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JUNE, 1934]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
Land Registry.
You will have observed in the Gazette of
the Society of last month, a Land Registry
Memorandum dealing with the issue of Land
Certificates. Since the issue of Land Certifi–
cates to the owners has become general, the
matter of registration of judgment mortgages
against registered lands has presented some
difficulty, as no registration affecting the
land described in the certificate can be made
until
the certificate
is produced
in
the
Registry.
Your Council has suggested to
the Minister for Justice the desirability of
making rules under the Local Registration
of Title Act to facilitate the removal of this
difficulty, and the Minister has informed the
Council
that
this matter
is
at present
receiving consideration.
Library.
In my opinion
the most outstanding
feature so far of my term of office, has been
the
large and valuable addition
to our
Library.
The Society has had up to this
in its present Library complete sets of all
the authorised Reports, but there are other
Reports which until now the Library has
not contained. We have recently succeeded
in acquiring on most advantageous terms
461 volumes consisting of The Law Journal
Reports 1823
to date: The Law Times
Reports, 1843 to date, and several wanted
volumes of The Times Law Reports.
The
acquisition of these works puts our Library
in the front rank so far as legal text books
and books of reference are concerned, and
must add greatly to the convenience of the
many members who from
time
to
time
require the use of its volumes.
It is only
right to say that this great acquisition is due
entirely to the efforts of our Secretary,
Mr. Wakely.
Portraits.
There is another addition to our property
which we have acquired within the past
month.
You observe the portraits which
adorn this Hall.
In the Council Chamber
of the former premises of the Society at the
Four Courts, we had a collection of photo-
etchings of about twenty past-Presidents of
the Society, and
in addition we had a
Collection of valuable engravings, presented
to the Society by the late Sir Augustine
Baker.
The Society received compensation
in respect of the destruction of these portraits
and engravings, and last year your Council
decided to expend the compensation money
on a collection of portraits of as many of
the sixt}' past-Presidents of the Society as
it would be found possible to procure. We
succeeded in obtaining on loan 59 portraits
or photographs of past Presidents and we
entrusted to Messrs. Lafayette the work of
producing photo-etchings in uniform size
from these.
Miss Gertrude O'Flynn, a
member of the staff of Messrs. Lafayette
and a pupil of the late Sir William Orpen,
is responsible for the production of the 59
photo-etchings which you see hanging on
the walls of this Hall, and I think you will
agree with me when I say that she has
displayed great skill in the performance of
her work.
Membership of the Society.
In conclusion I would like, if my words
can carry beyond this Hall, to impress on
all Solicitors
the benefit to themselves of
becoming members of the Society, and with
this object in view I would urge upon all of
you the importance of inducing those of
our professional brethren who are presently
outside our fold, and with whom you may
come in contact, to join the Society and
thus assist us in our efforts to promote the
welfare of the profession throughout the
State.
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MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
31st May Twenty-four Members present.
High Court Rules.
The Council having directed a letter to
be written,
requesting
the Minister
for
Justice
to bring before
the High Court
Rules Committee a suggested amendment of
a High Court Rule, a letter was read in
reply from the Secretary of the Department
of Justice stating the matter will have the
Minister's attention, but he fears that there
is not any prospect of effective action until
the present procedure as regards the making
of Court Rules is simplified, and that it is
the Minister's intention to lay proposals for
such simplification before the Oireachtas as
part of the Courts of Justice Bill which he
hopes to introduce in the near future.
Right of Audience.
A letter was read from a member as to
the right of audience of Solicitors before the
Land Commission Appeal Tribunal, and the
I
Council directed a
reply
informing
the
[
member that Solicitors have a right of
'
audience before that Tribunal.