The Gazette 1908-9

[FEB., 1909

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906. Sir George Roche communicated to the Council that the Court of Appeal had given judgment in the case of The King (Moivbray and Stourton} v. The Local Government Board, confirming the' decision of the King's Bench, and granting a writ of certiorari to quash the certificate issued by the Local Government Board certifying the amount of costs payable to the owner in respect of proof of title to lands compulsorily acquired under the Act, the Court also stating that in its opinion, under section 31 of the Act, the Local Govern ment Board have power to fix a scale of fees applicable to owner's costs of title, and also have power to appoint an independent taxing officer. Bankruptcy Law. It was resolved that the report of the De partmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the administration of the bankruptcy laws be referred to a special Committee of the Council, to consider whether it is desirable that any of the recommendations in the report should be applied to Ireland in the event of legislation being introduced. Court of Examiners. A report from the Court of Examiners upon the results of the January Preliminary and Final Examinations were submitted and adopted. It was resolved that candidate No. 8 at the Final Examination be not again permitted to present himself for examination until January, 19 i o, owing to his having used during the ex amination a text-book for the purpose of assist ing him in answering his questions. Canvassing for Business. A letter was read in reply from the solicitor against whom a complaint had been made to the Council for having written to the client of another solicitor requesting him to instruct him to furnish to the District Council his title to land aquired under the Labourers Act. The letter of explanation stated that similar letters had been sent by other solicitors practising in the town in which he resides to persons who were not their clients, and that accordingly he felt justified in doing so. It was resolved that in the opinion of the Council the solicitor had been guilty of a breach of professional etiquette, and that the Council desire to censure him ; and further, that he be informed that in the event of his submitting to the Council a statement in

ten years from the ist November, 1907, rent ^32per annum, Poor Law Valuation £z\ \bs., the lease reciting that the previous tenant paid ^40 per annum, and also containing a covenant by the lessee to expend within three years from the ist November, 1907, the sum of eighty pounds in making the following im provements and repairs to the premises, viz.: —To repair roof of dwelling-house with slates, cement and tiles, point chimneys with cement, erect eave-shoots and down-pipes, cement walls which are at present splitting, put down new flooring, put in new grates and fire-places, paint and paper dwelling-house, put in new windows, repair sashes, paint windows inside and outside, provide w.-c., earth-closet, or privy accommodation to satisfaction of sani tary authority, repair stables, doors, and roofs of out-offices, repair yard and boundary walls, erect new wire fencing. The answer of the Council was that the costs should be drawn as of a building lease. Transfer of Government Securities. A report from the Special Committee ap pointed by the Council to consider this subject was considered, and the following resolution was passed by the Council :— " RESOLVED —In the opinon of this Council " it is desirable that the Act 33 & 34 Vie., cap. "71, should be amended so as to adapt to the " transfer of Consols, India Stocks, Land " Stocks, and other Government Securities, the " system of transfer and certificate at present " in general use in the transfer of shares in " Public Companies, such transfers of Govern- " ment Securities to continue to be free of " stamp duty." It was ordered that copies of this resolution should be sent to the Prime Ministe'r, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the Dublin Stock Exchange, the Governor of the Bank of Ireland, the English Law Society, and the Members of Parliament for the County and for the City of Dublin and for Dublin University. The Council then adjourned. January zyt/i. The Council met upon Wednesday, the 27th January. The President (Mr. W. J. Shannon) in the Chair, and twenty-five other members being present.