The Gazette 1949-1952

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IRELAND

1 'ice-Presidents

President

Secretary

T homas A. O ’R eilly D ermot P. S haw

E ric A. P lunkett .

W illiam J . N orman

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL M ay i 8 t h , 1950. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. T. A. O’Reilly, Vice- President ; Dermot P. Shaw, Vice-President; Arthur Cox, James R. Quirke, Desmond J. Mayne, John R. Halpin, W. S. Hayes, D. R. Counahan, Daniel O’Connell, P. R. Boyd, James J. O’Connor, Reginald J. Nolan, John S. O’Connor, Henry St. J. Blake, Joseph Barrett, John Carrigan, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business transacted : Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899— Costs : T he Council considered a report from a Committee on the subject o f objections raised by local authorities to the scale of costs charged by the solicitors acting for the authorities on the making o f advances secured by mortgage under the Act. The following were appointed as a deputation to seek an interview

with the Minister for Local G o v e r n m e n tT h e President, the two Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Patrick F. O’Reilly, J. Barrett and G. J. O’Donnell. Dublin Corporation—Delays in sealing documents : T he Council considered a letter from a member stating that when acting for a mortgagor paying off a mortgage and obtaining release of the property from the Dublin Corporation, he had been informed that it would be impossible to have the Corporation seal affixed until one month after the payment o f the balance due. It was ordered that the Secretary should write to the Law Agent, Dublin Corporation to ascertain his views on the subject, with a view to having these matters expedited. Costs o f purchase o f property on behalf o f a local authority : T he Council considered the position in the case o f Lanigan v. The Carlow County Council in which the solicitor acting for the County Council attended 7