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Vol. 41
No. 9
March,
1948
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
SEAN 6 HUADHAIGH
Fice-PresiJenIs :
JAMES R. QUIRKE,
JOHN J. SMYTH.
Secretary:
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 26TH : The President in the Chair : Also
present: Mr. James R. Quirke, Vice-President;
Messrs. Joseph P. Tyrrell, Joseph Barrett, John B.
Hamill, Niall S. Gaffney, Daniel O'Connell, James
J. Lynch, William J. Norman, Henry P. Mayne,
William S. Hayes, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Roger Greene,
Peter O'Connor, John S. O'Connor, Reginald J.
Nolan, Arthur Cox, William S. Huggard, Thomas A.
O'Reilly, William L. Duggan, Dermot P. Shaw,
John J. Dunne, Henry St. J. Blake, Louis E. O'Dea.
The following was among the business trans
acted :
Application under Section 16
THE Council considered, on a report from the Court
of Examiners, an application by an
intending
apprentice for liberty to be bound under indentures
for three years only.
It was decided to grant the
application.
Application under Section 18
THE Council considered, on a report from the Court
of Examiners, an application to the Chief Justice
by an intending apprentice for total exemption
from the Preliminary Examination on the ground
that he had passed the Leaving Certificate Examina
tion.
It was decided that no opposition should be
offered to the application to the Chief Justice.
Advertisement of Charitable Bequests
ON a report from a Committee on a query from a
member, the Council expressed the opinion that the
executors under a will are entitled to deduct from a
charitable legacy the expenses of advertising the
bequest as authorised by the Charitable Donations
and Bequests Act, 1867, but that the expenses which
may be deducted do not include -
the solicitor's
costs in connection with the advertisement.
Costs on the Granting of Leases
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
on the practice which should obtain in regard to
costs on the granting of a lease at a fine and a rent,
and decided to make a recommendation to the pro
fession, which is published in this issue at page 56.
Certificates of Discharge from Death Duties
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
with reference to correspondence received from the
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