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JANUARY, 1922]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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Solicitors' Annual Certificates.
Members are reminded that their Annual
Certificates for the year ending 5th January,
1923, should be taken out and the duties
paid thereon before the 6th February, 1922.
Obituary.
MR. CHARLES F. MATHEWS, Solicitor, died
upon
the 6th December,
1921,
at his
residence, White Lodge, Bushy Park Road,
Rathgar, County Dublin.
Mr. Mathews served his apprenticeship
with Mr. William S. Haves, Dublin, and
Mr. Thomas P. Mathews, Dublin ;
was
admitted
in Easter Sittings,
1892,
and
practised at 38 Dame Street, Dublin.
Honourable Distinction.
Amongst the New Year Honours is that
of a Knighthood conferred on Mr. James
Mecredy, M.A., LL.D., Solicitor, a member
of the firm of Messrs. T. T. Mecredy and Sons,
91 Merrion Square, Dublin. Mr. Mecredy
was admitted a Solicitor in Hilary Sittings,
1878 :
he was subsequently called to the
English Bar, and in the year 1910 he resumed
practice as a Solicitor in Ireland.
Mr.
Mecredy is Solicitor to the Local Government
Board for Ireland.
Legal Appointments.
Mr. Henry Powell Bridge of Roscrea, and
5 Clare Street, Dublin, has been appointed
Crown and Sessional Crown Solicitor for
County Tipperary, in room of Mr. Michael
Gleeson, resigned.
Labourers (Ireland) Acts.
The Local Government Board for Ireland
have appointed Sir James Mecredy, Solicitor,
91 Merrion Square, Dublin, to act as Taxing
Officer for Southern Ireland for the purposes
of the rule substituted by the Labourers
(Ireland) Order, 1914, for Rule 52 of the
Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1912.
Commissioners to Administer Oaths.
The Lord Chief Justice has appointed the
following to be Commissioners to administer
Oaths :—
John P. Collins, Solicitor, 43 & 44 Lower
Sackville Street, Dublin.
Alfred W. Glover, Solicitor, 20 Wicklow
Street, Dublin.
Charles J. Reddy, Solicitor, 14 Westland
Row, Dublin.
John Skehan, Clerk to Town Commis
sioners, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.
New Member.
The following has joined the Society :—
Patrick J. McCrystal, Mullingar.
Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 191$.
Section 2 (4) of the above Act provides
that " His Majesty may, by Order in Council,
" at any time determine the operation of
" this Act, or provide that this Act shall have
" effect subject to such limitations as ma}'
" be contained in the Order ;
but, subject
" to the operation of any such Order in
" Council, this Act shall have effect during
" the continuance of the present war, and
" for a period of six months thereafter."
By Order in Council, made on the 10th
August, 1921. under the Termination of the
Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, and
published in the
Dublin Gazette
of 16th
August, 1921, it was ordered that the 31st
day of August, 1921,'shall be treated as the
date of the termination of the present War.