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January, 1925.
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
Meetings of the Council.
3rd December.
Thirty-one Members present.
Solicitors' Buildings.
The Secretary reported
the receipt of
compensation awarded
in respect of
the
destruction of the contents of the Society's
premises at the Four Courts, consisting of
£2,000 cash, and £4,950 compensation stock.
Compensation Awards, Section 15.
The matter of the reduction by the Minister
of Finance of amounts recommended by
Circuit Court Judges under Section 15 of the
Damages to Property (Compensation) Act,
1923, was referred to a Committee, and
members were requested to send to the
Secretary particulars of cases in which such
reductions had been made.
Dublin Gazette.
A letter from a member was read drawing
attention to the greatly increased charges for
insertions of advertisements in the
Dublin
Gazette,
and it was decided to make repre
sentations on the matter.
Sheriffs' Fees.
A letter from the Minister of Justice was
read enclosing draft scale of fees to be paid
to Sheriffs on lodgment of decrees of District
Courts
for execution,
and suggesting a
conference between representatives of the
Sheriffs, of the Mercantile Association, and
of the Council of this Society to consider the
draft scale.
The Council appointed three
members to attend the conference.
10th December.
Twenty-two Members present.
The Council elected Mr. Arthur H. S.
Orpen to be President of the Society, and
Mr. W. Gordon Bradley and Mr. Horace
Turpin to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing
twelve months.
Extra-Ordinary Members.
The names of the following were submitted
by the Incorporated Law Society of Northern
Ireland :—Mr. S. Ross, Mr. S. G. Crymble,
Mr. J. Alien, Mr. J. B. McCutcheon and
Mr. J. McKee;
and the names of
the
following were submitted by the Southern