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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DECEMBER, 1916
Annual Report.
The draft Annual Report of the Council
was considered and adopted.
November 15th.
The late Mr. John A. French.
A resolution was passed expressing the
regret of the Council at the death of Mr. John
A. French, a past President, and expressing
the sympathy of
the Council with Mrs.
French in her bereavement.
Measuring Costs.
A letter was read from a member of the
profession drawing attention to a case in
which Counsel for defendant on a remitting
motion, which was refused with costs, applied
to have the costs of the motion measured by
the Court, without giving any special reasons,
and not having been instructed to make such
application. It was resolved to communicate
with the defendant's Solicitor and with the
Bar Council on the matter.
November
Extra-Ordinary Members.
A letter was read from the Northern Law
Society submitting the names of the following
members of
that Society
to be Extra-
Ordinary Members of the Council :—Mr. G.
H. Quarry, Mr. Joseph Alien, Mr. C. W.
Black, Mr. J. D. Coates, and Mr. J. L.
McDonnell.
A letter was read from the Southern Law
Association submitting the names of the
following members of that Association to be
Extra-Ordinary Members of the Council :—
Mr. W. Guest Lane, Mr. B. C. Galvin, Mr.
W. H. Corker, Mr. A. Julian, and Mr. W. B.
Ronan.
The ten members nominated were declared
duly elected as
the ten Extra-Ordinary
Members of the Council for the year ending
26th November, 1917.
Registry of Deeds Fees.
It was
resolved
to request
the Chief
Secretary to receive a deputation from the
Council to discuss the Treasury Order of
30th October, 1916, altering the fees payable
in the Registry of Deeds Office.
Land Commission.
The President reported that, as requested
by the Council, he had interviewed the
Assistant Secretary of the Land Commission
on the subject of the delay in obtaining the
consent of the Land Commission to sub
divisions of holdings, with the result, that it
is hoped that these delays will disappear in
the near future.
Council Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon
the following dates :—
January 17th and 31st.
February 14th and 28th.
Committee Meetings.
THE following Committee Meetings were held
during November :—
Gazette, 6th.
Privileges, 13th.
Costs, 24th.
Obituary.
MR. HENRY ST. P. WALSH, Solicitor, died
upon
the 4th November,
1916,
at his
residence, Derrybeg, Tralee.
Mr. Walsh served his apprenticeship with
Mr.
Francis C. Downing, Tralee, was
admitted
in Hilary Sittings,
1900,
and
practised at Tralee.
MR. THOMAS RICE, Solicitor, died upon the
7th November,
1916,
at his
residence,
Clondulane House, Fermoy.
Mr. Rice served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Richard Carroll, Fermoy, was
admitted
in Trinity- Term,,
1851,
and
practised in partnership with Mr. Anthony
Carroll (under the style of Messrs. Rice and
Carroll) at Fermoy, up to the year 1905, when
he retired.