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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[MARCH, 1910
November General Meeting of the Society,
no further useful purpose could be served
by the suggested meeting of the profession.
Grants of Probate and Administration.
A letter was read from a member stating
that the number of cases in which Grants of
Probate and Administration are now taken
out through Inland Revenue Officers had of
late largely increased, to the great disadvan
tage of the profession. A reply was directed
to be written drawing attention to the limits
within which grants are permitted to be
taken out through Inland Revenue Officers,
and requesting particulars of any cases where
such limit had been exceeded.
Certificate
One application by a Solicitor for liberty
to renew his ^annual certificate was con
sidered and granted.
Membership of the Society.
A report was submitted from the Special
Committee of
the Council appointed
to
consider
the
resolutions
referred
to
the
Council by the November General Meeting
upon the subjects of the amounts of the
annual subscription payable by members to
the Society, and compulsory membership of
the Society, and after discussion the report
was referred back to the Committee for
further consideration.
Land Acts Rules.
A report was submitted from the Land Act
Committee upon Provisional
rules
issued
under the Irish Land Acts, 1903 and 1909, by
the Lord Lieutenant, by the Treasury, and the
Irish Land Commission, and a representation
to the Irish Land Commission was approved
of suggesting that
the Provisional rules
issued by that body upon 26th January,
1910, should be amended by inserting the
additional provision that a duplicate of the
draft certificate specifying the amount of the
percentage payable out of the Land Purchase
Aid Fund in respect of purchase moneys
advanced under the Land Purchase Acts,
should in each case be sent, when the draft
certificate is ready, to the Solicitor having
carriage, or the Solicitor for the vendor.
Council Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon
the following dates •:—
March 9th and 23rd.
April 20th.
Committee Meetings.
THE following Committee Meetings were held
during February :—
Costs, 1st.
Court of Examiners, 2nd.
Library, 4th.
Gazette, 7th.
County Courts, llth.
Bye-Laws, 16th.
Land Act, 22nd.
Obituary.
MR. JOHN A. HOGAN, Solicitor, died on the
12th February,
1910,
at his
residence,
Gladwyn, Reigate Hill.
Mr. Hogan, who served his apprenticeship
with the late Mr. Nicholas Doolan, of 12
Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, was admitted
in Michaelmas Term, 1850, and practised at
61 Dawson Street, Dublin, up to the year
1888, when he retired.
MR. ALFRED H. MIDDLETON, Solicitor, died
on the 12th February, 1910, at Shankill, Co.
Dublin.
Mr. Middleton, who served his apprentice
ship with his father, the late Mr. Thomas B.
Middleton, of Camden Street, Dublin, was
admitted in Michaelmas Term, 1841, and
practised formerly at 27 York Street, Dublin,
and subsequently (up to the year 1905, when
he retired) at 26 Eustace Street, Dublin, in
partnership with his son, Mr. Thomas B.
Middleton, who carries on the business, under
the style of A. H. Middleton & Son.
MR. WILLIAM LYNCH, Solicitor, Dublin, died
on the 17th February, 1910, at Mountjoy
Square, Dublin.
Mr. Lynch, who served his apprenticeship
with the late Mr. Andrew Devereux, of 51
Lower Sackville Street, Dublin, was admitted
in Hilary Sittings, 1894, and practised at
12 Lr. Ormond Quay, Dublin.