The Gazette 1911-12

[MARCH, 1912

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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Council Meetings. MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon the following dates :— March 13th and 27th. April 17th.

Examiners thereon were considered, and both petitions were refused.

February 28th. Sporting Rights under Land Purchase Acts. A letter was read from a country member suggesting that the Council should take steps to secure the issue by the Irish Land Com mission of certificates of the reservation of sporting rights to Vendors of estates under the Land Purchase Acts. The letter was referred to the Land Acts Committee. Coat of Arms of the Society. Correspondence with Ulster King of Arms in reference to the Coat of Anns of the Society was submitted. It was resolved that application be made for a Grant of the Coat of Arms heretofore used by the Society, in a slightly altered form. Quarter Sessions Lists. Letters in reply to the circular letter of J2th February, sent by the Council to County and Borough Councils, were read from the Secretaries of the Councils of the following counties : Cavan, Donegal, Kings, Tyrone and Wexford, intimating that those Councils had decided to continue to pay for the printing and advertising in connec tion with the County Courts as heretofore. Certificates. Applications under Section 47 by three Solicitors for liberty to renew their annual certificates were considered, and orders were made granting the three applications. Long Vacation. . A report was submitted from the Court and Officers' Committee recommending the Council to suggest to the rule-making authority that Order LXIIL, Rules 1 and 2, should be amended, so as to provide that the Long Vacation should terminate on 9th October, and that Michaelmas Sittings should begin on 18th October. The report was adopted. -

Committee Meetings.

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; THE following Committee Meetings were held during February :— Costs, 5th. House, Library and Finance, 7th & 21st. Court of Examiners, 9th. Gazette, 12th. Court and Offices, 22nd. Privileges, 23rd.

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February :— Emerson, Henry R., 6 St. Andrew Street, Dublin. Finnigan, John S., 13 Lombard Street, Belfast. O'Connor, Peter. O'Connell Street. Water- ford. Slattery, Edmond B.. 40 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Legal Appointments. THE Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. John Rutherford Moorhead, of 30 Rosemary Street, Belfast, and 1 College Street, Dublin, to be Crown Solicitor for the County of Antrim and the City of Belfast, in room of the late Mr. Edward Bates. Mr. William Fry, of the firm of Messrs. William Fry and Son, of 14 Lower Mount Street, Dublin, has been appointed to act pro fessionally for the Department of the Office of Woods and Forests in Dublin, and also to act as Solicitor in Ireland in foreshore matters for the Board of Trade. Mr. Claude Wilson, Solicitor, of Dulargy, Ravensdale, County Louth, has been appointed Registrar to the County Court Judge of the Counties of Armagh and Louth. in room of the late Mr. Arthur F. Maffett.