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November, 1911.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
October Uh.
Registration of Titles.
A
DEPUTATION
from
the Council was
appointed to interview the Registrar of Deeds
and Titles in reference to delays in the work
ing of the Office of Registration of Titles.
Taxing Office.
A
letter in
reply was
read
from
the
Registrar of the Court of Appeal, who had
been Chairman of the Committee appointed
by the Lord Chancellor in 1909 to enquire
into the working of the Taxing Office, stating
that the Committee was
functus officio,
but
that he would send to His Lordship the letter
in which the Council draw attention to delays
in issuing Certificates of Taxation.
It was
resolved to write to the Lord Chancellor
asking that the Council might be furnished
with a copy of the report of the Committee,
in order that they might ascertain if the
recommendations were being carried out.
Coroners' Inquests.
A letter was read from the Secretary of the
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
in reference to the representation at Coroners'
inquests of representatives of deceased work
men, or of the Societies or Unions to which
they belong. The matter was referred to the
Parliamentary Committee.
Solicitor acting as an Auctioneer.
The attention of the Council was drawn to
an advertisement appearing
in
the Press
from a member of a firm of Solicitors who is
also an auctioneer, and in which advertise
ment it was stated that he acts as Auctioneer
in connection with his profession of Solicitor.
It was resolved to write to the Solicitor
requiring him to withdraw the advertisement
as being unprofessional, and requiring him
not again to advertise as a Solicitor in con
nection with his advertisements as auctioneer.
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 and recommending
that it be granted, was adopted. A further
report recommending that the application of
the same law clerk for a modified preliminary
examination be not opposed was also adopted.
Certificate.
An application by a Solicitor, admitted
over one month, for liberty to take his first
certificate, was granted.
October 18th.
Debt Collecting.
A letter was read from a country firm of
Solicitors enclosing a form of demand for
payment of a debt received by a client from
the clerk of a firm of merchants to whom the
debt was due, and threatening proceedings in
case of non-payment. A reply was directed,
drawing attention to the penalty to which a
person
is
liable under the provisions of
Section 53 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act,
1898, " who wilfully and falsely pretends to
" be, or
takes or uses any name,
title,
" addition, or description implying that he
" is duly qualified to act as a Solicitor," and