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January, 1908.
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LAMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
THE Council met upon Wednesday, the 4th
December.
Mr. William
S. Hayes, and
subsequently Mr. George H. Lyster, in the
Chair, and twenty-seven other members were
present.
A letter was read from the Hon. Secretary,
Northern Law Society, submitting the names
of the following members of that Society to be
extra-ordinary members of Council:—Mr.J. W.
M'Ninch (President), Messrs. C. W. Black,
Martin J. Burke, John D. Coates, and G. B.
Wilkins ; and a letter was read from the Hon.
Secretary, Southern Law Association, sub
mitting the names of the following members
of that Association to be extra-ordinary mem
bers of Council:—Mr. W. G. Lane (President),
Messrs. A. Blake, Frederick Hall, Arthur H.
Julian, and Walter Thornhill.
The
ten members were
declared duly
elected as the ten extra-ordinary members of
the Council for year ending a6th November,
1908.
The thanks of the Council were conveyed
to Sir George Roche, for his presentation of
an engraving of the late Sir Edward Sullivan,
Bart., Lord Chancellor of Ireland, to be
placed in the Council Chamber.
The Council proceeded to elect a President
and two Vice-Presidents of the Society for
year ending" 26th November, 1908, with the
result that Mr. George H. Lyster was elected
to the office of President, and Mr. George
Collins and Mr. J. A. Denning were elected
Vice-Presidents. Mr. Lyster having taken the
Chair, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to
the outgoing President and Vice-Presidents.
for the manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their respective offices during the
past year.
A letter was read from the Assistant Under
Secretary, on behalf of His Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant, acknowledging letter, urging
the appointment of a solicitor to the office
of Resident Magistrate.
It was resolved that
further steps be taken to secure, if possible,
the appointment of solicitors to this office.
A letter was read from Mr. Justice Wylie in
reply, stating
that he would
see that the
matter of appointing a solicitor to the office
of Examiner in the Land Commission would
be duly considered by the Board.
A letter was read from the Chief Clerk to
the Lord Chancellor, acknowledging receipt
of letter conveying the expression of opinion
of the Council as to the practice of inspection
of files in minor matters.
A
letter was read from a
solicitor to a
District Council, asking whether the sum of
^4 43. per site would be insufficient for him to
charge his District Council for all the work in
connection with the Labourers Act Scheme ;
and a reply was directed to be sent, stating that
the Council saw no objection to the solicitor
accepting the remuneration named, provided
it would be, in his opinion, adequate remunera
tion for the work contemplated.
Notice of application to the Lord Chancellor
under section 25, upon behalf of an apprentice
seeking an order for liberty to deliver lectures
on the subject of Agricultural Economics, in
the College of Science, Dublin, and in the
University College, Stephen's Green, Dublin,
out of his office hours, was considered ; and it
was decided not to oppose the application.
It was resolved that the December Number
of the Society's Gazette, containing the report
of the General meeting, should be sent to the
entire profession.
Draft of Regulations as to the use of the
Society's premises, prepared by the House