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APPOINTMENTS
MR. DERMOD M. F. WALSH has been appointed Law
Agent to Dublin Corporation in place of Mr.
Ignatius Rice who recently retired. Mr. Walsh was
admitted in Trinity Sittings 1933, and has been
acting as Assistant Law Agent since 1942.
MR. MATTHEW PURCELL has been appointed Law
Agent to Dublin Co. Council. Mr. Purcell was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings 1935, and has been
Law Agent to Cork Co. Council since 1945. He
was Lecturer in Common Law to the Society from
1938 to 1943.
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
Archbold—Criminal Pleading,
$ist
edition. Not
yet received. Britannica Book of the Year, 1948.
Buttenvorth's Workmen's Compensation Cases,
Vol. 40, 1947. Butterworth's Workmen's Compen
sation Cases Supplement, 1947. Chalmer's Bills
of Exchange, nth edition, 1947. Diamond—
Master and Servant, 2nd edition, 1946. Dublin
University Calendar, 1948-49. Dymond—Death
Duties, loth edition, 1946 and Supplement, 1948.
Foa—Landlord and Tenant, 7th edition, 1947.
Halsbury's Statutes of England, Cumulative Supple
ment, No. 17, 1948. Hudson—Building Contracts,
7th edition, 1946. Incorporated Accountants' Year
Book, 1943. Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Ireland Year Book, 1947-8. International Law List,
1949. Konstam—Income Tax, loth edition, Second
Cumulative Supplement, 1948. Law List, 1948. Lon
don Directory, 1949. Mayne—Damages, nth edition,
1946. Megarry—Rent Acts, 4th edition, 1949.
Medical Directory. Not yet received. National
University of Ireland Calendar, 1947. New South
Wales Law Almanac, 1948. Northern Ireland
Public General Statutes, 1947. O'Neill—Industrial
Directory. Not yet received. Paget—Banking, 5th
edition, 1947. Pollock—Contracts, izth edition,
1946.
Public General Acts, 1947 (z Vols.).
Rubenstein—Contemporary
Religious
Juris
prudence, 1948. Scottish Law List, 1948. Statutory
Rules and Orders, 1939-1945 (10 Vols. and Index).
University College Dublin Calendar, 1948-49.
Whitaker Almanack, 1948.
STATUTES OF THE OIREACHTAS
PASSED DURING 1948
1. Housing (Amendment).
2. Garda Siochana (Acquisition of Sites and
Retention of Premises.)
3. Local Government (Sanitary Services).
4. Local Government (Superannuation).
5. Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions).
6. Central Fund.
7. Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Order).
8. Local Elections.
9. Connaught Rangers (Pensions).
10. Social Welfare (Reciprocal Arrangements).
11. Trade Union.
12. Finance.
13. Appropriation.
14. Local Government (Remission of Rates).
15. Local Government (Dublin) (Temporary).
16. Road Fund (Advances).
17. Social Welfare.
18. Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions)
Act, 1946, Continuance Act, 1948.
19. Nurses Registration.
20. Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief).
21. Expiring Laws.
22. The Republic of Ireland.
23. Workmen's Compensation (Amendment).
24. Agriculture (Amendment).
OBITUARY
MR. JAMES DICKIE, Solicitor, died at his residence
Seatown House, Swords, Co. Dublin, on 27th
January, 1949.
Mr. Dickie served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. Robert Dickie, Dundalk, was admitted
in Easter Sittings, 1898, and practised at 25 Bachelor's
Walk, Dublin, up to his retirement in 1919.
MR. PATRICK ROONEY died at a Dublin Nursing
Home on 26th January, 1949.
Mr. Rooney was admitted in Hilary Sittings,
1893, and practised at 34 Kildare Street, Dublin, as
senior partner in the firm of T. F. O'Connell,
Rooney & Co. He was a member of the Council
of this Society from the year 1914 to 1924 and
Vice-President for years 1919—20.
REGISTER C.
Abraham's Law and Practice of Lunacy in Ireland
(Dublin E. Ponsoby, 1886). £i offered for copy
in good condition.
WHITNEY, MOORE & KELLER,
46 KILDARE STREET,
DUBLIN.