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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
|nc0rjjoraktr falrr Sanei]) of
Vol. Ill, No, 8.]
February, 1910.
r FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
January 12th.
The late
Hon. Archie Gordon.
A LETTER was read from the Private Secre
tary of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
expressing the grateful appreciation of their
Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the
Countess of Aberdeen for the letter conveying
the sympathy of
the Council upon
the
occasion of the death of the Hon. Archie
Gordon.
Board of Works Deeds of Charge.
A letter from a country member was read,
drawing attention to a printed form of a
letter from the Accountants' Office of the
Board of Works which accompanies deeds of
charge for execution, and which states that
the Board require the tenant in occupation
to execute the deed before " a Magistrate or
Clergyman." The member suggested that
the letter should be altered by the inclusion
of a Solicitor as a person before whom the
deed may be executed.
It was decided to
draw the attention of the Treasury Solicitor
to the matter.
Re-admission of a Solicitor.
A letter was read from a member of the
English Bar, who had formerly been a
Solicitor in Ireland, but who, in order to be
called to the English Bar, was required by
the English Inns of Court to have his name
removed from the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland,
requesting the Council to state whether they
would require him to have his name removed
from the Roll of English Barristers as a
condition precedent to his re-admission as a
Solicitor in Ireland.
It was resolved that a
reply to the question be sent in the affirma
tive.
Certificates.
Two applications by Solicitors for liberty
to renew their annual certificates were con
sidered and granted.
Apprentices' Debating Society.
It was resolved in the event of a new
Solicitors' Apprentices' Debating Society
being formed under the rules prepared by the
Council, that the Council will again, out of
the funds of this Society, pay the rent of a
room
for
the meetings, and offer gold
medals for Oratory and Composition.
Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act,
1891.
A report was .received from
the Costs
Committee, stating that the draft new rules,
under
the Local Registration
of Title
(Ireland) Act, 1891, the Local Registration
of Title (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1908, and
the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899,
received from the Registrar of Titles, had
been considered by the Committee, together
with reports thereon made upon behalf of the
Northern Law Society and the Southern Law
Association at the request of the Committee,
and the representation suggested by the
Committee in reference' to the draft rules
was directed to be submitted to the Registrar.
Report upon Costs Query.
A report was received from the Costs Com
mittee upon the following query submitted
for decision :—Three lots of land were put up
for sale by public auction pursuant
to
advertisement and printed conditions of sale ;
Lots 2 and 3 were held in fee-simple by the