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DECEMBER, 1912.]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
67
County Tipperary and King's County (Birr
Division) Sessional Bar Association.
THE Annual General Meeting of above
Association was held at Limerick Junction
on Monday the 18th ulto. Mr. John O'Dwyer
(President) occupied the Chair, and there was
a large attendance.
The Treasurer's accounts were submitted
and considered satisfactory.
It was intimated that Mr. Henry Shannon,
of Nenagh, joint Honorary Secretary, had
been nominated
for membership of
the
Council of the Incorporated Law Society on
behalf of the Association, and this course was
approved of unanimously.
The election of officers for the coming year
was declared as follows :—
President.—
Mr. John O'Dwyer, Tipperary.
Hon. Treasurer.
—Mr. A. H. Morgan, Thurles.
Hon. Sees.—
Mr. Henry Shannon, Nenagh ;
Mr. Thomas F. O'Brien, Clonmel.
General Committee.—
Michael Gleeson, C.S.,
Nenagh ;
Richd. F. Barry, C.S., Birr ;
William Frewen, Tipperary;
G. H.
Sargint, Cahy:;
T. A.
Stephenson,
Carrick-on-Suir ;
H. T. Sayers, Cashel;
L. J. Ryan, Thurles ;
J. P. Carrigan,
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Thurles ; C. J. Spain, Roscrea.
County and City of Limerick Sessional Bar
Association.
THE following Address, written
for, and
delivered at, the first Annual Dinner of the
Association (held on 10th October, 1912), by
Mr. Ralph Nash, Solicitor, and Registrar to
the County Court Judge of Limerick, has
been received for insertion :—
Brothers in Law, lov'd countrymen, and
friends
Our union has begun to-night, but ends
Not with our parting at the evening's close,
For, on this night a bond is sealed by those
Assembled here, a loyal, lasting bond,
Not for an hour, but reaching far beyond
Into the years to come of peace, or strife,
A bond of friendship sealed for each man's
life.
And since you have begun, one moment
pause.
And think what life is to a " Man of Lawes : "
He acts his part, first having conned his lines,
Declaims of deeds, or penalties, or fines,
He laughs, he cries, he prays, he sneers, he
smiles,
Beguiling Court and Jury with his wiles ;
And, if his cause is won, he is a hero,
If lost, his clients 'friendship falls to zero :
But we are strong, and thanks to Heaven 'tis
needless
To say of praise, or blame, alike we're
heedless,
And as in life each one has much to bear
The " Man of Lawes " must also take his
share ;
But meeting here to-night as friend and
brother
Let us unite in praising one another,
Remembering, though mentioning no names,
That each one here to merit has just claims ;
While I, avoiding legal technicalities,
Will speak in trite, but truthful generalities
Regarding what you were, and what you are,
And put in hotch-pot our whole Sessions Bar,
Giving at once the true, and just impression
That you're a credit to your great profession.
Now when this night has gone into the past
May fondly-cherished mem'ries of it last;
As when a beauteous landscape meets the eye
The happiness it gives can never die,
So, may to-night a blessed memory be,
May visions of it hold our thoughts in fee,
And, each man pledged to each ere he departs,
May friendship sealed take seisin of our
hearts.
Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910.
THE Inland Revenue Authorities are pre
pared to exercise their discretion in not
insisting on the full
ad valorem
duty of 1 per
cent, being paid on Transfers of property
from several members of Religious Orders
holding property for their Orders (not upon
any express trust) to other members of the
Order, notwithstanding the absence of any
Trust Deed.
The Inland Revenue are prepared to treat
such Transfers as in reality Appointments of
New Trustees, and assess a fixed Duty of
10s. irrespective of the value of the property.