The Gazette 1949-1952

offices. It was ordered that the memorandum, when approved by the President, should be submitted forthwith to the Minister. D e c e m b e r i ; t h , 1949. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Thomas A. O’Reilly and Dermot P. Shaw, Vice-Presidents; Derrick M. Martin, W. S. Hayes, Daniel O’Connell, James R. Quirke, John Carrigan, Joseph Barrett, P. R. Boyd, Desmond Mayne, Reginald J. Nolan, Henry St. J . Blake, G. A. Overend, Joseph Tyrrell, Sean (!) hUadhaigh, Patrick F. O’Reilly, James J. O’Connor, Desmond R. Counahan, Gerald J. O’Donnell. Salaries o f solicitors to local authorities T he Council considered and approved the draft memorandum to be submitted to the Minister for Local Government. A copy of the memorandum is printed on page 43. Land Registration Rules Committee T he Council nominated Mr. Gerald O’Donnell, o f Ennis, as the Society’s representative on the Committee in place o f Mr. H. P. Mayne, who has resigned from the Council. A vote o f thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Mayne for his services to the profession while a member o f the Committee and also to Mr. Gerald O’Donnell, who attended before the Committee in connection with the recent application for an increase in Land Registry Costs. District Court Rules Committee M r . Dermot P. Shaw, o f Mullingar, was appointed as the Society’ s representative in place of Mr. John P. Carrigan, who recently resigned from the Council. A vote o f thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Carrigan for his services on the Council and on the Committee. Incorporated Council o f Law Reporting M r . P. R. Boyd, of Dublin, was appointed as the Society’s representative on the above Council, in place of Mr. H. P. Mayne who has resigned. Solicitors’ Bill T he President made a report to the Council in connection with the conference with officials of the Department which was attended by the President, Mr: Boyd and the Secretary, on behalf of the ' Council. Land Bill, 1949 T he Council considered a report in connection with the above Bill which had been circulated to the country members of the Council. Section 23

o f the Bill enables the Land Commission to purchase any'interest in land in the open market and Section 24 provides that, where the Land Commission 1 have purchased the land under Section 23, they may make a transfer order vesting rhe land indefeasibly in fee simple in the Commission. The report stated that the transfer order procedure was open to serious objection both from the point o f view o f incumbrancers and the profession. It was ordered that a memorandum should be drawn up and submitted to the Minister for Lands, and that a copy thereof should be sent to the Taoiseach. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND M r . Ralph S. Neilson, Belfast, has been elected President for the year 1949-50. The following are the extraordinary members o f the Council o f this Society : Messrs. Alexander S. Merrick, George Murnaghan, Charles MacLaughlin, James C. Taylor. SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION M r . Patrick J. Kavanagh has been elected President o f the Association for the year 1949-50. The following are the extraordinary members o f the Council o f this Society : Messrs. John L. Coakley, Timothy A. Buckley, John J. Horgan, Edward Emerson, Patrick J. Kavanagh. STATUTORY COMMITTEE T he following members of the Council have been appointed by the Chief Justice to constitute the Statutory Committee for the year to end 23rd November, 1950 : Messrs. Patrick R. Boyd, Henry St. J. Blake, William S. Huggard, William J. Norman, Daniel O’Connell, John S. O’Connor, Sean O hUadhaigh. COURT OF EXAMINERS T he President, William J. Norman, the Vice- i Presidents, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, ’ the last President, Patrick R. Boyd, Arthur Cox, William S. Huggard, Patrick F. O’Reilly, George [ A. Overend, James R. Quirke. STANDING COMMITTEES Legal Education Committee: The Court of Examiners with Messrs. Barrett, Cox, Greene and Quirke. Legislation and Privileges Committee : Desmond

R. Counahan, Arthur Cox, Francis J. Gearty, Roger Greene, William S. Hayes, John S. O’ Connor, Louis E. O’Dea, Gerald J. O’Donnell, Patrick F. O’Reilly. 42