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Vol. XXXVI, No. 6]
DECEMBER, 1942
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT ANNUAL
CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND
THE DUTIES PAID THEREON BEFORE THE
6th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1943.
THE PRESIDENT.
The Council elected, on the 3rd December,
Mr. John B. Hamill, of Dundalk, to be
President of the Society for the ensuing
twelve months. The newly-elected President
is State Solicitor for County Louth. He was
admitted a Solicitor in Hilary Sittings, 1916.
He was elected a member of the Council of
the Society in 1931, and was a Vice-President
of the Society for the year 1935-1936.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Council has elected Mr. John P.
Carrigan, of Thurles, and Mr.
John S.
O'Connor, of Dublin, to be Vice-Presidents
of the Society for the ensuing twelve months.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
12th November.
Eighteen members present.
DRAFT SOLICITORS' BILL.
The draft Solicitors' Bill,
1942, was
referred to a sub-Committee consisting of
Mr. Overend, Mr. Mayne, Mr. 6 hUadhaigh
and Mr. Cox for consideration of the various
suggestions received with regard to the Bill
at or subsequent to the Special General
Meeting.
3rd December.
Twenty-one members present.
The Secretary was directed to inform the
Department of Justice that the Council, if
requested, would nominate one or more
members to serve on a Committee proposed
to be set up for the purpose of preparing an
authorised Irish translation of English legal
terms.
VOTE OF THANKS TO
MR. GEORGE A. OVEREND.
The newly-elected President, in tendering
the thanks of the Council to Mr. Overend,
outgoing President, said :
GENTLEMEN :
.,
My first duty on addressing you as Presi
dent of the Incorporated Law Society, is,
on your behalf and on my own behalf, to
tender to my predecessor, Mr. G. A. Overend,
the very sincere thanks of this Council, of
the Society and of myself for the splendid
services he rendered to our profession during
his year of office.
In the first place this Council can never
forget the wonderful manner in which he
carried on the affairs of the Society in that
very difficult period after the death of our
late Secretary, and until the election of our
present Secretary. During that time the
official work of the Society was carried on
by Mr. Overend exactly as if the Secretary
of our Society was in office. Nothing was
too much for him to undertake and no
business
too small for him to overlook.
This was only equalled by the great services
he gave to the work of the Bill Committee,