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Vol. XXXIII, No. 1]
MAY, 1939
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L AMONGST MEMBERS
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
A Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held on Tuesday, 16th May, at
the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin,
the President, Mr. D. J. Reilly, in the chair.
The following members were also present:
Messrs. P. R. Boyd (Vice-President), E. H.
Burne, J. J. Duggan, E. J. Mallins, H. P.
Mayne, S. O h-Uadhaigh, P. F. O'Reilly,
C. G. Stapleton, Basil Thompson, L. J.
Jameson, C. J. Gore-Grimes, E. J. O'Brien,
D. D. MacDonald, C. J. Rutherfoord, James
J. O'Connor, E. J. Kenny, P. K. M. Carey,
D. B. Gilmore, J. B. McCann, H. E. W.
Flanagan, V. P. Kennedy, R. J. Muldowney,
Patk. Glynn, A. Clarke, W. J. M. Coulter,
E. R. Banim.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting and the minutes of the Half-
yearly General Meeting held on the 26th
November, 1938, the latter of which were
signed by the President.
On the motion of Mr. P. R. Boyd, Vice-
President seconded by Mr. John J. Duggan,
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
" That Mr. A. E. Prentice, Mr. P. Glynn
and Mr. E. J. O'Brien be appointed
Auditors of the Society's accounts for year
ending 30th April, 1939."
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for
election of Council to be held in November
next: Mr. F. G. Sharpe, Mr. H. G.
Sweetman, Mr. H. H. Maxwell, Mr. Desmond
J. Collins and Mr. Thomas Jackson.
THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meeting
said:—
Since our last meeting the hand of death
has
removed
from
amongst us
several
members of our profession. Amongst these
were Mr. Charles St. George Orpen, a well-
known and distinguished member of the
Society, and ex-President of the Council, a
prominent supporter of the Solicitors' Bene
volent Association and an active helper in
all matters appertaining to the interests
of
the profession. Mr. Joseph Alien, of
Lisburn, who was for upwards of twenty
years an Extra-Ordinary member of the
Council, and Major Hugh J. Jones, District
Probate Registrar in Waterford, and on
your behalf I tender our respectful sympathy
to the relatives.
You may recollect that at our last General
Meeting the then President drew attention
to the undesirable state of affairs by which
the County Registrar, as a result of legisla
tion passed some years ago, was becoming
the holder of numerous offices, some of them
involving him in situations of conflicting
interests, and all tending to curtail the
efficiency of
the administration of what
must always remain
the main and most
important part of his duties,
viz. :
those he
exercises as the Principal Executive Officer
of
the Circuit Court. My predecessor's