The Gazette 1944-46

Land Registration Fee Order, 1944. THE Secretary reported that he had received a letter from the Department of Justice stating that the Minister for Justice was not prepared to appoint more than two members of the Council .on the proposed Land Registration Fees Com mittee. It was resolved that Messrs. John B. Hamill and Patrick F. O'Reilly be appointed as the representatives of the Council on that Com mittee. A number of matters were considered and subse quently Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly in the chair. Present: Messrs. A. Cox. W. S. Huggard, P. R. Boyd, John B. Hamill, William L. Duggan, Scan 6 hUadhaigh, W. S. Haves, G. A. Overend, C. G. Stapleton, H. P. Mayne, F. J. W. Darley, Daniel O'Connell, William J. Norman, J. R. Quirke, Roger Greene, J. P. Carrigan, H. St. J. Blake, E. M. FitzGerald, John S. O'Connor, Hugh O'Donnell. A number of applications from apprentices were dealt with. Consultation Rooms. IT was decided that the charge for each con sultation room should be as follows, with effect from 1st January, 1945 :— Use of room for half-hour or less, 5/— Do. do. over half an hour, 10/-, in clusive. Salaries Paid to Solicitors in the Employment of the State. THE Secretary reported that he had written to the Department of Finance asking that a depu tation from the Council should be received by the Minister or by one of his Secretaries to put forward the view of the Council that the salaries offered for positions as assistant solicitors in the service of the State advertised for open competi tion were inadequate for persons possessing pro fessional qualifications, and that a letter had been received from the Department agreeing to receive the proposed deputation. Senator O'Dea and Messrs. Cox, and Norman, together with the President, were appointed to form the deputation. DECEMBER 15th. The President in the chair. Present: Messrs. W. S. Huggard and Hugh O'Donnell, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs. W. S. Hayes, Roger Greene, H. St. J. Blake, C. G. Stapleton, P. R. Boyd, J. R. Quirke, Daniel O'Connell, referred to Committees for reports. DECEMBER 8th. Senator O'Dea, and

J. J. Smyth, William J. Norman, J. Gillespie, J. B. Hamill, Scan 0 hUadhaigh, H. P. Mayne, E. M. FitzGerald, J. S. O'Connor, G. A. Overend, A. Cox, M. G. R. Lardner. Committees for Year 1944-45. THE draft list of the Committees of the Council was submitted and adopted. Salaries Paid to Solicitors in the Employment of the State. THE President reported that he had attended, with Senator O'Dea and Messrs Cox, Norman, and the Secretary at Government Buildings, and that the deputation had been received by the Minister for Finance. The view of the Council, that the salaries at present offered for the posi tions of assistant solicitors, awarded by open competition, were altogether inadequate had been fully expressed by the deputation. The President stated that the Minister had given the deputation a very sympathetic hearing and, while unable to commit himself to any promise that the position would be improved during the present emergency, he had indicated that the position would be examined by the officials of his Department. Land Registration Fee Order, 1944. THE President reported that Mr. Hamill and himself had received from the Minister for Justice a copy of the terms of reference of the Land Registration Fees Committee and that the first meeting of the Committee would be held on Tuesday, December 19th. Applications Under Section 47. Two applications by solicitors for leave to take out their practising certificates for the current year were considered. One was granted on pay ment of two years' arrears of licence duty and the other was granted without conditions. The President reported that, with the Secre tary, he had paid an official call on the Chief Justice to offer him his compliments and to con vey to him the good wishes of the Council and the Society. A number of matters were considered and referred to Committees for reports. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND. MR. R. A. Corscadden, Solicitor, of Belfast, has been elected President of the above Society for the year 1944/45. The following are the extra-

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