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Vol. XXIV, No. 3.]
JULY, 1930.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS
MEETING OF COUNCIL.
19th June.
Twenty-eight Members present.
Commissioners for Oaths.
The Council received a letter from a
member of the Society asking the opinion of
the Council on the question :
" Should a
Solicitor, who is conducting a conveyancing
matter in the course of which his client
executes a deed and memorial which are
witnessed by
the Solicitor's partner or
assistant, take the affidavit of the attesting
witness for the purpose of registration in the
Registry of Deeds Office " ?
The question having been referred to the
Privileges Committee for consideration, a
report thereon from that Committee was
submitted. The Council adopted the report,
and resolved to send the following reply to
the question :
" The Council are of opinion that having
regard to Rules 17 and 18 of Order XXXVIII.
of the High Court Rules of 1905, Commis–
sioners should not take affidavits in non-
contentious matters arising
in their own
offices."
Land Registry.
The question of the inconvenience arising
from the sale of Land Registry forms and
stamps for use in the Central Office being
carried on in the Ormond Quay Post Office,
to which a member of the Society had by
letter drawn the attention of the Council,
was considered.
The President reported
the purport of an interview he had on the
matter, as a result of which the Council
decided that no useful action can be taken
in the matter pending the opening of a
Stamp Office in {the new Courts of Justice,
when they are occupied.
OBITUARY.
MR. WILLIAM HODNETT, Solicitor, died
upon the 1st June, 1930, at his residence,
Nelson House, Youghal, County Cork.
Mr. Hodnett served his apprenticeship to
his father, the late Mr. Jeremiah Hodnett;
was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1878, and
practised at Youghal.
MR. HENRY CRAWFORD McCAY, Solicitor,
died upon the 13th June, 1930.
Mr. McCAY served his apprenticeship to
his uncle, the late Mr. John S. McCay ;
was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1903, and
practised at Londonderry.
SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
A meeting of the Directors of the Solicitors'
Benevolent Association was held upon 25th
June, at which Sir George Roche was in the
chair, and twenty-three other Directors were
present.
The Board elected Mr. Patrick Glynn,
Solicitor, of 22 Nassau Street, Dublin, to be
Secretary of the Association, in room of
Mr. D. B. Gilmore, resigned.