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The Gazette ot the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DECEMBER, 1919
and the Petty Sessions and Summary
Jurisdiction (Ireland) Acts and
any
other
Statutes as may be affected by this bill
and report to the Council."
MR. E. H. BURNE seconded the motion,
which was adopted.
The President having vacated the chair,
and Mr. W. T. Sheridan (Vice-President)
having taken it,
MR. W. S. HAYES proposed a vote of
thanks to the President for the great services
which he rendered to the profession during
his year of office. He never spared himself
on behalf of the Society, and had readily
given the Council the benefit of his great
experience and advice.
MR. FRANCIS KENNEDY, on behalf of
the Co. Wicklow Bar Sessional Association,
seconded the motion, which was passed with
acclamation.
THE PRESIDENT acknowledged
the
co.mpliment.
Meetings of the Council.
12th November.
Twenty-four members present.
Service of High Court Notices.
It was resolved to request the Supreme
Court Rule-making Authority to alter the
hour limit fixed by Order LXIV., Rule 13,
for service of High Court notices on Saturdays
from the hour of two o'clock to the hour of
one o'clock.
Committee of Inquiry, Clerks of Crown and
Peace Office.
It was resolved that evidence should be
given on behalf of the Council before the
Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Lord
Lieutenant on that portion of the reference
which deals with Local Registration of Title.
That the evidence should be directed against
greater centralization of the work, and in
favour of continuing local registration in its
entirety, as provided for by the Local
Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891.
At the request of the Council Mr. M. Buggy
Provincial Delegate for Leinster) and Mr.
Joseph Alien (Extra-Ordinary Member of
Council, Northern Law Society) consented
to give evidence on behalf of the Council.
27th November.
Twenty-five members present.
Extra-Ordinary Members.
The Northern Law Society submitted the
names of the following members to be Extra-
Ordinary Members of
the Council :—Mr.
John McKee (President), Mr. Joseph Alien,
Mr. John B. McCutcheon, Mr. George H.
Quarry, and Mr. Martin H. Turnbull; and
the Southern Law Association submitted the
names of the following members to be Extra-
Ordinary Members of Council:—Mr. W. H.
Corker (President), Mr. F. L. Blake, Mr. C.
Jermyn, Mr. A. Julian, and Mr. W. Thornhill.
The ten members nominated were declared
duly elected.
Solicitors' Remuneration.
A letter was read from a member giving
particulars of a case of " under cutting " by a
Solicitor in undertaking conveyancing work
for a scale far lower in amount than he was
entitled to charge, for the transaction of
which work
the
client had previously
requested another Solicitor
to state the
amount his charge would be, and had been
informed by him of the amount as regulated
by scale.
The matter was referred to a
Committee.
Apprentices.
Applications from two apprentices, and
two intending apprentices, all of whom had
served in the army during the war, were
dealt with, and each of the applications were
granted.
Law Clerks.
Applications from three Law Clerks for
leave to be bound under Section 16 were
considered, one was granted,, and the other
two were refused.