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FEBRUARY, 1938
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
13th January.
Twenty-three members present.
Land Acts.
The Council decided
that a letter be
written to the President of the High Court
drawing attention to the inconvenience to
Solicitors and their clients caused by reason
of the unsuitability for the purpose of the
room at 24 Upper Merrion Street, in which
the sittings of the Appeal Tribunal are held.
Registry of Deeds.
A letter read from a member enclosing
correspondence he has had with the Assistant
Registrar of Deeds on the subject of the
memorials transcript books kept pursuant to
statute in the Registry of Deeds Office was
referred to a Committee.
Election of Seanad.
The Council resolved to make application
for registration in the Register of Nominating
Bodies under the Seanad Electoral (Panel
Members) Act, 1937.
OBITUARY.
MR. JAMES FLYNX, Solicitor, died on the
3rd January, 1938, at Bon Secour Hospital,
Cork.
MR. FLYNN served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. P. T. Carroll, Bantry; was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1894, and
practised at Kenmare, and subsequently at
Bantry, up to 1914, when he retired.
MR. ARCHIBALD TUTHILL, Solicitor, died
on the 16th January, 1938, at " Tamney,"
Glenageary, Co. Dublin.
Mr. Tuthill served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. A. H. Middleton, Dublin ;
was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings, 1874, and
practised at 26 Eustace Street, Dublin, up
to 1930, when he retired.
ESTATE DUTY ON POLICIES OF LIFE
ASSURANCE.
In
the GAZETTE
of November,
1937,.
reference was made to a case of "In re
Finance Act, 1894, and Deane " (reported
" The Irish Reports " of 1936, page 556),
and it was stated that the British Revenue
Authorities had intimated to the parties
concerned their acceptance in that case of
the law as laid down in the judgment of the
High Court of the Irish Free State.