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The Gazette of the incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[JUNE, 1923
Appointment of Peace Commissioners.
The Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922,
Section 6, deprived Justices of the Peace of
the power of exercising their legal functions.
The Minister of Home Affairs, acting under
Section 4 of the District Justices (Temporary
Provisions) Act, 1923, has appointed Peace
Commissioners throughout the Irish Free
State.
The powers and authorities of a Peace
Commissioner consist of
(a)
signing sum
monses ;
(b)
signing warrants;
(c)
admin
istering oaths,
and
taking declarations,
affirmations and informations;
(d)
com
mitting dangerous lunatics and idiots to
lunatic asylums, under Section 10 of the
Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1867;
(e)
signing
certificates for the admission of lunatics and
idiots to lunatic asylums; (/) signing the
certificates required by Section 2 of the
Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904.
Irish Solicitors' Golflng Society.
The above Society held its annual Com
petition for the Challenge Cup at Dollymount,
on May 17th ;
fifty-eight members took part.
The result being :—T. Early, 81 ; A. Lloyd-
Blood, 81 ;
Plunket Kenney, 82 ;
P. J.
Byrne, 83 ;
and J. T. Hamerton, 83.
In
the replay, A. Lloyd-Blood won. The prize
for best gross score was won by P. Kenney, 91.
In the afternoon the sweepstake foursomes
were won by Messrs. C. St. G. Orpen and
A. D. Orr, with Messrs. English and Horan
second.
The Annual General Meeting of the Society-
was held in the Club House, and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year :—
President—
The President of the Incor
porated Law Society of Ireland.
Captain—
Basil Thompson.
Committee—
Messrs. R. G. Warren. J. B.
Moore, G. P. Cussen, M. J. Dwyer, and
J. T. Hamerton.
Secretary—
Hugh Horan.
A Dinner was held in the evening, at which
over fifty members attended, presided over
by Mr. Basil Thompson.
A very large entry was received for the
Cup presented by the Council of the Incor
porated Law Society of Ireland, to be played
for by match play. The following is the
result of the draw :—
B. Thompson
v.
J. B. Brown
v.
G. Grove White
v.
C. St. G. Orpen
v.
J. J. L. Murphy
v.
].
J. Bolger
v.
F. E. Bermingham
v.
R. G. Warren
v.
G. W. Beaumont
v.
H. Horan
v.
W. J. Molloy
v.
S. A. French
v.
A. Reddy
v.
W. S. Collis
v.
E. W. Mooney
v.
J. A. Denning
v.
J. T. Hamerton
v.
E. A. Ryan
v.
D. Sullivan
v.
J. R. Cresswell
v.
M. Good
v.
G. M. Porter
v.
J. A. McArevey
v.
M. .Dwyer
v.
G.
P. Cussen
v.
P. J. Byrne
v.
W. Byrne
v.
P Kenney
v.
B. R. W. Doran.
F. D. Darley.
E. S. Lowe.
A. D. Orr.
S. Kerr.
W. E. O'Reilly.
C. O'Brien.
J. W. Flynn.
G. Byrne.
F. Fottrell.
T. Hayes.
P. M. Seales.
T. Early.
W. T. Sheridan.
H. Lemass.
J. Moore.
A. E. Walker.
A. G. Joyce.
W. V. Seddall.
J. Sheil.
C. Magwood.
\V. J. Girvin.
C. J. Rutherford.
J. J. Gaynor.
H. Bonass.
B. Colling
T. F. Crozier.
A. E, Prentice.
Intermediate Examination.
The July Intermediate Examination will
be held on Monday, the second day of July,
1923, at 10 o'clock, a.m., in the Royal
College of Surgeons, Stephen's Green, Dublin.
Notices should be lodged in the Secretary's
Office, 33 Molesworth Street, Dublin, before
Tuesday, 26th June.
ALL communications connected with THE
GAZETTI; (other than advertisements) should
be addressed to the Secretary of the Society,
33 Molesworth Street, Dublin.