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Vol. XXVI, No. 2]
JUNE, 1932.
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HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
A Half-yearly General Meeting of
the
Society was held on Thursday, the 12th May,
at the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts,
Dublin, the President (Mr. Laurence J. Ryan)
in the Chair.
The following members were also present :
Messrs. T. H. R. Craig
(Vice-President),
E. M. FitzGerald (Vice-President), W. G.
Bradley, E. F. Collins, T. W. Delany, J. B.
Hamill, H. P. Mayne, A. H. S. Orpen, A. D.
Orr, Peter Seales, W. V. Seddall, W. T.
Seddall, W. T. Sheridan, P. N. Smith, Basil
Thompson, E. J. Mallins, J. E. MacDermott,
C. St G. Orpen, Chas. Gamble, James Henry,
William Henry, D. D. MacDonald, Henry
Sheil, J. M. Dudley, Denzil O'Donnell, F. E.
Bermingham, V. F. Kirwan, Kevin Walsh,
J. W. Dyas, E. J. Kenny, M. A. Smyth,
Vincent Kennedy, B. J. Seales, W. J. M.
Coulter, and W. H. Argue.
The Secretary read the notice convening
the meeting and the minutes of the Half-
yearly General Meeting held on 26th Novem–
ber, 1931, which were signed by the President.
On
the motion
of Mr. Craig
(Vice-
President),
seconded by Mr. FitzGerald
(Vice-President), the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
"That Mr. T. A. Ireland, Mr. A. E.
Prentice, and Mr. P. Glynn be appointed
Auditors of the Accounts of the Society
for the year ending 30th April, 1932."
The President nominated the following
members to be Scrutineers of Ballot for
Council, to be held on 21st November next:
Mr. Raymond French, Mr. T. J. Fullcrton,
Mr. Vincent Kennedy, Mr. F. G. Sharpe, and
Mr. Nathaniel Taylor.
THE
PRESIDENT,
addressing
the
meeting, said :
Gentlemen, it is customary at the Half-
yearly Meeting of
the Society
for
the
President to give a summary of the work of
the Council during the last six months.
Transfer of Court Offices.
The transfer of the offices of the High
Court from the Castle to the reconstructed
buildings was completed in October last.
Necessarily it took some time before the.
machinery got into order, and at the start
some few complaints reached the Council;
but it must be acknowledged that the work
is now proceeding with smoothness and that
the profession is gratified with the efficiency
of the staff and the machinery as a whole.
Circuit Court Rules.
The much-debated Circuit Court Rules
came into force on the 1st of January last.
It was only to be expected that defects
would be found in the working of the new
code. Before, however, any revision of these
Rules can be looked for, their general working
must get a fair chance. The Council is
carefully noting any Rule which requires
amendment, and though a number of minor
matters have been brought to its notice, I
only propose to refer to one matter in con–
nection with these Rules which I consider of
considerable importance.