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JUNE, 1907]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906.
IN February last a meeting of District Council
Solicitors was held in Dublin, at which a Com-
mitee was appointed to confer with a Committee
of the Council of the Society relative to the
general effect of the Labourers (Ireland) Act,
1906, and rules thereunder, upon the solicitors'
profession.
A joint meeting of the Committees was held
in the Council Chamber of the Society upon the
I4th February,
the President
(Mr. W.
S.
Hayes) in the chair.
The following members of the Council were
present:—Mr. Henry, v.-p.; Mr. Synnott, v.-p.;
Sir George Roche, Mr. Denning, Mr. Fottrell,
and Mr. Lynch.
The following District Council
solicitors
were present:—Mr. W. M. Byrne (Tullow),
Mr. Early (Dublin), Mr. T. M. Greer (Bally-
money), Mr. Hayden (Ballinasloe), Mr. Leech
(Coleraine), Mr. O'Neill (Dublin), Mr. Tyndall
(Dublin), Mr. Venables (Cookstown), and Mr.
Wilson (Strabane).
After consideration of opinions obtained by
the Society relative to the Labourers (Ireland)
Act Rules
from Mr. Campbell, K.C., Mr.
Ronan, K.C., and Mr. Matheson, K.C., it was
resolved that the Society be requested to sub
mit to Counsel a case as to the responsibility
of solicitors in the investigation of titles, and
as to other legal work transacted in carrying
out a scheme under the Act on behalf of a
District Council.
The two Committees met again jointly upon
the i6th May, the President (Mr. W. S. Hayes)
in the chair.
The following members of the Council were
present:—Mr. Henry, v.-p.; Mr. Synnott, v.-p.;
Mr. Denning, Mr. Fottrell, Mr. Lynch, and Mr.
O'Connor.
The following District Council solicitors
were present:—Mr. Early (Dublin), Mr. Greer
(Ballymoney), Mr. Murphy
(Clones), Mr.
O'Neill (Dublin), and Mr. Venables (Cooks-
town).
A case submitted to Mr. Matheson, K.C., by
the Society in compliance with the request of
the previous meeting, with his opinion thereon,
was considered.
It was resolved that a memorandum be pre
pared showing the full nature of the work
necessary to be done by a District Council
solicitor in order to discharge his obligation to
his clients under the Act arid Rules be prepared,
and that such memorandum,
together with
copy of queries submitted
to Mr. Matheson,
K.C., and his replies thereto, be sent to the'
Local Government Board by the Society, with a
request that the Board will receive a joint depu
tation from the Council and District Council
Solicitors' Committee, upon the subject of the
remuneration prescribed for solicitors under
the rules.
New Members.
THE following have joined the Society during
May :—
Alien, Atwell H., Queenstown.
Bermingham, Frederic E., Dublin.
Byrne, Gerald A. G., Dublin.
Carlyle, John A., Dublin.
Moorhead, John R., Belfast.
Mullan, Frederick H., Newry.
O'Brien, James, Nenagh.
White, Thomas O'K., Edenderry.
The Northern Law Society.
AN Extraordinary Meeting of the Spdiety was
held in the Committee Rooms on the zgth
April, 1907, Mr. D. F. Spiller (President) in
the chair.
The Secretary read the Requisition calling
the meeting, which was as follows:—
"We the undersigned members hereby re
quest you to call for an early date an Extra
ordinary Meeting of the Northern Law Society
to consider the advisability of concerted action
with a view to the abolition of the licence duty
on Irish solicitors, and to propose a resolution
thereupon."
The President read the Memorial which had
been presented to the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer by the Incorporated Law Society, and
informed the meeting that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer had stated that he could not
see his way to accede to the prayer of the
Memorial.
Mr. M'Gonigal proposed the following re
solutions :—
"That the Northern Law Society regrets
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not
give a favourable answer to the Memorial pre
sented to him by the Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland praying for the abolition of the
licence duty payable by solicitors."