The Gazette 1909-10

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January, 1910.

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inserted in the Assurance Companies Bill was submitted, as also the Bill itself, as amended in Committee, containing an amendment to Clause 2 inserted in Committee at the instance of the President o{ the Board of Trade, in consequence of the communications addressed to him by the Council. Clause 2 provides for the deposit with the Paymaster-General of twenty thousand pounds by every Assurance Company, such sum to be invested in such of the securities as are usually accepted by the Court for the investment of funds placed under its administration. The amendment provides that the Section shall apply to an Assurance Company registered or having its head office in Ireland, subject to the following modifications :— References to the Supreme Court shall be construed as references to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland, and references to the Paymaster-General shall be construed as references to the Accountant-General of the last-mentioned Court. The effect will be to secure that in the case of an Irish Assurance Company the deposit will be made in Ireland, and be dealt with by the Irish Court, and not, 'as heretofore, in England. County Court. A letter was read from the Hon. Sec. of the Dublin Sessions Bar, enclosing a draft Bill for improving the procedure of the Dublin Civil Bill Courts. The draft Bill was referred to the County Courts Committee. Apprentices. A report from the Court of Examiners upon the application of a Law Clerk seeking to be

Meetings of the Council.

December 1st. Extra-Ordinary Members of Council. A LETTER was read from the Northern Law Society submitting the names of the following members of that Society to be Extra-ordinary Members of the Council :—Mr. G. B. Wilkins, President; Mr. C. W. Black, Mr. M. J. Burke, Mr. J. D. Coates, and Mr. J. W. McNinch. A letter was read from the Southern Law Association, submitting the names of the following members of that Association to be Extra-ordinary Members of the Council :— Mr. W. Guest Lane, President ; Mr. A. Blake, Mr. F. Hall, Mr. A. H. Julian, and Mr. W. Thornhill. The ten members nominated were declared duly elected as the ten extra-ordinary members of the Council for the year ending A letter was read from the Under-Secretary for Ireland, enclosing by direction of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant a copy of the Dublin Gazette of 15th November, con taining an Order made by His Excellency bringing into operation certain Sections of the Irish Universities Act, 1908, one of which, Section 12, amends the Solicitors Acts, in respect of the admission of graduates of the new Universities as Solicitors, and in respect of the attendance of apprentices at the law lectures of the new Universities and Colleges. Assurances Companies Bill. Correspondence with the President of the Board of Trade upon the subject of amend ments which the Council desired to have 26th November, 1910. Irish Universities Act.