The Gazette 1911-12

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January, 1912.

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Illegal Conveyancing. A letter was read from a Country Member enclosing a lease recently prepared for remuneration by an Estate Agent Clerk. The Council directed that proceedings, under 27 Victoria, Cap. 8, be taken in the Secretary's name against the clerk for recovery of a penalty. Preliminary Examination. A report was adopted from the Court of Examiners recommending the Council not to accede to the application of the Senate of the National University that a rule should be made under Sec. 17 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, exempting from passing the Prelim inary Examination of the Society those who had been registered as matriculated students of the University by reason of their having passed some one of certain examinations specified in the University regulations. The report drew attention to the fact that other Universities similarly permitted the registra tion of students as matriculated students, but exemption from the preliminary examina tion in their cases also had been always hitherto refused by the Society, the exemp tion under the Section being made applicable only to those who actually pass the University matriculation examination, and this exemption was by rule made under the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, in Novem ber, 1910, was extended to those who pass the matriculation examination of either of the two new Universities created by the Irish

Meetings of the Council.?

December 6th. Election of President and Viee-Presidents. THE Council elected Mr. Gerald Byrne to the office of President of the Society, and Mr. Ignatius J. Rice and Mr. R. Blair White to the office of Vice-Presidents of the Society for the year ending 26th November, 1912. Mr. Byrne having taken the chair, and ex pressed his thanks to the Council for his election, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the outgoing President and Vice-Presi dents for the manner in which they had dis charged the duties of their respective offices The matter of the non-printing of lists containing the dates of Quarter Sessions and County Court Sittings throughout the year, being a result of the decision in the case Rex (Cloherty) v. Galway County Council, was referred to the County Courts Committee. Immature Land Stock. A letter was read from the Irish Land owners' Convention asking the Council to nominate a representative on a proposed deputation to the Chief Secretary, with the object of urging upon him the desirability of adopting the arrangement in reference to the sale of immature Land Stock suggested by the Council. Mr. Synnott was nominated to represent the Council on the proposed deputation. during the past year. Quarter Sessions List.

Universities Act of 1908. Intermediate Examination.

Upon the recommendation of the Court of Examiners the Council adopted a regulation,