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offices.
It was ordered that the memorandum,
when approved by the President, should be
submitted forthwith to the Minister.
D
e c e m b e r
i
;
t h
,
1949. The President in the Chair.
Also present: Messrs. Thomas A. O’Reilly and
Dermot P. Shaw, Vice-Presidents; Derrick M.
Martin, W. S. Hayes, Daniel O’Connell, James R.
Quirke, John Carrigan, Joseph Barrett, P. R. Boyd,
Desmond Mayne, Reginald J. Nolan, Henry St.
J . Blake, G. A. Overend, Joseph Tyrrell, Sean
(!) hUadhaigh, Patrick F. O’Reilly, James J.
O’Connor, Desmond R. Counahan, Gerald J.
O’Donnell.
Salaries o f solicitors to local authorities
T
he
Council considered and approved the draft
memorandum to be submitted to the Minister for
Local Government. A copy of the memorandum
is printed on page 43.
Land Registration Rules Committee
T
he
Council nominated Mr. Gerald O’Donnell,
o f Ennis, as the Society’s representative on the
Committee in place o f Mr. H. P. Mayne, who has
resigned from the Council. A vote o f thanks was
unanimously passed to Mr. Mayne for his services
to the profession while a member o f the Committee
and also to Mr. Gerald O’Donnell, who attended
before the Committee in connection with the recent
application for an increase in Land Registry Costs.
District Court Rules Committee
M
r
.
Dermot P. Shaw, o f Mullingar, was appointed
as the Society’ s representative in place of Mr.
John P. Carrigan, who recently resigned from the
Council. A vote o f thanks was unanimously passed
to Mr. Carrigan for his services on the Council
and on the Committee.
Incorporated Council o f Law Reporting
M
r
. P. R. Boyd, of Dublin, was appointed as the
Society’s representative on the above Council, in
place of Mr. H. P. Mayne who has resigned.
Solicitors’ Bill
T
he
President made a report to the Council in
connection with the conference with officials of
the Department which was attended by the President,
Mr: Boyd and the Secretary, on behalf of the
' Council.
Land Bill, 1949
T
he
Council considered a report in connection
with the above Bill which had been circulated
to the country members of the Council. Section 23
o f the Bill enables the Land Commission to purchase
any'interest in land in the open market and Section
24 provides that, where the Land Commission 1
have purchased the land under Section 23, they
may make a transfer order vesting rhe land
indefeasibly in fee simple in the Commission.
The report stated that the transfer order procedure
was open to serious objection both from the point
o f view o f incumbrancers and the profession.
It was ordered that a memorandum should be
drawn up and submitted to the Minister for Lands,
and that a copy thereof should be sent to the
Taoiseach.
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF
NORTHERN IRELAND
M
r
.
Ralph S. Neilson, Belfast, has been elected
President for the year 1949-50.
The following
are the extraordinary members o f the Council
o f this Society : Messrs. Alexander S. Merrick,
George Murnaghan, Charles MacLaughlin, James
C. Taylor.
SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION
M
r
.
Patrick
J.
Kavanagh has been elected President
o f the Association for the year 1949-50. The
following are the extraordinary members o f the
Council o f this Society : Messrs. John L. Coakley,
Timothy A. Buckley, John J. Horgan, Edward
Emerson, Patrick J. Kavanagh.
STATUTORY COMMITTEE
T
he
following members of the Council have been
appointed by the Chief Justice to constitute the
Statutory Committee for the year to end 23rd
November, 1950 : Messrs. Patrick R. Boyd, Henry
St. J. Blake, William S. Huggard, William J.
Norman, Daniel O’Connell, John S. O’Connor,
Sean O hUadhaigh.
COURT OF EXAMINERS
T
he
President, William J. Norman, the Vice- i
Presidents, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, ’
the last President, Patrick R. Boyd, Arthur Cox,
William S. Huggard, Patrick F. O’Reilly, George [
A. Overend, James R. Quirke.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Legal Education Committee:
The Court of
Examiners with Messrs. Barrett, Cox, Greene and
Quirke.
Legislation and Privileges Committee :
Desmond
R. Counahan, Arthur Cox, Francis J. Gearty,
Roger Greene, William S. Hayes, John S. O’ Connor,
Louis E. O’Dea, Gerald J. O’Donnell, Patrick
F. O’Reilly.
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