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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
Jnt0tg0rHtttr fafo Sodetg 0f
Vol. IX, No. 7.]
January, 1916.
f FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
December 1st.
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. W. B. Ronan, and Mr.
H. A. Wynne.
The ten members nominated were declared
duly elected
as
the
ten Extra-ordinary
Members of the Council for the year ending
26th November, 1916.
Mr. Byrne.
A letter was read from Mr. Byrne, in reply,
thanking the Council for their resolution
expressing regret at his retirement from the
Council.
Recruiting amongst Law Clerks.
A letter was read from Mr. Moran, Sub-
Director of Recruiting of the Dublin area,
asking the Council to receive Captain Kelly,
on behalf of His Excellency
the Lord
Lieutenant, Director
of Recruiting,
in
reference to recruiting amongst Irish Law
Clerks.
It was decided to accede to the
request, and to receive Captain .Kelly at the
next meeting of the Council.
Court of Examiners.
A report from the Court of Examiners
upon an application by a Law Clerk for leave
to be bound under Section 16, was read.
The application was refused.
December 8th.
Election of President and Vice-Presidents.
The Council elected Mr. Charles St. George
Orpen
to the office of President of
the
Society, and Mr. John H. Walsh and Mr.
Arthur H. S. Orpen to the office of Vice-
Presidents of the Society for the year ending
26th November, 1916.
Mr. Orpen,
having
taken
the
chair,
expressed his thanks to 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 during the past year.
Recruiting amongst Law Clerks.
Captain Kelly attended to discuss with the
Council, on behalf of His Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant, Director of Recruiting,
the question of promoting of
recruiting
amongst Law Clerks in Ireland. At the
request
of
the Council, Mr. Commins,
Secretary to the Law Clerks Society, was
present. As a result of the discussion the
Council undertook to issue a circular to the
members
of
the
profession
throughout
Ireland inviting information relative to the
Law Clerks of military age at present
in
their employment.