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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DEC., 1908
matter of transfer across the counter could be
dealt with without any safeguards except iden
tification by a clerk at the other side of the
counter. They could not deal with any other
stock in the same way; and he thought there
was extreme
laxity in this matter, which
enabled personation to be accomplished. '
MR. HAYES said the motion should not
be put to the meeting as a formal resolution,
as notice of it had not been given to the mem
bers.
MR. FRY supported Mr.Hayes's suggestion
that the motion ought not to be taken at that
meeting.
Speaking for himself, he would be
very sorry to assent to or dissent from the propo
sition without consideration. Let Mr. Stanuell
give notice for May, and then they would all
have an opportunity of considering it.
MR. STANUELL said he would withdraw
the motion. He had only brought the question
forward as a matter of duty.
MR. GEORGE COLLINS, Vice-President,
having been moved to the second chair,
SIR GEORGE ROCHE proposed a cor
dial vote of thanks to Mr. Lyster, their Presi
dent, not only for presiding over that meeting,
but for the successful way in which he had
acted for the entire year of his office.
MR. J. L. SCALLAN said as an outside
member he wished to second the resolution,
and he did it with extreme pleasure. Their
President had in every way served them well
and faithfully, and had done all he could to
advance the
interests of the profession of
which he was an honoured member (applause).
The Chairman, in putting the motion, said
that no one acted with a greater desire than
the President to safeguard the interests of the
profession, or conducted the duties of his office
during the year with greater dignity and
.decorum, than Mr. George Lyster (applause).
THE PRESIDENT in reply said he would
be very ungrateful if he did not express from
the bottom of his heart his warm thanks for
the resolution. He felt that if he had been
successful in the office of President it was
really due to the kindness and co-operation he
received from the members of the Council.
The proceedings then terminated.
Meetings of the Council.
November tfth.
THE Council met upon Wednesday, the 4th
November. The President (Mr. G. H. Lyster)
in the Chair, and twenty-seven other members
being present.
Finance.
Cheques
for half - yearly accounts were
ordered to be drawn and paid upon the recom
mendation of the Finance Committee.
Examinations.
A report from the Court of Examiners upon
the October Preliminary and Final examin-
tions and also as to award of Findlater Scholar
ship for 1908, was submitted and adopted.
Apprentices.
A letter was read upon behalf of an intend
ing apprentice, asking the Council to permit
him to be bound without passing the Prelimi
nary Examination, from which he claimed
exemption owing to his having been regis
tered by the Royal University as a matriculated
student on account of his having passed the
Senior Grade of the Intermediate Education
Examination.
The Council declined to grant
the application, the claim for exemption not'
coming within the terms of section 17 of the
Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898.
Affidavits
in support of an application by
an apprentice to the Lord Chancellor for an
order sanctioning the apprentice undertaking
the duties of a Secretary to a Committee under
the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, were con
sidered, and it was decided to oppose the
application.
A memorial from an apprentice, seeking
liberty to have his indentures assigned, was
submitted and sanctioned.
A memorial from a law clerk and intending
apprentice, praying for a modified preliminary
examination under section 18 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, was submitted, and it was
decided not to oppose the granting of the
application.
Labourers (Ireland) Acts.
A letter was read from a member of the
profession, asking the opinion of the Council
upon the action of another member, who, in
response to an advertisement from a District
Council for tenders
from solicitors for in
vestigating the title of owners to land acquired
under the Labourers Acts, had tendered to do
the work at a bulk sum amounting to con-