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order reducing the rent of controlled premises on
the ground that they are not in all respects in
good and tenantable repair. On the suggestion
of the Council this section was amended by a
provision to make it clear that such an applica
tion can only be made on notice to the Landlord.
2. SECTION 28 provides for the fixing of rents
of small premises on personal application by the
tenant or his agent at the District Court Office
for a provisional order. The Committee pointed
out that in recent years an undesirable class of
"rent tout" has appeared in the poor districts of
Dublin to the disadvantage of the tenants and
that this class of person might seek to make a
business out of Part III of the Act. It was sug
gested that the section should be amended by
making it an offence for any person, other than a
solicitor, to act as an agent for the purpose of
Section 28 for or in expectation of fee, gain or
reward. The Minister accepted this suggestion
and proposed an amendment substantially to the
effect of that suggested by the Committee.
3. SECTION 31 : On the suggestion of the Com
mittee the Minister proposed an amendment to
the Bill, which was carried, extending the time
within which the Landlord may appeal against a
provisional order, from one month to three
months.
Several reports from the Court and Offices
Committee on questions of costs submitted by
members were considered and adopted.
A number of apprentices' applications and
applications under Section 47 were dealt with.
A number of matters were referred to Com
mittees of the Council for consideration.
THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Daniel O'Connell of Dundalk has been elected
President of the Society for the coming year.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Mr. Matthew G. R. Lardncr of Monaghan and Mr.
Roger Greene of Dublin have been elected Vice-
Presidents of the Society for the coming year.
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
THE Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Society
was held in the Hall of the Society, Solicitors'
Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, on Monday, 26th
November, 1945. The President, Mr. Patrick F.
O'Reilly, was in the chair. The following members
were present:—
P. F. O'Reilly, President; J. J. Bolger, A. Cox,
E. M. FitzGerald, Roger Greene, J. B. Hamill,
W. S. Hayes, W. J. Norman, D. O'Connell,
Scan 6 hUadhaigh, G. A. Overend, J. R. Quirke,
J. J. Smyth, C. G. Stapleton, J. P. Tyrrell,
D. B. Gilmore, P. C. Moore, Dermod Rosney,
T. D. McLoughlin, Thos. Maguire, Desmond
Moran, H. E. M. Woulfe Flanagan, R. J. Tierney,
A. J. Dudley, James McCourt, Hector Ryan,
R. French, A. E. Walker, Samuel Hayes, T. F.
O'Reilly, Rory O'Connor, W. R. McFerran,
J. P. L. Murphy, F. M. Purcell, D. D. MacDonald,
A. E. Prentice, Plunkett McCormack, F. X.
Burke, J. F. Donovan, D. J. Hughes, J. J.
Hickey, C. J. Gore Grimes, S. Millington, T. J.
Kirwan, Brendan Walsh, M. A. Smyth, Eugene
Collins, R. V. H. Downey, John J. Walker,
Kevin Burke, Mrs. Dorothea M. O'Reilly, Oliver
Fry, G. E. Grove-White, Leonard Webb, K. M.
Meares, J. P. O'Connell, A. Ross, P. J. Walsh,
W. H. Watson, C. Gavaii Duffy, Maurice Kenny,
A. J. McDonald, H. D. Draper, A. Cullen.
By permission of the meeting the notice con
vening the meeting was taken as read. The min
utes of the Half-Yearly General Meeting held on
May 16th were read, confirmed and signed by the
Chairman.
The audited accounts of the Society for the
year ending 30th April, 1945, were adopted and
with the consent of the meeting were signed by
the Chairman. Messrs. Kevans & Son, Auditors
and Accountants were, re-appointed Auditors for
the year to end 30th April, 1946.
The Secretary read the report of the Scrutin
eers of the Ballot for the Council for the year to
end 26th November, 1946, which stated that the
following had been
returned unopposed
as
Provincial Delegates: Ulster, John Gillespie;
Munster, A. J. Blood-Smyth ; Leinster, William
L. Duggan ; Connaught, Christopher E. Callan ;
and that the following had been elected as the
thirty-one ordinary members of the Council,
having received the number of votes placed after
their respective names :—Arthur Cox 458, H. St.
J. Blake 412, P. F. O'Reilly 408, W. S. Hayes 381,
L. E. O'Dea 377, Edward M. FitzGerald 377,
J. T. Wolfe 374, W. J. Norman 371, J. P. Car-
rigan 371, P. R. Boyd 370, Scan 6 hUadhaigh 368,
G. Acheson Overend 367, Daniel O'Connell 367,
J. B. Hamill 363, H. P. Mayne 362, W. S.
Huggard 361, J. S. O'Connor 359, P. O'Connor 358,
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