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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[MAR., 1908
Application by a solicitor for renewal of his
certificate was considered and granted.
A Report from the Special Committee ap
pointed to consider the Bye-laws of the Society
was submitted and adopted.
A Report from the Court and Offices Com
mittee, stating that after communication with
the Committee of the Bar Library they found
that the objections to a passage from the Bar
Library to Judge Barton's Court were insuper
able, and recommending the Council to take
no further action in the matter, was adopted.
A Report from the County Courts Committee
upon the Civil Bill Courts (Dublin) Bill, intro
duced this Session by Mr. Gordon, K.C., M.P.,
was considered and adopted ; and the following
resolution was adopted, and copies of same
were directed to be sent to members of the
Irish Government, to the Bar Council, to the
Recorder, to the Chamber of Commerce, and
to Irish Solicitors who are Members of Parlia
ment.
" RESOLVED—The Council of the Incor
porated Law -Society of Ireland, having con
sidered the Civil Bill Courts (Dublin) Bill, as
introduced by Mr. John Gordon, K.C., M.P.,
supported by the four Members of Parliament
for the City of Dublin, expresses its approval
of the provisions of the Bill, and is of opinion
that its passage into law is eminently desirable,
in order to improve the procedure and make
better provision for
the discharge of the
business of the Civil Bill Courts of Dublin."
The Council then adjourned.
Council
Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon
the following dates :—
March nth and 25th.
April 15th and 2gth.
Committee Meetings.
THE following Committee Meetings were held
during February:—
Bye-laws, yth.
Gazette, yth.
•
Bye-la\vs, igth.
Court and Offices, zist.
Costs, 21 st.
Court and Offices, 25th.
County Courts, 25th.
New Members.
THE following have joined the Society durirg
February:—
Atkinson, Thomas J., Portadown.
Murnaghan, George, jun., Omagh.
Pettit, John, Carrick-on-Shannon.
Shields, Francis, Omagh.
Weir, John S., Strabane.
Legal Appointments.
THE Lord Lieutenant .has appointed Mr! John
Charles Ryan, Solicitor, to be a Resident
Magistrate for the County of Mayo, under the
provisions of the Act 6 Wm. IV, cap. 13.
Mr. Ryan was admitted a solicitor in Trinity
Sittings, 1893, and practised at 19 Kildare
Street, Dublin, and Clonmel, in partnership
with Mr. John J. Mackenzie, under the style
of John C. Ryan & Co.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr.
Edward V. Hamilton, Solicitor, of Omagh,
County Tyrone, Clerk of the Crown for County
Tyrone, to be Local Registrar of Title for
County Tyrone,
in
room of the late Mr.
Thomas C. Dickie, Solicitor.
Commissioners for Oaths.
THE Lord Chancellor, in February, appointed
the following to be commissioners to administer
oaths:—
Charles E. O'Donnell, Solicitor, Limerick.
Louis A. Crawford, Law Clerk, Donegal.
Thomas F. Walshe, Clerk of Union, Kilmac-
thomas.
Obituary.
MR. John Torrens, J.P., Solicitor, died at his
residence Rosstulla, White.abbey, on the 2ist
February, 1908. Mr. Torrens was admitted in
Trinity Sittings, 1884, and practised in Belfast,
in partnership with Mr. John Bristow, under
the style of Torrens & Bristow.
New Solicitor.
ADMISSION DURING FEBRUARY, 1908.
Served apprenticeship to
Name.
Geoghegan, James,
Edward A. Shaw, JMullin-
gar.