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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.