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THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
A
rthur
C
ox
Vice-Presidents
D
esmond
R.
C
ounahan
ll
.
d
.
G
erald
J . O ’D
onnell
Secretary
E
ric
A . P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
5TH J
une
, 1952.
The President in the Chair.
Also present: Messrs. Desmond R. Counahan,
Vice-President, Joseph P. Tyrrell, John Maher,
Thomas A. O’Reilly, Sean O hUadhaigh, Patrick
R. Boyd, Reginald J. Nolan, James R. Quirke,
James J. O’Connor, William J. Norman, John J.
Sheil, Ralph J. Walker, John Carrigan, George
G. Overend, Joseph Barrett, Dermot P. Shaw,
John R. Halpin.
The late Mr. Alexander S. Merrick
T
he
Council passed in silence a vote o f sympathy
with the relatives o f the late Mr. Alexander S.
Merrick, o f 7 Wellington Place, Belfast. Mr.
Merrick was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1902, and
from 1943 to the time o f his death was one o f the
extraordinary members o f the Council from the
Incorporated Law Society o f Northern Ireland.
Lecturer in Common Law
O
n
a report from the Court o f Examiners the
Council appointed Mr. Liam D. McGonagle, B.A.,
as lecturer in Common Law in place o f Mr. J. P.
O’Connell, whose term o f office has expired.
General Meetings
T
he
Council considered a report from a Com
mittee which recommended that the present practice
of holding ordinary General Aleetings in the months
of May and November each year should be dis
continued and that one meeting should be held
yearly in the month o f November. The Council
did not adopt the Committee’s report and decided
that the present practice o f holding two meetings
should be continued.
Land Registry Costs
T
he
Council considered a report from a Committee
which stated that this matter has already come before
the Council in connection with the proposal to
apply for an increase in the commission fees on
sales o f registered land. The report stated that the
necessary submission to the Land Registration
Rules Committee had been drafted and approved
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