106 / 116
101
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[APRIL, 1908
THE Council met upon Wednesday, the 2j;th
March, 1908, the President (Mr. Lyster) in the
Chair, and twenty-three other members were
present.
A letter was read from Lord Hemphill,
acknowledging on behalf of himself and the
other members of the family of the late Lord
Hemphill, the resolution of sympathy passed
•by the Council.
A letter was read from a firm of solicitors
in Belfast, drawing attention to the practice
whereby, under the Workmen's Compensation
Act, in the case of the death of a workman, an
employer who admits liability, and desires to
lodge compensation money, cannot obtain
from the Clerk of the Peace an authority to
lodge the money until a request for arbitration
is issued at the instance of the dependents of
the deceased workman.
It was ordered that
inquiries be made from Clerks of the Peace in
reference to the general practice in such cases.
An application by an intending apprentice
for exemption from Latin at the Preliminary
Examination was considered, and a reply was
directed to be sent, stating that the Council
was not disposed to favourably consider the
application.
A Memorial from a
law clerk, seeking a
modified Preliminary Examination, under sec
tion 18 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898,
addressed to the Lord Chancellor and Judges,
was considered, and it was decided not to offer
opposition to the application.
An
application by a solicitor for renewal
of his
certificate, and two applications by
•solicitors to obtain their first certificates, were
considered, and in each application the orders
sought for were made.
The Council adjourned until the isth April.
Council Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon
the following dates :—
April isth and 29th.
May 13th.
Committee Meetings.
THE following Committee Meetings were held
during March :—
.
Court of Examiners, gth.
Gazette, icth.
Costs, loth.
Costs, 13th.
New Members.
THE following have joined the Society during
March :—
Farrell, Christopher J. P., Longford.
Hardman, Cyril H., Dublin.
Murphy, Michael M., Kilkenny.
Rountree, James, Monaghan.
Commissioners for Oaths.
THE Lord Chancellor has appointed the fol
lowing additional commissioners to administer
oaths :—
James A. Culbert, Solicitor, Belfast.
Louis A. Crawford, Solicitor's Assistant,
Donegal.
William John Corker, Clerk
of Urban
Council, Omagh.
John Crockett, Jim., Clerk of Petty Sessions,
Castlederg.
William Lowry, Clerk of Union, Birr.
James T. Purdon, Manager of Northern
Bank, Bray.
Obituary.
MR. ALEXANDER BELL, Solicitor, died on the
gth March, 1908, at his residence, 3, Sandford
Terrace, Dublin. Mr. Bell, who served his
apprenticeship with the late Mr. Joseph Dickie,
of Belvidere Place, Dublin, and Dundalk, was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings. 1858, and
practised at 43 Dame Street, Dublin, and
latterly
in partnership with
his sons, Mr.
Sidney M. Bell and Mr. E. St. Clair Bell,
under the style of Alexander Bell & Sons, at
20 Molesworth Street, Dublin.
Mr. Archibald Collum, Solicitor, died on the
2ist March, 1908, at his residence, 2, Mayfield,
North Circular Road, Dublin. Mr. Collum, who
served his apprenticeship with his father, the
late Mr. John.Collum, of Talbot Street, Dublin,
was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1855,
formerly practised at 74 Dame Street, Dublin,
but retired from practice some years ago.
Mr. John F. Cosgreave, Solicitor, died on
the 24(11 March, 1908, at his residence, Rath-
keale, Co. Limerick. Mr. Cosgreave was ad
mitted in Hilary Sittings, 1869, and practised
in Rathkeale with his sons, Mr. John T.
Cosgreave and Mr. William A. Cosgreave.