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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[FEB., 1909
desired by the Chief Secretary to state, for the
information of the Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland, that this particular matter is under
the consideration of the Government, and that
a decision will be arrived at before the Irish
Land Bill is re-introduced.
" As regards the proposal of the Society to
send a deputation, Mr. Birrell apprehends that
his letter of igth inst., which crossed your
letter under reply, renders it unnecessary that
he should put a deputation to the trouble of
waiting upon him.
" I am, Sir,
" Yours truly,
"C. T. BEARD.
" W. G. WAKELY, Esq.,
" Secretary, Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland."
" Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin.
"
2~]th January,
1909.
" Sir,—I have submitted your letters of the
igth and 2znd instant this day to the Council
of this Society, and I am desired to express to
the Chief Secretary the thanks of the Council
for same.
"The Council desire again to bring under
the attention of the Chief Secretary the im
portance, not only to vendors, but also to
tenants, with the view to facilitating sales, that
the bonus of 12 per cent, should be allowed in
every case in which an Originating Request
was lodged prior to the z^th November, 1908,
or where an Originating Application was
lodged and the vendor had, prior to that date,
at the request of the Estates Commissioners,
stated that he would allow such Originating
Application to be treated as an Originating
Request.
" The Council submit that the lodging of
an Originating Request under section 6
is
tantamount to a proposal for sale, and if
subsequently acted on, the agreement should
relate back in point of date : as these are cases
in which the vendor had completed his work,
but the contract for sale was not closed on the
Estates Commissioners' part, in consequence
of the pressure of business in the Estates
Commissioners' Office.
" There are other matters in connection
with the bonus which my Council believe
could be more satisfactorily dealt with at an
interview than by correspondence, and ac
cordingly I am desired to request the Chief
Secretary to be so good as to receive the
President and
two Vice-Presidents of the
Society, who can convey to him the views
of the Council.
" I remain, Sir,
"Your obedient servant,
" W. G. WAKELY,
" Secretary.
"C. T. BEARD, Esq.,
" Ciiief Secretary's Office,
" Dublin Castle."
Estates Duty Office.
The following notice, dated the i6lh January,
1909, has been issued by the Registrar of the
Estates Duty Office :—
" In order to facilitate the discharge of the
" Public business, a Special Officer is now pro-
" vided for the purpose of checking the figures
"contained in Inland Revenue affidavits and
" accounts.
Solicitors who have Affidavits or
" Accounts awaiting assessments which con-
" tain lengthy schedules of Stocks and Shares,
" or Rentals, etc., are requested to hand the
" same to the Arithmetical officer, in order that
" the figures may be checked before proceeding
" to the Examiner to have the duty assessed.
" By so doing, they will avoid delay and
" will facilitate the discharge of the Official
" business."
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906.
THE official reports of all the judgments of
the Judges of the Court of Appeal in the case
of
The King {Mowbray and Stoitrtoii)
v.
The
Local Government Board
have not yet been
received, but it is hoped that they will be
received in time for publication in the
Gazette
of next month.
Dates' of Spring Assizes, 1909.
NORTH-EAST CIRCUIT.
Co. Meath.—At Trim, Saturday, February 27th,
at 11.30.
Co. Louth.—At Dundalk, Monday, March ist,
at 11.
Co. Monaghan. — At Monaghan,* Thursday,
March 4th, at 11.
Co. Armagh. — At Armagh, Monday, March
8th, at u.