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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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