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Vol. XII, No. 10.]
April, 1919.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
March 12th.
Twenty-one Members were present.
Salaries of Clerks of Crown and Peace.
A
letter
in
reply was read
from
the
Assistant Under-Secretary stating that their
Excellencies the Lords Justices desired to
inform the Council that the reduction from
£900 to £800 per annum of the salary assigned
to the office of Clerk of the Crown and Peace
for the County and City of Limerick was
effected on the advice of Their Excellencies'
advisers after very careful consideration of
all the facts of the case, and with due regard
to the nature and extent of the duties
attached to the post.
The letter further
stated that
the salary of
the Clerk of
the Crown and Peace as Local Registering
Authority was increased at the same time
from £100 to £200 per annum.
Witnesses' Expenses.
A communication was received from the
Taxing Masters, intimating that the Lord
Chancellor had requested the Masters to
ascertain
the views
of
the Council in
reference to a suggested increase of amounts
allowed under the Supreme Court Rules to
witnesses.
The matter was referred to the Costs
Committee.
Lectures.
Applications by two Apprentices, both of
whom had served four years in the Army,
for exemption from attendance at lectures,
were granted.
March 26th.
Twenty-three Members were present.
Irish Land Commission.
A letter in reply was read from the Irish
Land Commission, stating that it is not the
practice for the Solicitor to the Commission
to act for purchasers of holdings sold owing
to default in payment of annuity, though
there sometimes are cases, generally of a
petty nature, where the Solicitor for the
Commission has to do so, as it is the only
means of effecting a sale.
Council Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council are fixed to be held
on the following dates :—
April 30th.
May Hth and 28th.
High Court Sittings.
EASTER Sittings commence on Thursday,
24th April, and terminate on Wednesday,
28th May.
Obituary.
MR. THOMAS O'KEEFE, Solicitor, died upon
the 1st March, 1919, at Lisgoold, Midleton.
Mr. O'Keeffe served his apprenticeship
with Mr. Joseph H. McCarroll, Wicklow ;
was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1914, and
practised at Midleton.