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DECEMBER, 1928]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society ol Ireland.
25
29th November.
Twenty-eight Members present.
Statutes.
A letter in reply was read from the Con
troller of the Stationery Office stating that
the volume of Statutes for 1927 is in the
hands of the printers, and it is expected it
will be published shortly.
Searches.
A letter in reply was read from the Minister
for Justice stating he is inquiring into the
matter of
the delays in
the making of
searches at the Registry of Deeds.
Four Courts.
A report was read from Mr. R. C. Orpen,
R.H.A., in reference to the progress of the
Society's new buildings at the Four Courts.
OBITUARY.
MR. EDWARD FELTON, Solicitor, died upon
the 13th November, 1928, at his residence,
33 Oakley Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.
Mr. Felton served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr.
Isaac Molloy, Dublin; was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings, 1907, and
practised at 18 Eustace Street, Dublin, in
partnership with Mr. Gerald S. Fayle, under
the style of Molloy, Fayle & Co.
MR. PATRICK A. MURPHY, Solicitor, died
upon the 22nd November, 1928, at Kilkenny.
Mr. Murphy was admitted
in Hilary
Sittings, 1894, and practised at Waterford.
MR. THOMAS G. MENARY, Solicitor, died
upon the 24th November, 1924, at Belfast.
Mr. Menary served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. George Hezlett, Lurgan ;
was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings, 1884, and
practised at Lurgan.
MR. JOSEPH McKAY, Solicitor, died on the
28th November,
1928, at his
residence,
4 Willowbank Gardens, Belfast.
Mr. McKay served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Thomas Barkley, Belfast; was
admitted
in Hilary Sittings,
1901,
and
practised at Belfast.
APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Richard H. McCoy, Solicitor, has been
appointed Under-Sheriff for County Tyrone,
in room of the late Colonel Henry Irvine.
Mr. McCoy has appointed Mr. W. G.
Wilson,
Solicitor,
29 Wellington
Place,
Belfast, his Returning Officer.
Mr. Francis C. O'Reilly, Solicitor, Trim,
has been appointed County Registrar for
County Meath,
in
room of Mr. A. V.
Montgomery, resigned.
Mr. James M. Seales, Solicitor, has been
appointed Solicitor to the Agricultural Credit
Corporation, Ltd., 2 Merrion Square, North,
Dublin.
THE PRESIDENT.
The Council have elected Mr. Edward H.
Bume, of 7 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, to
be President of the Society for the ensuing
twelve months. The newly-elected President
is a nephew of the late Mr. Gerald Byrne, a
former President of the Society. He was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1903, was
elected a member of the Council in 1916, and
was a Vice-President of the Society during
1919-20.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Council have elected Mr. Charles J.
Laverty, of Castleblayney, and Mr. Henry K.
Toomey, of Athy, Vice-Presidents of the
Society for the ensuing twelve months.
LIBRARY.
The Council acknowledge with thanks the
following gifts for the Library :—
Volumes 14-20,
inclusive, of " Irish Law
Times Reports,"
from Mr.
Thomas
Huggard, Solicitor, Tralee.
Volume 9 of the " Irish Law Times Reports,"
from Mr. Henry P. Bridge, Solicitor,
Roscrea.
The Volumes 1-3, 10-14 and 21 are still
wanting to make the set of the " Irish Law
Times Reports " complete.