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Carrigan, Gerald Hickey, Brendan McGrath, Wil
liam Osborne, T. O'Connor and M. Kenny.
The President summed up the discussion.
Mr. Gerard M. Doyle raised the question as to
the time of (he ordinary general meeting to be
held on 21st November, 1968. It was decided to
place the matter on the agenda for the May meet
ing in 1968.
A vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed
by the President of the Dubllin Solicitors' Bar
Association.
LOCAL AUTHORITY SOLICITORS'
ASSOCIATION
The following Officers and Committee were
elected at the Annual General Meeting of the
Association for 1967/68: —
Chairman —
D. M. F. Wals'h, Law Agent, Dublin
Corporation.
Honorary Treasurer and Secretary —
M. J. Leech,
Law Agent, Dun Laoghaire Corporation.
Committee —
MessrsD. Brilley, Assistant Law
Agent, Dublin Corporation, Timothy Murphy,
County Solicitor, Kerry County Council, and
Matthew Purcell, County Solicitor, Dubliln County
Council.
The Meeting was addressed by Mr. Brendan
McGrath, Solicitor, President of the Federation
of Professional Organisations and Chairman of the
Corporate Bodies Solicitors' Association.
The Chairman, in the course of his address, ad
vised all salaried Solicitors to become members
of one of the various Associations catering for
slaried Solicitors within the framework of the Law
Society. The Chairman pointed out the advantages
that membership of such an Association would
bring and stated that these Association had been
formed for the welfare of salaried Solicitors, who
now number a substantial number in the profes
sion. The Council of
the
Incorporated Law
Society, he added, had actively encouraged the
formation of such Associations and these Associa
tions would receive the full support of the Council
at all times. These Asoeiations, along with Bar
Associations, could play an active part in the af
fairs of the profession as a whole.
The Meeting paid tribute to Mr. Matthew Pur-
cell, Dublin County Solicitor and Mr. John M.
Eyre, Assistant Law Agent, Dublin Corporation,
on their retirements from the public service after a
number of years service. They were both elected
life members of the Association.
CORPORATE BODIES SOLICITORS'
ASSOCIATION
The Annual General Meeting of the Association
will be held on Wednesday, 17th January, 1968,
in the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin,
at 8 p.m. The President of the Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland will addrress the meeting.
SECTION 45 OF THE CHARITIES ACT,
1961
Section 45 (2) of the Charities Act, 1961 (No.
17 of 1961) which came into operation on the
1st July, 1961, enacts that a gift for the advance
ment of religion shall be appied in accordance with
the laws, canons, ordinances and tenets of the
religion concerned.
So far as gifts for Masses are concerned, the
effect of the Section is that the application of such
gifts is now regulated by the code of Canon Law.
On consideration of the Section, the Irish Hierar
chy, at their Meeting held on the 3rd October,
1963, Ruled canonically that: —
(i) where a gift for Masses in favour of a Priest
who had predeceased the testator or who
had survived him but died 'before receiving
payment,
or
(ii) where the conditions attaching to a gift can
not reasonably be carried out,
the amount of such gift should be remitted to the
Bishop of the Diocese in which the legatee resides
so that he may arrange to have the Mass obliga
tion fulfilled in such manner as he thinks best.
With regard to gifts for perpetual Masses, it
was decreed at the Plenary Council of the Irish
Hierarchy held in 1956 that the maximum period
in respect of which a gift for perpetual Masses may
be established is 50 years. At the expiration of
this period, the capital representing the gift must
•be realised and applied in the immediate celebra
tion of Masses in accordance with the intentions
expressed by the donor or testator (as the case
may be).
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