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Vol. 45
No. 4
August,
19 5 1
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
Vice-Presidents
Secretary
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FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
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26th. The President in the Chair. Also pres
ent : Messrs. Arthur Cox, Patrick R. Boyd, William
J. Norman, John R. Halpin, Derrick M. Martin,
James J. O’Connor, Christopher E. Callan, John F.
Foley, Gerald J. O’Donnell, Thomas A. O’Reilly,
Henry St. J. Blake, Joseph Barrett, James R. Quirke,
John J. Sheil, Maurice M. Power, Sean
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hUadhaigh,
Reginald J. Nolan, Dermot P. Shaw, John J. Nash,
Patrick F. O’Reilly.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Government Loans—Commission
The Council considered the terms of conversion of
Government loans. The circular issued by the Bank
of Ireland on instructions from the Department of
Finance states that commission will be allowed to
bankers, stockbrokers and financial houses who re
turn applications for amounts o f stock bearing their
stamps on behalf o f client or customers. Solicitors
who complete and return applications on behalf of
clients are not allowed commission. On a report
from a Committee it was decided that the Secretary
should write to the Department of Finance asking
that in future issues o f Government stocks, solicitors
should be paid commission in the same manner as
stockbrokers, bankers and other institutions when
they make applications for stock on behalf of clients.
Land Registry
The Council considered proposed amendments to
the Land Registration Rules affecting the issue of
certified copies of folios and other documents. It was
reported to the Council that in future when an appli
cation is made to a local registry for a certified copy
o f a folio the request is to be transmitted to the
Central Office where a photostatic copy will be pre
pared. It was decided to inform the Land Registra
tion Rules Committee that the Council are opposed
to any alterations in the rules or practice which will
make the local registries less accessible to solicitors or
reduce the facilities provided by those offices and
that, in the view of the Council, the local registries are