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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. VIII, No. 5.]
November, 1914.
T FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
October 1th.
Resident Magistracy.
Since the previous meeting of the Council
two appointments having been made to the
office of Resident Magistrate, one of those
appointed being a District Inspector of the
Royal Irish Constabulary, the other a mem
ber of the English Bar, the Council passed the
following resolution, and directed that copies
be
sent
to His Excellency
the Lord
Lieutenant, and to the Chief Secretary for
Ireland :—
RESOLVED :—" The Council of the Incor
porated Law Society of Ireland desire to
express their emphatic protest against the
appointment announced
in
the
Dublin
Gazette
of 6th October of Mr. Henry Albert
Hinkson, a member of the English Bar, to
the office of Resident Magistrate in Ireland.
" The Council regard the appointment as
a slight upon
the legal profession
in
Ireland from amongst whose members
there would have been no difficulty in
selecting a suitable person for the office.
" The Council
repeat
their protest,
addressed
to
the
Irish Executive
so
recently as the month of July last, against
the action of the Executive in persistently
ignoring the just claims of members of the
Solicitors' profession for appointment to
the office of Resident Magistrate."
Amalgamation of the Legal Professions.
A letter was read from a member of the
Society asking the opinion of the Council on
the question of the amalgamation of the legal
professions in Ireland. A reply was directed
stating that the Council were of opinion that
the present time is inopportune for con
sidering the question.
Apprentices Serving in His Majesty's Forces.
The Council passed a regulation giving
credit
to apprentices serving during
the
present war in His Majesty's forces for the
time so spent as service under their inden
tures.
The
regulation, which has been
approved by the Lord Chancellor, appears in
this GAZETTE.
Appointments to Legal Offices.
A draft report prepared by a Special Com-,
mittee of the Council, in reference to appoint
ments to legal offices connected with the
administration of justice in' Ireland, was
considered and adopted, and was referred
back to the Committee to prepare an intro
ductory statement. The report to be cir
culated amongst the members of the Society.
Certificates.
Applications by two Solicitors for liberty
to take out their certificates were considered,
and orders were made.
October 20th.
'
Resident Magistracy.
Letters were read from the Assistant Under
secretary, on behalf of His Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant, and
from
the Private
Secretary on behalf of the Chief Secretary,
acknowledging the receipt of the resolution
passed at previous meeting.