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Vol. XXI, No. 4.]
AUGUST, 1927.
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FOR CIRCULATION
. AMONGST MEMBERS
Meetings of the Council.
7th July.
Twenty-one Members present.
Circuit Courts.
The necessity of legislation with the object
of renewing the power of the Minister for
Justice
to
appoint
temporary
assistant
Circuit Judges was further considered, and a
resolution was passed requesting the Minister
for Justice to have a measure passed at an
early date for the purpose.
15th July.
Thirteen Members present.
Special Meeting.
The following resolution was proposed by
the President, seconded by Mr. F. Fottrell,
Vice-President, and passed unanimously :—
" The President, Vice-Presidents and
Council of the Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland desire to express their horror at
the foul murder of Mr. Kevin O'Higgins,
who so ably filled the important offices of
Vice-President of the Executive Council,
Minister
for Justice and Minister
for
External Affairs.
" The Council record their deep sense of
the loss which the Government of the Irish
Free State has sustained through his death.
" The Council held in admiration his
statesmanlike qualities
and his great
administrative abilities.
" The Council desire to convey to the
widow,
family
and
relatives
of Mr.
O'Higgins
sincere
sympathy
in
their
bereavement, and to the President and
other members of the Executive Council
respectful sympathy in the loss of
eminent colleague."
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28th July.
Nineteen Members present.
The Governor-General.
A reply was read from the Governor-
General thanking the Council for their letter
of sympathy with him in his bereavement
through the death of Mrs. Healy.
The late Mr. Kevin C. O'Higgins.
A reply was read from the President of the
Executive Council thanking the Council for
their expression of sympathy on the death of
Mr. Kevin C. O'Higgins, Vice-President,
Minister for Justice and Minister for External
Affairs.
Circuit Courts.
A
letter in reply was read from the
Secretary of the Department for Justice,
acknowledging the resolution of the Council
requesting the passage of a measure at an
early date,
renewing
the power of
the
Minister for Justice to appoint temporary
assistant Circuit Judges, and stating that the
matter will receive consideration.
The Bill for the purpose has since been
introduced by the President of the Executive
Council.