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Mr. M. E. Knight seconded the adoption
of the Report.
Mr. H. G. Morris having spoken,
the
President put the resolution adopting the
Report, and it was passed unanimously.
The meeting having gone into Committee,
the following resolution of which notice had
been given and had been circulated amongst
the members of the Society, was moved by
Mr. A. E. R. MacCabe and seconded by
Mr. J. Baldwin Murphy, and was discussed
by the meeting :
Resolved : " This meeting is of opinion
that the Council of the Society should
consider whether further statutory powers
should be sought to ensure the better
discipline of the Solicitors' profession."
The President having wound up the dis–
cussion the resolution was passed
nem com.
Mr. O hUadhaigh (Vice-President) having
taken the chair, on the motion of Mr. Charles
St. G. Orpen, seconded by Mr. T. G. Quirke,
a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the
President with acclamation.
The President having returned thanks, the
meeting terminated.
THE PRESIDENT
The Council elected, on the 2nd December,_
Mr. Thomas W. Delany, of Longford, to be"
President of the Society for the ensuing
twelve months. The newly-elected President
was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1891.
He was elected a member of the Council in
1925,
and was a Vice-President of
the
Society for 1930-31.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS
The Council has elected Mr. Henry St. J.
Blake, of Galway,
and Mr. Patrick F.
O'Reilly, of Dublin, to be Vice-Presidents of
the Society for the ensuing twelve months.
OBITUARY
MR. THOMAS L. ROOKE, Solicitor, died on
the 2nd November, 1937, at his residence,
6 Vesey Place, Dun Laoghaire.
Mr. Rooke was
admitted
in Trinity
Sittings, 1893, and practised as a member of
the firm of Rooke and Rooke, at 6 Merrion
Square, Dublin, up to 1932, when he retired.
Mr. J. Gustavus Wheatley, Solicitor, died
on the 6th November, 1937, at 12 Merton
Road, Dublin.
Mr.
\Vheatley was admitted in Hilary
Sittings, 1883, and practised at 41 Nassau
Street, Dublin, up to 1915, when he retired.
MR. FREDERICK W. WYNNE, Solicitor, died
on 4th November,
1937,
at Glenbrook,
Worthing, Sussex.
Mr. Wynne served his apprenticeship with
his brother, the Right Hon. Sir Henry A.
Wynne, P.C., LL.D., ex-Chief Crown Solicitor
for Ireland ; was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1896, and practised formerly in partnership
with his brother and later by himself, under
the style of Wynne & Wynne, at Cork, up
to 1924, when he retired.
APPOINTMENT
Mr. John F. Smyth, Solicitor, Castle-
blayney,
has
been
appointed
County
Registrar for County Monaghan, in room of
Mr. Henry Murplty, retired.
LAND REGISTRY
The
following memorandum has been
received from the Registrar, with a request
for its communication to members of the
Society :
Counsel's Opinion on First Registrations and
Applications to Cancel "Equity Notices."
The Registrar requests that the following
practice be adhered to on applications for
first registration, or for cancellation of equity
notices, in which Counsel's opinion is relied
on either in substitution for or in modifica–
tion of an official examination of a title.
References to Counsel under Rule
19 (1).
1. Where it is desired that an application
for first registration be referred to Counsel
for investigation of the title in substitution
for its official examination, the Solicitor for