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Vol. 40

No.

8

February,

1947

THE GAZETTE

of the

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President :

H. ST. J. BLAKE

Vice-Presidents :

WILLIAM L. DUGGAN

JOHN J. BOLGER

Secretary :

ERIC A.

PLUNKETT

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL

JANUARY 9th.

The President in the chair: Also

present: Messrs. W. L. Duggan and J. J. Bolger,

Vice-Presidents; Messrs. J. R. Quirke, N. S.

Gaffney, J. J. Lynch, D. O'Connell, J. P. Tyrrell,

P. F. O'Reilly, T. A. O'Reilly, R. J. Nolan, J. S.

O'Connor, J. P. Carrigan, J. T. Wolfe, J. J. Smyth,

H. O'Donnell, Roger Greene, A.

Cox,

S.

6 hUadhaigh.

The following was among the business transacted :

Arbitrations

under Post Office

Savings

Banks Acts

The Council considered a report from a Com–

mittee on the position in arbitrations arising out

of disputes between depositors and the Post Office

Savings Bank. The Acts under which the arbitra–

tions are conducted do not give power to the

arbitrator to award costs. The Committee reported

that this is a hardship on depositors and recom–

mended that the matter should be taken up with

the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. The report

of the Committee was adopted.

Agricultural Credit Bill, 1946

THE Council considered a report from a Comtnittec

to which the above Bill had been referred. The

Committee reported that the Bill contains a number

of objectionable provisions.

The chief provision

in the Bill to which exception was taken was the

section under which the Agricultural Credit Cor–

poration is to be empowered to recover moneys

due to the Corporation by sending a certificate

of the amount due, under the seal of the Corporation,

to the County Registrar who will be able to levy

execution without the order of any Court.

The

Committee reported that the Secretary had written

to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Department

of Finance asking for an interview for repre–

sentatives of the Council to urge that this Section

should be withdrawn.

The report of the Com–

mittee was adopted.

International Bar Association

THE Council considered and

adopted a report

front a Committee of the Council recommending

that the Society should not accept the invitation