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Vol. VII, No- 9.]
March, 1914.
FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
February llth.
Recognizances of Receivers.
IT was resolved to request the Land Judge
to issue a direction that the existing require
ment of the production to the Registrar of a
Search in the Land Registry to ascertain if a
person who has been appointed a Receiver he
owner of registered land be dispensed with,
and an affidavit by the person appointed
stating whether he is or is not the owner of
such land be substituted for such Search.
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
A letter was read from a firm of Solicitors
expressing dissatisfaction with the amount
of costs allowed to them by the Arbitrator
appointed to inquire into claims of persons
whose property is being acquired by the
Corporation of Dublin under the Housing of
the Working Classes Act. This matter was
referred to the Costs Committee.
County Courts (Ireland) Bill.
A report received by Mr. Brady, M.P.,
from the Chief Secretary on the proposals
contained in the County Courts (Ireland) Bill
was submitted. The report deals mainly with
the question of whether the Bill could be
treated as an agreed measure, and it refers
to various clauses as likely to raise opposition.
The report was referred to the County Courts
Committee to prepare a reply to the points
raised in it ;
the reply to be forwarded to
Mr. Brady.
Legal Appointments.
A letter was read from the Lord Chancellor
acknowledging the receipt of the resolution
passed by the Council on the 28th January,
relating to the recent appointments to the
offices of Chief Clerk and Assistant Chief
Clerk, and which appeared in the GAZETTE
of last month.
Labourers Acts.
The President informed the Council that
he had received a request from the Local
Government Board to meet the Board in
consultation relative 'to the draft of a new
Order which the Board proposed to' make
dealing with costs of making title to lands
acquired under the Labourers Acts, in sub
stitution of Rule 52 of the Labourers (Ireland)
Order, 1912. The President stated that he
had conferred with the Costs Committee in
reference to the draft Order, prior to his con
sultation with the Board, and that he had
met the Board on
the previous day as
requested, and his representations had been
received by the Board and fully discussed.
It had been arranged that the consultation
should be adjourned, so that the President
might discuss the draft Order that day with
the Council, and meet
the Board again
on the following day. The draft Order was
then discussed by the Council, and the
representations which had been made by the
President were approved.
Resident Magistrates Bill.
A letter from the Bar Council was read
stating that they had reconsidered the draft
Bill dealing with the appointment of Resident
Magistrates, which Mr. O'Shee, M.P., intends