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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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" tirement of Mr. Cussen,
the Council
" proposes to take no further action in the
" matter beyond sending a copy of this
" resolution to the Minister for Justice,
" Mr. Cussen, Mr. O'Connor, the Dublin Bar
" Association, and the Press."
25th February.
Thirty-one members present.
Library.
It was resolved that tenders be invited for
the printing of a revised Library Catalogue,
a copy of which is to be sent to each member
of the Society.
Special Examiner.
The Council
elected Mr.
Joseph
F.
Shields, B.A. (Mod.), LL.B., T.C.D., Solicitor,
to be a Special Examiner at Intermediate
and Final Examinations of the Society, in
room of Mr. J. Malvern White, resigned.
District Court.
Letters acknowledging the receipt of the
resolution passed by the Council on the
llth inst. were received from the Minister
for Justice, Mr. Cussen and Mr. O'Connor.
OBITUARY.
MR.
SPOTSWOOD R. BOWLES, Solicitor,
died on
the 2nd February, 1937, at his
residence Clonlea, Dundrum, Co. Dublin.
Mr. Bowles was admitted
in Trinity
Sittings, 1888, and practised as a member
of
the
firm of Bowles and French at
32 Nassau Street, Dublin, up
to 1931,
when he retired.
MR. JAMES QUAIL, Solicitor, died on the
4th February, 1937, at Belfast.
Mr. Quail served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Wellington Young, Belfast;
was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1892, and
practised at 81 High Street, Belfast.
He was Under-Sheriff of Belfast from 1902
to 1934.
MR. TERENCE J. LISTON, Solicitor, died
on the 15th February, 1937, at his residence,
Ballard House, Tralee.
Mr. Liston served his apprenticeship with
his brother, the late Mr. Patrick T. Liston,
Rathkeale; was admitted in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1896, and practised at Tralee.
Miss IRENE E. McCoY, Solicitor, died on
the 19th February, 1937, at Waterford.
Miss McCoy served her apprenticeship
with her father, the late Mr. Archibald S.
McCoy, Waterford ;
was admitted in Trinity
Sittings, 1934, and practised as a member
of
the firm of Dobbyn and McCoy, at
5 Colbeck Street, Waterford.
MR. ARTHUR S. V. KNOX, Solicitor, died
on the 6th January, 1937.
Mr. Knox served his apprenticeship with
Mr. Joseph Lockhart, Lisburn, Co. Antrim;
was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1909, and
practised at Aghalee up to 1916, when he
retired.
ADJUDICATION OF DEEDS.
At the request of the Council the President
recently visited the Inland Revenue Ad–
judication Department with a view
to
discussing
the matter of delays
in
the
adjudication of
instruments
tendered for
assessment of duty.
The President learned that there had been
delays in the working of the office, caused
chiefly through a vacancy having occurred
by reason of the death of the Head of the
Department, that the arrears had now been
nearly wiped out, and that every effort
would be made to avoid delays in future,
and the President received an assurance
from the new Head of the Department that
his willing staff were prepared to do^ every–
thing possible to expedite matters.
The Head
of
the Department
also
mentioned that the office is not responsible
for delays in all cases :
that in March, 1934,
a memorandum had been issued from the
Department to all Solicitors in the Free State
giving the particulars required in connection
with adjudication of deeds, and that in
many cases Solicitors had paid no regard
whatever to the suggestions contained in
this memorandum. Should any member
desire a copy of the memorandum, he can