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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
fain jurists of
Vol. XXXIV, No. 5]
NOVEMBER, 1940
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FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
3rd October.
Eighteen members present.
Seanad Bye-Eleetions.
The Council elected the following members
to be members of the Standing Committee
of the Cultural and Educational Panel under
the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Bye-
elections) Act, 1940. : The President (Mr.
H. P. Mayne), Mr. T. G. Quirke, (a Past
President), and Mr. Cecil G. Stapleton (a
Vice-President).
24th October.
Thirty-one members present.
Court of Examiners.
The report of the Court of Examiners
giving the results of the October examina–
tions, and the awards of Exhibitions and
Honours was submitted.
County Registrar's Offices.
In reply to a letter from a country member
the Council expressed the opinion that it is
desirable
there should be uniformity of
practice in the matter of the lodgment of
papers
in County Registrars' Offices
for
obtaining judgment by default and that
such lodgment should be made in person by
or on behalf of the solicitor applying.
BALLOT FOR COUNCIL.
The ballot for election of Council for year
ending 26th November, 1941, will be held on
Thursday, 21st November, 1940, from eleven
o'clock to one o'clock, in the Secretary's
Office, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts,
Dublin.
Voting papers should reach the
Secretary not later than one o'clock p.m. on
Thursday, 21st November.
GENERAL MEETING.
A half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Societv will be held at half-past two o'clock,
p.m., on Tuesday, 26th November, 1940, in
the Hall of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts, Dublin.
OBITUARY
MR. JOHN G. FOTTRELL, Solicitor, died on
the 16th August, 1940, at his residence,
" Richelieu," Sidney Parade, Dublin.
Mr. Fottrell was admitted in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1881, and practised as a member
of the firm of George D. Fottrell & Son at
46 Fleet Street, Dublin, up to 1939, when
he retired.
He was a member of the Council of the
Society from 1900 to 1913, and was a Vice-
President of the Society for the year 1902-3.
From 1896 to 1922 he was Crown Solicitor
for Co. Meath.
MR. JOSEPH BROGAN, Solicitor, died on
the 2nd September, 1940, at 100 lona Road,
Dublin.
Mr. Brogan served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Claude J. Law, Dublin, was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings,
1930,
and
practised as a member of
the firm
of
Malcomson & Law, at 60 Dawson Street,
Dublin.