The Gazette 1907-8

THE GAZETTE OF THE Jnmrpnrateir 0rteto 0f rdtanir.

May, 1907.

Vol. I, No. 1.]

|~ FOR CIRCULATION LAMONGST MEMBERS.

Half-Yearly General Meeting. THE Half-Yearly General Meeting of the members of the Society will be held upon Thursday, the i6th day of May, 1907, at two o'clock p.m., in the Hall of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts. In addition to such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting, the ordi– nary business to be transacted consists of the nomination of scrutineers of the ballot for election of the Council, to be held upon 2ist November next, and the election of auditors of the accounts of the Society for year ending 3oth April, 1907. Meeting of the Council. THE Council met upon Wednesday, 17111 April. The President (Mr. W. S. Hayes) in the chair, and twenty-three other members were present. The Secretary reported that in the case of Wakely v. Horkan, heard at Swinford upon the 12th April, before the County Court Judge of Mayo, a decree for a penalty of ^"5 was obtained against the defendant for having pre– pared for remuneration an assignment of land, contrary to the provisions of 27 Vict. cap. 8. A Report from the Costs Committee, recom– mending the Council to support an appeal in the case of Brandon v. Hanna, against a decision of a Taxing Master, was confirmed. The opinion of the Council having been re– quested as to the disallowance by an examiner of the Land Commission of five guineas placed on the schedule for payment to a firm of land agents, for their services in obtaining signa– tures to seven consents apportioning tithe rent charge, the Council expressed its approval of the ruling.

yTAHE Council have decided to issue to the *• members of the Society monthly (except in the months of September and October) a Gazette, the contents of which will consist chiefly of statements of work done by the Council during the previous month, notes of decisions of professional interest, and an– nouncements as to examinations and admissions of apprentices. The Council will be glad to receive from members notes of matters of interest to the Profession for publication ; but the Council reserve the right to refect or modify such notes. All communications connected with THE GAZETTE (other than advertisements) should be addressed to the Secretary of the Society, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin. THE GAZETTE will accept advertisements for sale and purchase of property, loans, securities offered, and money for investment on mort– gages, partnerships, clerkships, and generally such advertisements as would be of service to the members of the Society and the Profession. Communications as to advertisements should be addressed to Messrs. Ponsonby, 116 Grafton Street, Dublin. intended to be in competition with the existing Law journals or periodicals. THE GAZETTE is not

Correspondence will not be published in THE GAZETTE.