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THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IRELAND
President
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'ice-Presidents
Secretary
W
illiam
J . N
orman
T
homas
A.
O ’R
eilly
E
ric
A.
P
lunkett
.
D
ermot
P. S
haw
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
M
ay
i
8
t h
,
1950. The President in the Chair.
Also present: Messrs. T. A. O’Reilly, Vice-
President ; Dermot P. Shaw, Vice-President;
Arthur Cox, James R. Quirke, Desmond J.
Mayne, John R. Halpin, W. S. Hayes, D. R.
Counahan, Daniel O’Connell, P. R. Boyd, James
J. O’Connor, Reginald J. Nolan, John S. O’Connor,
Henry St. J. Blake, Joseph Barrett, John Carrigan,
Patrick F. O’Reilly.
The following was among the business
transacted :
Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899—
Costs :
T
he
Council considered a report from a Committee
on the subject o f objections raised by local authorities
to the scale of costs charged by the solicitors acting
for the authorities on the making o f advances
secured by mortgage under the Act. The following
were appointed as a deputation to seek an interview
with the Minister for Local G o v e r n m e n tT h e
President, the two Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Patrick
F. O’Reilly, J. Barrett and G. J. O’Donnell.
Dublin Corporation—Delays in
sealing
documents :
T
he
Council considered a letter from a member
stating that when acting for a mortgagor paying
off a mortgage and obtaining release of the property
from the Dublin Corporation, he had been informed
that it would be impossible to have the Corporation
seal affixed until one month after the payment o f
the balance due. It was ordered that the Secretary
should write to the Law Agent, Dublin Corporation
to ascertain his views on the subject, with a view
to having these matters expedited.
Costs o f purchase o f property on behalf o f a
local authority :
T
he
Council considered the position in the case o f
Lanigan v. The Carlow County Council in which
the solicitor acting for the County Council attended
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