The Gazette 1949-1952

during the past year, and the ready way in which they accepted the various decisions o f the Council. Finally, I cannot sit down without expressing to the Secretary my appreciation o f all the help he gave me during my year in office. Mr. Plunkett, I think, lives and breathes for the Society, and it is hard to imagine how we could carry on without him. I now beg to move the adoption o f the annual Report. Mr. Louis E. O’Dea seconded the adoption of the report, and Mr. A. S. Merrick and Mr. Alfred Walker addressed the meeting. Mr. J. R. Halpin pointed out that a Bar Association in County Leitrim was founded about two years ago. The President replied to the points raised, and the motion having been put to the meeting, was unanimously adopted. The following motion was proposed by Mr. G. A. Overend, seconded by Mr. O ’Dea, and having been put to the meeting, was passed : “ That the follow­ ing persons be appointed to be members of the Nomination Committee for the Cultural and Educational Panel pursuant to Section 22 o f the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947, and that all necessary steps should be taken to give effect thereto, and that the seal o f the Society be affixed to all necessary documents : Messrs. Patrick R. Boyd, Arthur Cox, Wm. J. Norman, P. F. O’Reilly, Sean 6 hUadhaigh.” The following resolutions were then proposed by Mr. Hayes, seconded by Mr. Merrick :— (a) That the first sentence of Bye-law 3 be deleted, and that the following be substituted therefor:— 3. The annual subscriptions to the Society shall be : For members who have been admitted for three years and upwards, £ 1 ; for all other members, 10s. (b) That Bye-law 32 be amended by the deletion of the words “ save that members who have been admitted for upwards o f three years paying the 10s. (country) subscription shall not be entitled to nominate for or vote at the election of ordinary members.” ( c ) That Bye-law 33 be amended by deleting the words “ (who shall have paid the one pound subscription for the current year) ” in the first sentence thereof. (d) That paragraph 5 o f the directions in the voting paper in Schedule C be deleted. It was decided that the next annual general meeting of the Society should be held on Thursday, 23rd November, 1930.

Mr. Quirke suggested that the Council should consider the revision of Bye-law 36, which fixes the date of the ballot for the Council, having regard to the short period intervening between that date and the date o f the November half-yearly General Meeting. The President stated that this would be considered by the Council. On the motion of Mr. Henry P. Mayne, the President vacated the chair in favour o f Mr. Tyrrell. Mr. Mayne then proposed a vote o f thanks to the President for his distinguished services to the Society during his year o f office. The Chairman associated himself with the motion which was put to the meeting and carried with acclamation. The President replied. The meeting terminated. MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL N ovember 10, 1949. The President in the chair. Also present: Messrs. Tyrrell and Barrett, Vice- Presidents, Messrs. W. S. Hayes, G. A. Overend, Daniel O ’Connell, J. D. O’Connell, Reginald J. Nolan, Thomas A. O ’Reilly, William J. Norman, L. E. O’Dea, H. St. J. Blake, G. J. O’Donnell, Desmond R. Counahan, James R. Quirke, Henry P. Mayne, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business transacted :— Acquisition o f Land—Costs o f Arbitration T he Council considered a report from a committee on the subject of the costs awarded to a solicitor for an owner o f land in proceedings under the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919. It was decided that the Council should make representations to the arbitrator on the subject. Pending the results of such representations, solicitors are advised when appearing on behalf o f owners on the assessment of value where lands are being acquired, that particulars of the costs o f the owner should be available to be submitted to the arbitrator at the conclusion of the proceedings. It was ordered that the attention o f the profession should be drawn to Section 5 of the Act, particularly to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5) thereof. The Council expressed the view that the costs which are within the discretion of the arbitrator, under the Section, include the owner’s costs of preparing the case to be submitted to the arbitrator as well as the actual costs of the appearance at the arbitration. Valuation Office O n a report from a committee, it was decided to make representations to the Commissioner of 37