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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. X, No. 7.]
January, 1917.
T FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
December 6th.
Election of President and Vice-Presidents.
The Council elected Mr. John W. Richards
to the office of President of the Society, and
Mr. Thomas G. Quirke and Mr. W. Houghton
Fry to the office of Vice-Presidents of the
Society for the year ending 26th November,
1917.
Mr. Richards, having taken the chair,
thanked the Council for his election, and a
cordial vote of thanks was passed to the
outgoing President and Vice-Presidents for
the manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their respective offices.
Registry of Deeds Fees.
A report was submitted from the members
of the Council who formed the deputation
to the Under Secretary for Ireland, who
received the members in the absence from
Ireland of the Chief Secretary. Mr. Boyd,
Assistant Registrar of Deeds, was present
when the deputation was received by the
Under Secretary. The subject of the inter
view was the Treasury Order of 30th October,
1916, altering the fees payable in the Registry
of Deeds Office. Under that Order the item
hitherto in force giving permission for a fee
of half a .crown to make a general hand
search had been repealed. The deputation
urged the desirability of the restoration of
this item, and the matter having been fully
discussed, the Under Secretary undertook
to communicate the views of the deputation
to the Chief Secretary. As a result of the
interview a further Treasury Order was
issued upon 20th December restoring the
item in question at the increased fee of
seven shillings and sixpence. The Treasury.
Orders appear in this GAZETTE.
Preliminary Examination.
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A memorial from a Law Clerk asking for
a modified preliminary examination under
section 18 was considered, and
it was
resolved not to oppose the application.
December 13th.
The Prime Minister.
It was resolved that the hearty con
gratulations of the Council be conveyed to
The Right Hon. David Lloyd George, M.P.,
on his appointment to the office of Prime
Minister, this being the first occasion on
which a Solicitor has been appointed to that
office.
Statutory Committee.
A letter was read from the Secretary of
the Lord Chancellor intimating that His
Lordship had appointed the following seven
members of the Council to be the Statutory
Committee under Section 34 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, for the year ending
26th November, 1917: — Mr. Richards,
Sir A. F. Baker, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Henry,
Mr. Macnamara, Mr. C. St. G. Orpen, and
Mr. Synnott.