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PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
Mr. Brendan A. McGrath, Dublin has been
elected President for 1970/71. Messrs. James
O'Donovan, Cork, and Peter Prentice, Dublin,
have been elected Vice-Presidents.
ORDINARY GENERAL, MEETING
An ordinary general meeting of the Society
was held in the Library, Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts Dublin on Thursday, 19th Novem
ber 1970.
1. The President took the chair at 2.30 o'clock.
2. The notice convening the meeting was by
permission taken as read.
3. The minutes of the ordinary general meeting
held on 14th May 1970 were by permission
of the meeting taken as read and were signed
by the Chairman.
4. The Secretary read the report of the scru
tineers of the ballot for the Council for the
year 1970-71 as published hereunder. The
President declared the result of the ballot in
accordance with the scrutineers report, as
follows: —
The following candidates were duly nominated
as provincial delegates in accordance with bye-
law 29 (a) of the Society and were .returned un
opposed.
Ulster: John C. O'Carroll.
Munster: Thomas E. O'Donnell.
Leinster: Christopher Hogan.
Connaught. Patrick J. McEllin.
A meeting of the scrutineers was held on
Thursday, 12th November 1970 at 11 o'clock.
The poll was conducted from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
and the scrutiny was subsequently held. The
result of the ballot was as follows:
761 envelopes containing ballot papers were
received.
Valid poll was 761.
The following candidates received the number
of votes placed after their names:— 1. Patrick
C. Moore, 560; 2. Eunan McCarron, 557; 3.
Patrick Noonan, 555; 4. John Carrigan, 546; 5.
Moya Quinlan, 542; 6. Senator John J. Nash, 519;
7 Gerald Hickey, 517; 8. William A. Osborne,
517; 9. Robert McD. Taylor, 513; 10. Francis J.
Lanigan, 500; 11. Brendan A. McGrath 492;
12. Bruce St. John Blake, 489; 13. John Maher,
484; 14. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, 473; 15. Augustus
Cullen, 464; 16. Joseph L. Dundon, 451; 17. Peter
E. O'Connell, 448; 18. Gerard M. Doyle, 446;
19. Peter D. M. Prentice, 446; 20. James W.
O'Donovan, 445; 21. James R. C. Green, 441;
22. George A. Nolan, 436; 23. Thomas Valentine
O'Connor, 443; 24. Desmond Moran, 430; 25.
William B. Alien, 429; 26. Walter Beatty, 428;
27. Ralph J. Walker, 442; 28. Patrick F. O'Don
nell, 401; 29. Michael P. Houlihan, 400; 30.
Patrick McEntee, 396; 31. Anthony Eusene
Collins.
The foregoing candidates were returned elected
as ordinary members of the Council for 1970-71.
The following candidates also received the number
of votes placed after their names: — 32. Norman
T. J. Spendlove, 371; 33. David R. Pigot, 343;
34. Thomas Jackson Jnr., 336; 35. Brian Kings-
bury Overend, 273; 36. Martin E. Marren, 270;
37. Conal J. Clancy, 267; 38. Patrick J. B.
Madigan, 175; 39. Raymond V. H. Downey, 165;
40. Thomas Joseph Colgan, 116.
The President declared the result of the ballot
in accordance with the Scruitineer's Report.
5. On the motion of Mr. Noonan, seconded by
Mr. McCarron, the audited accounts and
balance sheet for the year ended 30th April,
1970 circulated with the agenda were adopted.
The President signed the accounts.
6. On the motion of Mr. Taylor, seconded by
Mr. Prentice, Messrs. Cooper Brothers &
Co. were appointed auditors to the Society.
7. The President proposed the adopting of the
Report of the Council for the year 1969-70.
The motion was seconded by Mr. P. C.
Moore. The President, in reviewing the work
of the Council for the past year, then said: —
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with precedent, I as your
President, move the adoption of the report of
the Council for the year 1969/70. During the
year now coming to a close a number of your
professional colleagues has gone to their eternal
rest. We mourn them all but I must mention in
particular Mr. "Pa" O'Donnell who so recently
occupied this chair with great distinction and
whose loss we on the Council feel most keenly
and Mr. John Halpin also a former President
who gave sterling service on the Council until his
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