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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. XXXI,
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AUGUST, 1937
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MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
8th July.
Thirty-one members present.
Professorship.
The Council elected Mr. Eugene
L.
Boland,
B.A., LL.B., N.U.I., Solicitor, to be Professor
of Common Law to the Society, in room of
Mr. James J. Hickey, Solicitor, whose term
of office has expired.
Special Examiner.
The Council elected Mr. Kenneth C. Bailey,
M.A., Sc.D., Litt.D., Fellow- of Trinity
College, Dublin, to be Special Examiner for
the Preliminary Examinations of the Society,
in room of Mr. Frank V. Gordon, ex-Scholar,
T.C.D., Solicitor, resigned.
Finance Act, 1928, Section 6.
It was resolved that a letter be written to
the Revenue Commissioners drawing atten–
tion to delay experienced by members of the
profession in the furnishing of certificates of
payment of income tax under this Section.
29th July.
Twenty-four members present.
Remuneration of Solicitors assigned by the
State.
A
letter having been written
to
the
Attorney-General conveying the request of
the Council that the scale of remuneration
for Solicitors assigned by the State in the
Central Criminal Court to defend prisoners
on capital charges should be increased. A
reply from the Attorney-General was read,
in which attention is drawn to the con–
sideration of the fact that in undertaking
the defence of a prisoner on a capital charge,
Counsel and Solicitor are primarily dis–
charging a public duty. The letter in reply
further stated that the writer had taken the
matter up with the Minister for Finance,
with the result that the refresher fee would
be increased from
two guineas
to
three
guineas per day where the Solicitor concerned
is ordinarily resident in country practice, and
is called upon to attend personally -during
the trial for the defence in these cases.
Adjournment.
The Council adjourned until 7th October,
unless otherwise specially summoned.