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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
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W. S. Hayes
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P. R. Boyd
P. F. O'Reilly ...
L. E. O'Dea
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M. E. Knight
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Hugh O'Donnell
Peter O'Connor
J. P. Carrigan ...
Daniel O'Connell
John J. Dunne
John S. O'Connor
Matthew Lardner
W. Gordon Bradley
J.B. Hamill
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R. A. Macaulay
W. S. Huggard
J. J. Dundon
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C. G. Stapleton
E. H. Burne
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Roger Greene
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John J. Bolger
F. J. W. Darley
the following to form
in case of vacancies :—
John J. Smyth
James Rowlette
Denzil O'Donnell
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a supplemental
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The President proposed, and Mr. W.
Gordon Bradley seconded, the adoption of
the following new Bye-laws of the Society in
lieu of the existing Bye-laws Nos. 15, 16
and 17.
NEW
BYE-LAW 15.
At the General Meeting in the month of
November
in
each year
a professional
accountant or firm of professional account
ants shall be elected. to audit the accounts
of the Society.
Such auditor or auditors
shall hold office until the General Meeting
held in November of the ensuing year, but-he
or they shall be eligible for re-election. The
said auditor or auditors shall be employed
and be remunerated by the Council out'of
the funds of the Society.
If the said General
Meeting shall fail so to elect an auditor or
auditors the election shall be made by the
Council.
NEW BYE-LAW 16.
If any vacancy occur in the office of auditor
during the year a new auditor or auditors
shall be elected by the Council to fill such
vacancy.
NEW BYE-LAW 17.
The audit and examination of the Society's
books and accounts for the year to 30th
April shall be carried out by the auditor or
auditors not later than the 31st day of July
following. A copy of the Revenue and Expen-
ditiire account and the auditor's Certificate
thereon shall be submitted by the Council
with the Annual Report at the November
General Meeting following the audit. After
the reading of the accounts at the meeting
and their approval by the meeting or adoption
by any other means the Chairman of the
Meeting shall sign the accounts in testimony
of such approval and such accounts shall be
binding and conclusive on all the members of
the Society. If at any time the Council con
siders it to be advisable the Society's accounts
shall be audited more frequently than at
yearly intervals and at such times as may be
directed by the Council.
The proposal was carried unanimously.
The Meeting approved of Messrs. Kevans
and Sons, Auditors and Accountants,
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Westmoreland Street, Dublin, as the auditors
of the Society's accounts for the year ending
30th April 1943.
The President, addressing the Meeting
said :—
GENTLEMEN :
Since our last Half-yearly Meeting I am
sorry to say that death has been busy in
our ranks and I find that 13 members of the
Society have passed away. Of these, Mr.
Adam Lloyd-Blood is the only one who has
been a Vice-President, but you will all have
been familiar with him here in the City of
Dublin where he was so well known and
respected. This loss in the membership of
the Society is inevitable and, of course,
must be made good by new recruits to our
ranks. This, very 'naturally, brings me to
the question of membership of the Society
and I am amazed'to see that the membership
of the Society still lags so far behind the
total number of Solicitors on. the Roll.
You will see from the Report that 1,388
persons are on the Roll as Solicitors, and yet
only 840 are members of the Society.
I can
only think that this great disparity is due
to the fact that many Solicitors, particularly