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THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-
PRESIDENTS
Mr. Francis J. Lanigan of Carlow has been,
elected President of the Society for the coming year.
Mr. Desmond J. Collins of Dublin and Mr. Patrick
O'Donnell of Dungloe have been elected Vice-
Presidents.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
22nd NOVEMBER, 1962
The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m.
The notice convening the meeting was by per
mission taken as read.
The secretary read the minutes of the ordinary
general meeting held on the 24th May, 1962 which
were confirmed and signed by the chairman.
The secretary read the report of the scrutineers of
the ballot for the council for the year 1962/63. The
chairman declared
the result of the ballot in
accordance with the scrutineers report as follows :
Provincial delegates returned unopposed:—Ulster:
John C. O'Carroll; Muaster :
Edward Treacy ;
Leinster : Reginald J. Nolan; Connaught: Francis
Armstrong.
Election of ordinary members. The following
received the votes placed after their names :
i. John Carrigan 476 ;
2. Augustus Cullen 474;
3. Thomas A. O'Reilly 456 ; 4. Niall S. Gaffney 454 ;
5. John J. Nash 454; 6. Francis J. Lanigan 451 ;
7. Peter E. O'Connell 445 ;
8. Daniel Joseph
O'Connor 441 ;
9. Ralph Joseph Walker 439 ;
10.
Eunan McCarron 438 ;
u. Patrick Noonan 431 .
12. Desmond Joseph Collins 423 ;
13. William A.
Tormey 420; 14. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick 420; 15.
Robert McDougall Taylor 417;
16. George G.
Overend 415 ;
17. William A. Osborne 415 ;
18.
George A. Nolan 415 ; 19. Patrick O'Donnell 407 ;
20.
John Maher 395 ;
21. Thomas Valentine
O'Connor 395 ; 22. Brendan A. McGrath 393 ; 23.
Dinnen B. Gilmore 385 ;
24. Peter D. M. Prentice
384; 25. Timothy J. C. O'Keeffe 382; 26. James
W. O'Donovan 377 ;
27. James R. C. Green 364;
28. Desmond Moran 357;
29. Raymond Arthur
French 334; 30. Charles Hyland 328 ; 31. Edward
Dillon 310 ;
The scrutineers returned the foregoing as duly
elected ordinary members of the Council for the
year 1962-63.
The following candidate also received the number
of votes placed after her name :—Elizabeth Wright
198.
Audited accounts and balance sheets. The accounts
and balance sheets circulated were adopted. Messrs.
Kevans & Sons were re-appointed as the Society's
auditors.
The president moving the adoption of the report
of the council for the year 1961-62 said :—
It is my privilege as president to propose the
adoption of the report of your Council for the year
to 22nd November, 1962 which I do with great
pleasure.
Before dealing with the report I have to record
with regret the death, since we last met, of the
following i—Patrick Callan, Dublin; Henry C.
Bourke, Ballina; Dermot D. Fanning, Dublin;
William E. Chapman, Waterford; William P.
Corrigan, Dublin.
I would like, personally, and on behalf of the
Council to express our deep sympathy with their
relatives and friends.
During the last year two members of the Council
resigned and their resignations were accepted with
regret.
You will also have noticed that four of my former
colleagues on the Council have not felt able to go
forward for re-election. Those of us who have given
our services to the Council know just how much
time and inconvenience this, of necessity, involves
and I would like publicly to express the appreciation
of myself and my colleagues for all the help we have
received from these men over the years.
It is invidious to mention names but I must
particularly refer to Mr. John R. Halpin and Mr.
James J. O'Connor. Mr. John R. Halpin first joined
the Council in the year 1949, was vice-president of
the Society in the years 1953/54 and 1957/58 and
president in the year 1958/59. He was also chairman
of the Provincial Solicitors' Association. I fear no
contradiction when I say that he was one of our
most distinguished presidents. During all his years
on the Council he was untiring in his efforts for the
good of the profession and unremitting in his
attendance. He was always constructive in his ideas,
at all times co-operative, kindly and genial in his
approach and contributed greatly to the work of the
Council over the years. I and my colleagues will
greatly miss the benefit of his wise counsel, we
accepted his resignation with regret and wish him
and his wife many happy years to come.
Mr. James J. O'Connor was vice-president of the
Society in the year 1952/53 and all together served
on the council for a total of 13 years. He always
brought to the Council table words of wisdom and
humanity and we are very fortunate to have had
the benefit of his help, advice and assistance over
such a long period. My colleagues and I all regret
that he cannot see his way to serve with us any
longer.
We shall remain ever grateful for all that these
two men have done for us and for the Society.