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THE GAZETTE
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JUNE, 1930.
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HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
The Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Society was held on Friday, the 16th May,
at 45 Kildare Street, Dublin, the President
(Mr. Peter Scales) in the Chair.
The following members were also present :
Messrs. E. H. Burne, T. G. Quirke, A. H. S.
Orpen, A. D. Orr, W. V. Seddall, \V. T.
Sheridan, P. N. Smith, Basil Thompson,
R. G. Warren, J. E. MacDermott, C. St. G.
Orpen, D. B. Gilmore, K. Walsh, A. Wood–
cock, V. Kennedy, H. Good, E. R. McC. Dix,
D. D. MacDonald, E. J. Mallins, F. E.
Bermingham, E. E. Merrick, S. H. Lynch,
J. W. Dyas, C. G. Stapleton, F. C. E. Bland,
H. Malley, W. H. Fry, T. W. Franks, J. J.
Hickey, and M. A. Smyth.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting and the Minutes of the Half-
yearly General Meeting held on 26th Novem–
ber, 1929, which were signed by the President.
On the motion of Mr. W. T. Sheridan,
seconded by Dr. Quirke,
the
following
resolution was unanimously adopted :
"That Mr. T. A. Ireland, Mr. E. J.
Mallins and Mr. P. Glynn be appointed
Auditors of the Accounts of the Society for
the year ending 30th April, 1930."
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for
Council, to be held on 21st November next:
Mr. M. Dawson, Mr. R. French, Mr. F. Sharpe,
Mr. N. Taylor, and Mr. T. J. Fullerton.
The President (pursuant to notice given at
the request of
the Council) moved
the
following resolution :
" That the following amendments be
made in the Bye-laws of the Society :
Bye-law 30. Delete ' sixth ' and insert
' first.'
Bye-law 31. Delete 'seventh' in two
places, and insert
' second '
in both
places.
Bye-law 36. Delete ' inside ' and insert
' outside.' "
In moving the resolution the President said
that the object in amending Bye-laws 30 and
31 was to increase the number of days
allowed for printing and circulation of the
ballot papers for election of Council. The
present Bye-laws allow seven days. This has
sometimes been found to be insufficient, and
the effect of the amendments to Bye-laws 30
and 31 was to increase the number from
seven days to twelve days by fixing the first
of November instead of the sixth November
as the latest day for lodging a nomination
paper.
That the amendment to Bye-law 36 was
proposed at the instance of the Scrutineers
of the Ballot. The writing by the voter of
his name on the inside of the envelope con–
taining the ballot paper causes inconvenience
in the reading of the signature of the voter.
Mr. Basil Thompson seconded the resolu–
tion, which was passed by the meeting.