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E. O'Dea, P. R. Boyd, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Dermot

P. Shaw, Reginald J. Nolan, Roger Greene, Patrick

F. O'Reilly, James R. Quirke.

The following was among the business trans

acted :

Extraordinary Members of the Council

THE Council adopted the election of the following

as the extraordinary members from the Incorporated

Law Society of Northern Ireland for the year to end

z6th November, 1948 :—Messrs. Samuel Gumming,

William H. Fyffe, George Murnaghan, Charles

MacLaughlin, James C. Taylor.

Ballot for President

THE election of the President for the next twelve

months was held and on the result of the Ballot,

Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh was declared elected. The

outgoing President invested him with the chain and

insignia of office, and Mr. G hUadhaigh having

taken the chair, returned thanks for his election

and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Henry St. J.

Blake, the outgoing President, and presented him

with a replica of the Presidential badge. Mr. Blake

returned thanks.

Election of Vice-Presidents

THE election of Vice-Presidents was held and on the

result of the ballot, Mr. James R. Quirke and Mr.

John J. Smyth were declared elected. Mr. Quirke

returned thanks on behalf of both Vice-Presidents

and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. William L.

Duggan and Mr. John J. Bolger, the outgoing

Vice-Presidents. M~r. Duggan returned thanks on

behalf of Mr. Bolger and himself.

Apprentices' Applications

A NUMBER of apprentices' applications were con

sidered and dealt with.

DECEMBER

IITH: The President

in

the Chair.

Also present: Messrs. James R. Quirke, John J.

Smyth, Vice-Presidents; James J. Lynch, William

J. Norman, Francis J. Gearty, Joseph P. Tyrrell,

Daniel O'Connell, John J. Bolger, Thomas A.

O'Reilly, Arthur Cox, John F. Foley, Roger Greene,

Louis E. O'Dea, Joseph Barrett, Patrick F. O'Reilly,

John J. Dunne, William L. Duggan, John B.

Hamill.

The following was among the business trans

acted :

Extraordinary Members of the Council

THE Council adopted the election of the following

as the extraordinary members of the Council from

the Southern Law Association for the year to end

z6th November, 1948 :—Messrs. John J. Horgan,,

James W. O'Donovan, Michael Powell, Barry M.

O'Meara, John F. Foley.

Committees of the Council

THE following Standing Committees were appointed

for the year :

Court

of

'Examiners:

The

President,

Scan

(!) hUadhaigh;

the Vice-Presidents,

James R.

Quirke, John }. Smyth ;

the last President, Henry

St. J. Blake; John B. Hamill, Henry P. Mayne,

William J. Norman, Patrick F. O'Reilly, G, Acheson

Overend.

Legislation and Privileges Committee:

John J.

Bolger, Arthur Cox, William S. Haves, Henry P.

Mayne, John S. O'Connor, Thomas A. O'Reilly,

Dermot P. Shaw, Joseph P. Tyrrell.

Court and Offices Committee:

Joseph Barrett,

Patrick R. Boyd, William L. Duggan, Roger Greene,

John B. Hamill, Daniel O'Connell, Louis E. O'Dea,

Joseph P. Tyrrell.

Finance Committee:

Joseph Barrett, Patrick R.

Boyd, John P. Carrigan, Arthur Cox, Niall S.

Gaffney, William S. Huggard, James J. Lynch,

Patrick F. O'Reilly.

Gazette Committees:

John J. Dunne, Francis J.

Gearty, Robert A. Macaulay, John S. O'Connor,

Peter O'Connor, Louis E. O'Dea, Thomas A.

O'Reilly, J. Travers Wolfe.

THE President, the last President, and the Vice-

Presidents are members ex-officio of all Committees.

Legal Education Committee :

The Council appointed

a Special Committee, consisting of the Court of

Examiners, with Messrs. Cox, Greene and Barrett

to consider the present training and education of

solicitors' apprentices and to report to the Council

as to what changes, if any, are advisable, with a view

to improving the present system.

A number of matters were considered and

referred to Committees for reports.

FINANCE

(No. 2) ACT, 1947

UNDER Section 13 (4) of the Finance Bill as intro

duced, the provisions of the Section, which enabled

an instrument to be stamped at the lower rate of

5 per cent., applied only where the beneficial grantee

or transferee fell within the classes mentioned in the

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