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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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MR. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Solicitor, died upon
the 15th March, 1925.
Mr. Graham was admitted
in Hilarj'
Sittings, 1883, and practised at Lombard
Street, Belfast.
MR. JAMES ROCHE, RM., Solicitor, died
upon 18th March, 1925, at his residence,
" Ben Vista," Antrim Road, Belfast.
Mr. Roche served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Francis J. O'Connor, Solicitor,
Omagh ;
was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1903, and practised at Omagh up to 1910,
when he was appointed Resident Magistrate.
Local Government Act, 1925.
The Local Government Bill, originally
introduced in
the month of May, 1924,
became
law
last month.
The Bill,
as
introduced,
provided
for
the
repeal
of
Section 8 of the Local Government (Ireland)
Act, 1919, under which any person duly
appointed standing Solicitor
to
a
local
authority before the passing of the Act was
to be deemed to be a pensionable officer of
the local authority, notwithstanding that his
whole time had not been devoted to the duties
of his office. The Bill contained new pro
visions
for pensionable officers
of
local
authorities, but did not include the Solicitors
of such authorities
in
the definitions
it
contained of " pensionable officers."
The
Council sent a deputation to the Minister
of Local Government to urge upon him the
injustice which would be done to Solicitors
of local bodies in being deprived of their
pensionable rights conferred by the Act of
1919, with the result that he promised that
their rights should be preserved under the
Bill, and after considerable correspondence
a clause was inserted in the Bill on report
stage in the Dail, on the motion of the
Minister,
extending
the
definition
of
" pensionable officer " contained in the Bill
so as to include '' any person duly appointed
" standing Solicitor of a local body before
" the passing of
the Local Government
" (Ireland) Act, 1919." When the Bill was
before the Senate, on report stage, an amend
ment was proposed, and carried by a small
majority, to omit this clause which protected
the rights of Solicitors to local bodies. The
Council passed a strong resolution of protest
against this action on the part of the Senate,
and a deputation from the Council inter
viewed the legal representative of the Local
Government Board, on behalf of the Minister,
and submitted
the
resolution, which he
undertook to lay before the Minister.
\Vhen
the Bill was returned to the Dail, on the
motion of the Minister, the Dail disagreed
with the action of the Senate, and the clause
was reinserted, and subsequent!}' the Senate
accepted the Bill containing the clause. The
Act is now in operation, and the Council
would suggest to Solicitors for local bodies
that they should study the provisions of
Part IV. of
the Act, which deals with
superannuation, and contains provisions in
substitution for those contained in Section 8
of the Act of 1919, which is repealed by the
Act. Copies of the
Act
can be obtained from
Messrs. Eason and Son, 40 Lower Sackville
Street, Dublin ; price, by post, three shillings
and three halfpence.
Society's Calendar, 1925.
The Society's Calendar and Law Directory
for 1925 can be obtained at the Secretary's
Office, 33 Molesworth Street, Dublin, price
five shillings ;
by post, five shillings and
sixpence.
Library.
The Council acknowledge with thanks the
following gifts to the Society's Library :—
Mr. F. E. Bermingham—Report of Council;
Appointments to Legal Offices, 1914.
Mr. J. Cusack—Irish Law Times, 1870 and
1871 and 1888-1805.
Mr. F. V. Gordon—Townland Index, 1871.
Mr. T. A. Ireland—Irish Law Directory, 1846,
and Irish Law Times, 1805 and 1806.
Mr. F. S. de Vere White—Report of Council,
I860.
Messrs. White & White—Society's Calendars,
1887, 1891, 1896 and 1900.