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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. XII, No. 8.]
February, 1919.
r FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
January 15th.
Twenty-six Members were present.
Death of Mr. Jacob T. Geoghegan
The President referred to the death of
Mr. Jacob T. Geoghegan, B.L., Assistant
Probate Registrar, who had always shown
much courtesy to members of the profession
and their assistants ;
and it was resolved
that the sympathy of the Council be con
veyed to his widow and family in their
bereavement.
Sir John Ross, Bart.
The congratulations of the Council were
directed to be conveyed to the Right Hon.
Mr. Justice Ross on the honour which His
Majesty has conferred upon him.
Sir George Fottrell, K.C.B.
It was resolved that the congratulations of
the Council be conveyed to Sir George
Fottrell, K.C.B., a past member of
the
Council, on the honour which His Majesty
has conferred upon him.
Law Clerks' Salaries.
The President informed the Council that
he had presided on the 13th inst. at the
Annual Meeting of the Law Clerks' Society,
on which occasion the claim of the Society
put forward upon behalf of the Law Clerks
of
Ireland
for
increase of
salaries was
discussed, and that he had promised to bring
the matter before the Council. The Council
referred the subject to a Committee for
report.
Clerks of the Crown and Peace.
The Council having been informed that the
Treasury are still urging the reduction of
salaries of Clerks of the Crown and Peace, on
the occurrence of vacancies in that office,
passed the following resolution :—
Resolved :
" The Council of the Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland desire to record their
strong and emphatic protest against the
action of His Majesty's Treasury
in
attempting, as each vacancy arises, to
reduce the salaries payable to Clerks of the
Crown and Peace.
" These are practically the only positions
of honour and emolument under the Crown
open to the Solicitors' profession, and the
constant reduction of the salaries must
inevitably deter the most experienced and
suitable practitioners from being candidates
for the office.
" As a result of continuous legislation
extending the jurisdiction of the County
Courts in Equity, and in all matters
relating
to Employers' Liability
and
Workmen's Compensation, the Clerk of the
Crown and Peace has become responsible
for the disbursement and control of monies
which are
increasing
in amounts by
thousands of pounds in cash, with a
corresponding addition to his duties and
obligations. He has further to discharge
new and onerous duties in connection with
the Local Registration of Title and the
Franchise Acts, and the fact that Parlia
ment has recognised and provided for his
right to remuneration for these new duties
proves that it did not regard him as already
overpaid for his ordinary services as Clerk
of the Crown and Peace, while the Treasury
by the policy complained of, are unjustly