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THE GAZETTE
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OF THE
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Vol. II, No. 8.]
February, 1909.
l~ FOR CIRCULATION
LAMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
January
THE Council met upon Wednesday, the ijth
January. The President (Mr. W. J. Shannon)
in the Chair, and twenty-three other members
being present.
Four Courts Yard.
A communication was read from the Board
of Works in reply, stating that new lanterns
would be supplied for the lamps in the Inner
Yard of the Four Courts.
Labourers (Ireland) Act.
A letter was read from a member of the
profession in reference to the taxation of costs
by arbitrators under the Labourers (Ireland)
Act, and the matter was referred to the Costs
Committee for consideration.
Canvassing for Business.
A letter was read from a country member of
the profession, enclosing a letter which had
been addressed to a client of his, by another
solicitor who had never acted for the client,
requesting the client to instruct him to furnish
to the Rural District Council proof of his
title to lands acquired from him under the
Labourers
(Ireland) Act, and
stating
that
same would be done free of expense to him.
It was resolved
to request an explanation
from the solicitor against whom the complaint
had been made.
Apprentices.
An application by an apprentice who had
passed his Final Examination under section 25
of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, to sanc
tion his having acted as Deputy Registrar for
a Clerk of the Peace at a revision of voters'
list was considered, and it was resolved not to
oppose the application.
Certificates.
Two applications by solicitors to take out
first certificates were submitted and granted.
Court of Examiners.
.A report from the Court of Examiners upon
petitions of two law clerks seeking leave to be
bound under section 16 was submitted; one
application was granted, and the other was
refused.
Preliminary Examination.
A memorial from a law clerk, under section
18,
for a modified preliminary examination
was considered, and it was decided not to
oppose the application.
Costs Committee.
A report from the Costs Committee giving
decisions upon two queries was submitted and
adopted.
The first query asked how the
costs of the mortgagor's solicitor, payable by
the mortgagee, should be drawn under the
following circumstances :—Mortgage dated the
9th December, 1907, was given by
A.
to
B.
to
secure ^30 on two farms purchased under
Land Purchase Acts, the titles to which were
registered under the Local Registration of
Title Act.
The mortgage was repayable in
two instalments, but
A,
having sold one of
the farms, it became necessary to pay off the
entire mortgage before the second instalment
became due, and a form of receipt was sent by
the solicitor of
A.
to the solicitor of
B.
for
perfection by
B.,
and was duly perfected by
B.
The answer of the Council was that the
costs should be drawn as in the schedule of
fees in proceedings before the Land Judge.
The second query asked how the costs of
lessor's
solicitor,
payable by
the
lessee,
should be drawn in the case of a lease of
zoth August, 1908, of house and premises for