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Johnston, Sean A . O hUadhaigh, Denis Greene,
John A . Dillon, A . E . Ashton, J. J . Masterson,
Roger Greene, G . M. Doyle, James Tuohy, James
J. Hickey, Miss Stella Webb, J. H. Evans, A. G.
Ardagh, Thomas F. O’Reilly, S. Hayes, C. J. Gore-
Grimes, Donough O’Donovan, F. J. Dunne, R.
J . Tierney, W'. Boyle Fawsitt, Desmond Moran,
Vincent Walsh.
The notice convening the Meeting was taken as
read. The Minutes o f the Ordinary General
Meeting held on 15th May, 1952, were read, con
firmed and signed by the Chairman.
The audited Accounts for the year ended 30th
April, 1952, were adopted and with the consent
o f the Meeting were signed by the Chairman.
Messrs. Kevans & Sons were reappointed Auditors
for the year to end 30th April, 1953.
The Secretary read the report o f the Scrutineers
o f the ballot for the election o f the Council and
Provincial Delegates for the year to end on the day
before the date o f the Ordinary General Meeting
in November, 1953. The report stated that for
the office o f provincial delegate the following had
been returned unopposed :—
Ulster, Derrick M. Martin; Munster, John J.
Dundon ; Leinster, Reginald J. Nolan ; Connaught,
Christopher E . Callan.
The foregoing were declared duly elected.
The report further stated that the result o f the
ballot for 31 ordinary members o f the Council and
the supplemental list was as follows : Arthur Cox,
503 ; T. A . O’Reilly, 457 ; John Maher, 456 ;
Francis J. Lanigan, 452; Joseph Barrett, 449;
H. St. J. Blake, 447 ; L. E. O’Dea, 443 ; J. P.
Tyrrell, 437 ; John Carrigan, 434 ; W. J . Norman,
427; D. P. Shaw, 425 ; D. R. Counahan, 424;
P. R. Boyd, 422; P. F. O’Reilly, 4 17 ; J. J.
O’Connor, 4 17 ; G. J. O’Donnell, 401 ; Sean
O hUadhaigh, 385; J. R . Halpin, 379; N. S .•
Gaffney, 378 ; J. J . Nash, 376 ; F. J. Gearty, 375 ;
C. J. Downing, 373 ; G . G . Overend, 367; John
Sheil, 352 ; C. J. Daly, 339 ; J. R. Quirke, 336 ;
D. J. Collins, 335 ; Peter E . O’Connell, 321 ; R. J.
Walker, 3 2 1 ; Maurice M. Power, 3 19 ; D. J.
J . Mayne, 304.
Supplemental 'List;
Donal O’Hagan,
298; J. B. McCann, 2 7 3 ; Denis Greene, 257.
The President declared the foregoing members
o f the Society duly elected to the Council and the
Supplemental List in accordance with the Scru
tineers report.
The following candidates respectively received the
number o f votes placed after their names :—
R. McD. Taylor, 255 ; C. J. Furlong, 249; P. J.
McEllin, 243 ; William Healy, 177.
The President moving the adoption ^of the repoft
o f the Council said :
“ L
adies
and
G
entlemen
Since our last half yearly meeting we have lost
in death a number o f our colleagues. May they rest
in peace, and may the Eternal Light shine upon them.
Mr. Travers Wolfe was President o f the Society
in 1940-41. He was one o f the most striking per
sonalities o f his time. He will long be remembered
not merely for his public and professional work
but as an outstanding figure.
We are all happy to know that Mr. Roger Greene,
our last years President has continued to make
good progress towards recovery after a long and
painful illness. The Society remains grateful to
him for all that he accomplished for us.
The outstanding event o f my year o f office was
o f course the Centenary Celebration. It will remain
a precious memory to all o f us. The memory of
the Reception in the Four Courts, the Garden Party
in the Phoenix Park, the great Dinner, will always
stay with those o f us who were present. Neither
will the many ldndnesses we received, from the
President o f Ireland and his wife, the Chief Justice
and the Judiciary, the Lord Mayor and Corporation,
and from so many others, be soon forgotten. It
was a particular pleasure to have with us the repre
sentatives of the Law Societies o f England, Scotland
and Northern Ireland. One o f the pleasant con
sequences has been to establish closer relations with
each o f these. Each has reciprocated with invita
tions to their Dinners.
I hope that the Souvenir Book which the Council
has prepared will shortly be published. It will be
a valuable record, and will contain many photo
graphs which we would all like to keep.
I want once again to offer thanks to all who
helped to make these things possible. In particular
I want to thank again Mr. Eric Plunkett upon
whom the heaviest burden fell, our Vice-Presidents,
Mr. Quirke, and indeed all the members o f the
Council, and many more outside it, for what they
did. I am glad to say that our apprentices did
more than their share. Without them the various
functions could not have been organized as they
were.
During the year the Council has not relaxed its
efforts to advance the Solicitors Bill. A t my entry
into office I ventured to prophesy that it would
probably be introduced in the reign o f one o f my
successors.
It is rather disappointing that
not withstanding the expressed approval by the
Ministers o f Justice o f both Governments, it should
have already taken some twelve years to get even
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