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Vol. V, No. 7.]
January, 1912.
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L AMONGST
MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.?
December 6th.
Election of President and Viee-Presidents.
THE Council elected Mr. Gerald Byrne to the
office of President of the Society, and Mr.
Ignatius J. Rice and Mr. R. Blair White to
the office of Vice-Presidents of the Society
for the year ending 26th November, 1912.
Mr. Byrne having taken the chair, and ex
pressed his thanks to the Council for his
election, a cordial vote of thanks was passed
to the outgoing President and Vice-Presi
dents for the manner in which they had dis
charged the duties of their respective offices
during the past year.
Quarter Sessions List.
The matter of the non-printing of lists
containing the dates of Quarter Sessions
and County Court Sittings
throughout
the year, being a result of
the decision
in the case
Rex (Cloherty) v. Galway County
Council,
was referred to the County Courts
Committee.
Immature Land Stock.
A letter was read from the Irish Land
owners' Convention asking the Council to
nominate a representative on a proposed
deputation to the Chief Secretary, with the
object of urging upon him the desirability of
adopting the arrangement in reference to
the sale of immature Land Stock suggested
by the Council. Mr. Synnott was nominated
to represent the Council on the proposed
deputation.
Illegal Conveyancing.
A letter was read from a Country Member
enclosing
a
lease
recently prepared
for
remuneration by an Estate Agent Clerk.
The Council directed that proceedings, under
27 Victoria, Cap. 8, be taken in the Secretary's
name against the clerk for recovery of a
penalty.
Preliminary Examination.
A report was adopted from the Court of
Examiners recommending the Council not to
accede to the application of the Senate of the
National University that a rule should be
made under Sec. 17 of the Solicitors (Ireland)
Act, 1898, exempting from passing the Prelim
inary Examination of the Society those who
had been registered as matriculated students
of the University by reason of their having
passed some one of certain examinations
specified in the University regulations. The
report drew attention to the fact that other
Universities similarly permitted the registra
tion of students as matriculated students,
but exemption from the preliminary examina
tion in their cases also had been always
hitherto refused by the Society, the exemp
tion under the Section being made applicable
only
to
those who
actually
pass
the
University matriculation examination, and
this exemption was by rule made under the
Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, in Novem
ber, 1910, was extended to those who pass
the matriculation examination of either of
the two new Universities created by the Irish
Universities Act of 1908.
Intermediate Examination.
Upon the recommendation of the Court of
Examiners the Council adopted a regulation,