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Land Registration Fee Order, 1944.
THE Secretary reported that he had received a
letter from the Department of Justice stating
that the Minister for Justice was not prepared to
appoint more than two members of the Council
.on the proposed Land Registration Fees Com
mittee. It was resolved that Messrs. John B.
Hamill and Patrick F. O'Reilly be appointed as
the representatives of the Council on that Com
mittee.
A number of matters were considered and
referred to Committees for reports.
DECEMBER 8th. Senator O'Dea,
and
subse
quently Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly in the chair.
Present: Messrs. A. Cox. W. S. Huggard, P. R.
Boyd, John B. Hamill, William L. Duggan, Scan
6 hUadhaigh, W. S. Haves, G. A. Overend,
C. G. Stapleton, H. P. Mayne, F. J. W. Darley,
Daniel O'Connell, William J. Norman, J. R.
Quirke, Roger Greene, J. P. Carrigan, H. St. J.
Blake, E. M. FitzGerald, John S. O'Connor,
Hugh O'Donnell.
A number of applications from apprentices
were dealt with.
Consultation Rooms.
IT was decided that the charge for each con
sultation room should be as follows, with effect
from 1st January, 1945 :—
Use of room for half-hour or less, 5/—
Do.
do.
over half an hour, 10/-, in
clusive.
Salaries Paid to Solicitors in the Employment of
the State.
THE Secretary reported that he had written to
the Department of Finance asking that a depu
tation from the Council should be received by
the Minister or by one of his Secretaries to put
forward the view of the Council that the salaries
offered for positions as assistant solicitors in the
service of the State advertised for open competi
tion were inadequate for persons possessing pro
fessional qualifications, and that a letter had been
received from the Department agreeing to receive
the proposed deputation. Senator O'Dea and
Messrs. Cox, and Norman, together with the
President, were appointed to form the deputation.
DECEMBER 15th. The President in the chair.
Present: Messrs. W. S. Huggard and Hugh
O'Donnell, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs. W. S. Hayes,
Roger Greene, H. St. J. Blake, C. G. Stapleton,
P. R. Boyd, J. R. Quirke, Daniel O'Connell,
J. J. Smyth, William J. Norman, J. Gillespie,
J. B. Hamill, Scan 0 hUadhaigh, H. P. Mayne,
E. M. FitzGerald, J. S. O'Connor, G. A. Overend,
A. Cox, M. G. R. Lardner.
Committees for Year 1944-45.
THE draft list of the Committees of the Council
was submitted and adopted.
Salaries Paid to Solicitors in the Employment of
the State.
THE President reported that he had attended,
with Senator O'Dea and Messrs Cox, Norman,
and the Secretary at Government Buildings, and
that the deputation had been received by the
Minister for Finance. The view of the Council,
that the salaries at present offered for the posi
tions of assistant solicitors, awarded by open
competition, were altogether inadequate had
been fully expressed by the deputation. The
President stated that the Minister had given the
deputation a very sympathetic hearing and,
while unable to commit himself to any promise
that the position would be improved during the
present emergency, he had indicated that the
position would be examined by the officials of
his Department.
Land Registration Fee Order, 1944.
THE President reported that Mr. Hamill and
himself had received from the Minister for
Justice a copy of the terms of reference of the
Land Registration Fees Committee and that the
first meeting of the Committee would be held on
Tuesday, December 19th.
Applications Under Section 47.
Two applications by solicitors for leave to take
out their practising certificates for the current
year were considered. One was granted on pay
ment of two years' arrears of licence duty and
the other was granted without conditions.
The President reported that, with the Secre
tary, he had paid an official call on the Chief
Justice to offer him his compliments and to con
vey to him the good wishes of the Council and
the Society.
A number of matters were considered and
referred to Committees for reports.
THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY
OF NORTHERN IRELAND.
MR. R. A. Corscadden, Solicitor, of Belfast, has
been elected President of the above Society for
the year 1944/45. The following are the extra-
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