
past in reference to the subject dealt, with'by
the resolution, and stating that the Council
would
support
(if
again
introduced
in
Parliament) the Under Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill
promoted by the Under Sheriffs' Association,
the provisions of which had been approved
of by the Council in 1905.
Workmen's Compensation Acts.
A letter was read from the Southern Law
Association sending amendments which the
Association are desirous of having made in"
the rules under the Workmen's Compensation
Act. The matter was referred to the County
Courts Committee.
Local Bankruptcy Courts,
The proposed amendments to the Local
Bankruptcy Court rules, prepared by the