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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
Inmrjjnrateir ITafo Sarletjj 0f
Vol. I, No. 8.]
February, 1908.
f FOR CIRCULATION
LAMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
THE Council met upon Wednesday, January
iSth, the President (Mr. G. H. Lyster) in the
Chair, and twenty-four other members present.
A letter in reply was read from the Secretary
of the Irish Land Commission, stating he was
directed to acknowledge the receipt of the
resolution of the Council of iith December,
relative to the non-appointment of solicitors to
the office of Examiner of Titles, "and to state
that the names of all the candidates, including
solicitors, were submitted to the Board of the
Land Commission, and they selected, from a
large number,
the candidates whom
they
thought most qualified for the post."
A letter in reply was read from the Hon.
Secretary, Southern Law Association, stating
that at the annual meeting of the Association
the
following
resolution was adopted,
in
reference to the question submitted from the
Council as to the practice of Clerks of Petty
Sessions receiving a fee of half a crown from
publicans for filling up certain forms each
year under the Licensing Acts :
" That this
Association does not consider that any altera
tion in the present system is advisable."
A letter was read from the Bar Council
enclosing resolution of that Council, as to the
amount of the fees which should be paid to
counsel upon titles in Land Purchase matters
in order to obtain the certificate of counsel
under the Estates Commissioners' rules of 4th
November, 1907.
It was resolved to ask Mr.
Justice Wylie to receive a deputation (rom the
Council to discuss the question of counsel's
Certificate under those rules.
A letter was read from the Clerk of the
Crown and Peace for Dublin, enclosing draft
Civil Bill Courts (Dublin) Bill, proposed to
be introduced in the coining Session of Par
liament. A Report from the County Courts
Committee upon this draft Bill was submitted
and adopted.
It was resolved that, subject to
the insertion in the draft Bill of the amend
ments submitted by the County Courts Com
mittee,
the Council would be prepared to
support the passing of the Bill into law ; and
that the Clerk of the Crown and Peace be so
informed.
A Resolution from the Kingstown Urban
Council, expressing disapproval at any attempt
to abolish the sitting of the Recorder's Court
in Kingstown, was submitted ; and a reply was
directed to be sent, stating that the Council
fully concurred in the views expressed in the
Resolution.
Regulations, dated zoth December, 1907,
altering the prevailing practice as
to
the
priority of costs in sales of mortgaged property
in Bankruptcy, and also regulations of same
date, altering the practice as to costs of
adjournments
in Bankruptcy matters, were
referred
to a Special Committee,
to
take
immediate action in reference to same.
A Report from the Parliamentary Committee
upon Clause 87 of the Dublin Corporation
(various powers) Bill, 1908, was submitted and
adopted.
Under the clause mentioned it is
proposed that the jurisdiction of the Dublin
Court of Conscience be increased for the
recovery of debts from its present limit of ^2
up to
£$
in amount, and that the Court shall
have power to award • costs on the scale in
force in the Recorder's Court. The Report
of the Committee set forth objections to the
clause,
both
on
public and
professional
grounds.
It was
resolved to communicate
with the Law Agent to the Dublin Corporation
with a view of laying before the Committee of
the Corporation in charge of the Bill the
objections of the Council to the clause.