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January, 1914.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
December 3rd.
Election of President and Viee-Presidents.
THE Council elected Mr. Henry J. Synnott to
the office of President of the Society, and
Mr. Patrick J. Brady, M.P., and Mr. Joseph
E. MacDennott
to
the
office
of Vice-
Presidents of the Society for the year ending
26th November, 1914.
Mr. Synnott having taken the chair and
expressed his thanks to the Council for his
election, a cordial vote of thanks was passed
to the outgoing President and Vice-Presidents
for the manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their respective offices during
the past year.
Mr. Reeves.
A letter was read from Mr. Reeves thanking
the Council for the resolution passed at their
previous meeting.
Land Commission.
A letter was read in reply from the Land
Commission stating that the request of the
Council that a telephone call board should be
placed in the hall of the Land Commission
Offices at 24 Upper Merrion Street had been
complied with.
Members are informed that when they
desire to communicate with their assistant
who may be engaged at business in 24 Upper
Merrion Street, the telephone number of the
Solicitor's office will be placed upon this
board, so that the assistant when passing out
through the hall will see that his office
desires to speak to him.
December 10th.
Appointment of Notaries.
Letters were read from three Solicitors
inquiring the attitude of
the Council
in
reference to the appointment of persons other
than Solicitors to the office of Notary Public.
Replies were directed to be given stating
that some years ago the Council submitted
to the Lord Chancellor their expression of
opinion, which had always since been acted
on, that preference should be given to Solici
tors applying for the office, and that where a
person other than a Solicitor is appointed, he
should be required to give an undertaking not
to practice as a conveyancer for remunera
tion or to engage in other work which is
properly the work of a Solicitor.
It was resolved to write to the present
Lord Chancellor expressing the opinion of
the Council as stated above.*
Statutory Committee.
A letter was read from, the Secretary of the
Lord Chancellor intimating that His Lord
ship had appointed
the
following seven
members of the Council to be the Statutory
Committee under Section 34 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, for the year ending 26th
November, 1914 :—Mr. Synnott, Sir A. F.
Baker, Mr.
Byrne, Mr.
Hayes,
Mr.
Macnamara, and Mr. Stanuell.
* An acknowledgment of this letter has been
received, stating that His Lordship has noted its
contents.