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NOTICE OF CHARITABLE
BEQUESTS
THE attention of solicitors is drawn to Section 19
of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Act, 1867,
which imposes on personal representatives of a
testator whose will contains charitable gifts the
duty of giving public notice of such gifts by adver
tisement. Such advertisement must
(a)
be published
•within three months of the granting of probate or
letters of administration:
(b)
appear once in
Iris
Qifigiuil
and three times successively in a news
paper circulating in the locality where the gift
or the greater part of it is intended to be expended or
applied (or if no direction in a Dublin newspaper) :
(f)
contain the names of the testator, of the persons
to whom the charitable gift is made, and of the
persons appointed by the testator for its manage
ment and direction, and the date of the will or
codicil.
The expenses of the advertisement are
payable out of the charitable funds.
Under Section 16 of the Charitable Donations and
Bequests Act, 1867, the personal representatives are
obliged to furnish to the Commissioner within four
months from the date of the grant of probate
or administration copies of three successive news
papers (other
than
Iris Qifigiuil}
containing
the
advertisements. The Commissioners have power to
grant exemption from the obligation of publishing
advertisements under special circumstances, e.g.,
the smallness of the charitable gift, on application
being made to them.
Where the notices are not published and vouched
within the statutory period of four months it has
been the practice of the Commissioners to write
direct to the personal representatives reminding
them of their statutory obligations. This practice
may cause embarrassment to the solicitors, and the
Council has been
in communication with
the
Secretary
to
the Commissioners with
reference
thereto.
In order to avoid the necessity for such
communications to their clients, solicitors acting
for the personal representatives of testators whose
wills contain charitable gifts are advised to do two
things:
(1) Send the grant of probate or letters of
administration to the Secretary to the
Commissioners for noting as soon as
possible after it has issued and before the
expiration of four months from issuing.
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municating with their solicitor ;.
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(2) take steps to publish the statutory notices
within
the
statutory period of
three
months, unless the Commissioners have
waived the necessity of publication.
OLD COPIES OF THE CALENDAR
COPIES of the Calendar aire in stock For the following
years—1928, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939,
1940, 1941, 1942- They are about to be sold to the
waste-paper merchants but if any member requires
a copy of the Calendar for any of the above years
he can obtain same on application to the Secretary
immediately.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
AT Examinations held on the ist and 2nd February,
under the Legal Practitioners' (Qualification) Act,
1929, the following passed the examinations :—
First Examination in Irish.
William L. Carroll, Andrew P. Curneen, Walter P.
Maguire, Enda Maher, Patrick U. Murphy, Brendan
O. M. O'Reilly, Thomas B. Reynolds, Henry N.
Robinson.
Thirteen
candidates attended;
eight .passed;
five were postponed; one did not attend.
Second Examination in Irish.
John F. Binchy, Maurice L. Clifford, James P.
Gilvarry, Norman Gruson, Gerard Horan, Mary M.
McFadden, Mary T. O'Connor, Bernard P. D.
O'Kelly, Philip.H. Ordman, Reginald G. H. Roper,
Martin A. Salmon, Stanley A. Siev, Hubert C. Wine.
Twenty candidates attended; thirteen passed;
eight were postponed; one did not attend.
OBITUARY
MR. GEORGE H. PARKES, Solicitor, died at his
residence, Corr Bridge, Sutton, Co. Dublin, on
17th February, 1946.
Mr. Parkes served his apprenticeship with the
late Sir .William Fry of Dublin, was admitted in
Hilary Sittings, 1905, and practised at 20 Fleet
Street, Dublin, under the style of Edmundson &
Parkes until the year 1945, when he retired.
MR. CHRISTOPHER O'CONNELL FrrzSiMON, Solicitor,
died at his residence in Abbeyleix on I9th February,
1946.
Mr. FitzSimon was admitted in Hilary Sittings,
1882, arid practised at Abbeyleix as senior partner
in the firm of FitzSimon & Ryan.
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MR.
JOHN M. MAXWELL, Solicitor, died at his
residence Roxboro', Baily, Co. Dublin, on 2oth
February, 1946.
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Mr. Maxwell served his apprenticeship with his
father the late Sir Patrick Maxwell, Dublin, was
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