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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DECEMBER, 1914
MR. J. BRADY said he would agree to
that course.
MR. JAMES HENRY.—On that under
standing and with that amendment I have
great pleasure in seconding the motion.
The motion, so amended, was passed.
MR. P. J. BRADY, M.P. (Vice-President),
having been moved to the second chair,
SIR GEORGE ROCHE moved that the
best
thanks of
the meeting
should be
accorded to their President not only for
presiding that day but also for the manner
in which he had fulfilled the duties of his
office during the year. He said that during
forty years' experience as a member of the
Society, he had never met anyone who dis
charged his duties more conscientiously or
better in the office of President than Mr.
Synnott. He had devoted almost the entire
year to the work of the Society, and had
succeeded admirably in doing so.
MR. STANUELL, in seconding, said as
another Past President who had thirty years'
experience of the Council, he could also
testify to Mr. Synnott's admirable rule during
the past year.
MR. P. J. BRADY, in putting the motion
(which was passed amidst applause) from the
chair, said he could bear personal testimony
to Mr. Synnott's merits as a President. As
one of the Vice-Presidents it was his fortune
to be brought into closer relationship with
the President than other members of the
Council; and he did not exaggerate when he
said that there was not a week-day upon
which he had not occasion to come down
there, especially during the Sittings, to deal
with questions affecting the Profession. He
also wished to express their profound regret
at having lost the services of Mr. Stanuell,
whe retired voluntarily from the Council.
There were few members more intimately
connected with the spade-work of the Society.
He was responsible for the original compila
tion of the Calendar and many other practical
reforms connected with the Profession, and
they deeply deplored his loss; but they
hoped he would be spared for many years to
adorn a Profession which he had already
adorned for so many years.
THE PRESIDENT, in acknowledging the
compliment, said he was glad and sorry that
iis year of office had come to an end.
It was
quite sufficient reward for him to know that
in anything he did his efforts met with the
appreciation of his brother members of the
'ouncil and the general body of the Society,
and he thanked them sincerely.
Meetings of the Council.
November tth.
Resident Magistracy.
A LETTER
in
reply was read from His
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, asking that
the Council would send him a memorial on the
subject of the Resident Magistracy, but that
if a deputation were preferable, he would
receive the deputation.
It was resolved to
ask His Excellency to receive the deputation.
A report of the reception of the deputation
by His Excellency appears in this GAZETTE.
Measuring of Costs.
The subject of the measuring of costs of
interlocutory motions by the Court in the
King's Bench Division was considered.
It
was resolved to request the Bar Council to
nominate
representatives
to discuss
the
matter with representatives of this Council.
Council Dinner.
The Council having resolved not to hold
their annual dinner this year, the President
informed the Council that he had received
from the individual members of the Council
£127 2s. Od. as a contribution from them in
lieu of their expenditure on their annual
Council dinner, this sum to be sent to an
object connected with the war, and that he
had sent the money to the Irish Motor
Ambulance Fund.
Court of Examiners.
The report of the Court of Examiners upon
the Preliminary and Final Examinations and
the Examination for the Findlater Scholar
ship was submitted and adopted.
The
results appear in this GAZETTE.