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nine voted "yes" and one hundred and thirty-four
voted "no". There were fifty-five late votes. The
scrutineers reported that they had not opened the
envelopes or counted these late votes.
The Council, having considered all suggestions
received
from members and Bar Associations,
decided to make the Solicitors' Accounts (Amend
ment no. 2) Regulations 1966 in the form circu
lated to members with the postal ballot subject
to one amendment, viz. :
the substitution of six
months for three months as the period within
which a solicitor is to lodge with the Society his
account's certificate after the balancing date.
Standard Building Contract
A committee of the Council considered a stan
dard form of building contract for use by members
of the profession. It was decided to send the draft
contract to counsel for his consideration and sub
ject thereto to discuss the matter with the Buil
ders' Federation.
Entries in Directories
The Council, on a report from a committee,
ruled
that an entry in an
International Law
Directory by a firm of solicitors containing the
words "established over eighty-five years" was
contrary to proper professional practice, and the
member was requested to have all future entries
amended by the deletion of these words.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
The attention of the Society was drawn to a
form of proposal subject
to contract used by
Dawsons Sales Limited, Auctioneers, 26 West-
moreland Street, Dublin, bearing a statement at
the foot that the proposal has been approved by
The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
The auctioneers were requested to delete this
endorsement from the form. The firm of auction
eers have agreed to discontinue the endorsement.
CIRCUIT COURT
(FEES)
(2)
ORDER,
1966
Members please note that this Order (S.I. No.
142 of 1966) restricts the amount of Circuit Fees
prescribed
in
the Circuit Court
(Fees) Order,
1966 (S.I. No. 53 of 1966). S.I. No. 53 of 1966
shall have effect as if "(but the additional fee
chargeable in respect of this item shall not in any
case exceed £2)" were inserted in the first column
of Part II of
the Schedule
to
that Order at
reference number 6 after "in excess of £50."
DAIL EIREANN
Question :
To the Minister for Justice
To ask the Minister for Justice the fees payable
to the Land Registry
in respect of each
item
separately chargeable on the 1st January, 1965
and at the present time; the amount of the increase
in each case and the percentage of such increase;
and
the percentage average
increase
in Land
Registry fees.
—GERARD SWP:ETMAN
Answer :
The fees payable in the Land Registry on 1st
January, 1965 and at the present time are set
out, respectively,
in
the Land Registration Fees
Order, 1959 (S.I. No. 157 of 1959) and the Land
Registration Fees Order, 1966
(S.I. No. 57 of
1966), to which I would refer the Deputy.
The average increase in fees effected under the
provisions of the 1966 Order is of the order of
75 per cent.
SOLICITOR'S GOLFING SOCIETY
Spring outing at Milltown Golf Club on 2nd
June, 1966.
Results :
Challenge Cup and Captain's (W. A. Menton)
Prize : Denis McDowell (18) Dublin, 3 up.
Runner-up :
R. B. McConnell (17) Dublin 2
up.
St. Patrick's Plate (Handicaps 12 and under) :
R. J. Downes (7) Mullingar, all sq.
Runner-up :
D. Lynch (8) Dublin, all sq.
Veteran's Cup :
F. X. Burke (14) Dublin, 1
up.
Runner-up :
P. Glynn (22) Dublin, all sq.
1st nine: D. P. Shaw (13) Mullingar, 2 up.
2nd nine :
C. J. Bergin (5) Tullow, 2 up.
Competition from more than 30 miles :
T. D.
Shaw (1) Mullingar, 1
down.
Prize by lot: Barry Doyle (17) Dublin, 2 up.
COUNTY TIPPERARY AND OFFALY (BIRR
DIVISION) BAR ASSOCIATION
At the Annual General Meeting of the Associ
ation held
in Thurles on 14th June, 1966 the
following were elected as officers and committee :
President, John Shce; Hon. Secretary, John Corri-
gan; Hon. Treasurer, Martin T. Butler. Committee,
Michael C. Black, Henry Hayes, Patrick F. Treacy,
John C. Devitt, Patrick F. O'Connor, A. I. Cun-
ningham, Donal G. Binchy, Francis Murphy.
Kevin Nugent, Thomas J. O'Reilly, Robert A.
Frewen, Patrick J. McCormack, Edgar J. Ryan.