The Gazette 1908-9

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

[DEC., 1908

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matter of transfer across the counter could be dealt with without any safeguards except iden tification by a clerk at the other side of the counter. They could not deal with any other stock in the same way; and he thought there was extreme laxity in this matter, which enabled personation to be accomplished. ' MR. HAYES said the motion should not be put to the meeting as a formal resolution, as notice of it had not been given to the mem bers. MR. FRY supported Mr.Hayes's suggestion that the motion ought not to be taken at that meeting. Speaking for himself, he would be very sorry to assent to or dissent from the propo sition without consideration. Let Mr. Stanuell give notice for May, and then they would all have an opportunity of considering it. MR. STANUELL said he would withdraw the motion. He had only brought the question forward as a matter of duty. MR. GEORGE COLLINS, Vice-President, having been moved to the second chair, SIR GEORGE ROCHE proposed a cor dial vote of thanks to Mr. Lyster, their Presi dent, not only for presiding over that meeting, but for the successful way in which he had acted for the entire year of his office. MR. J. L. SCALLAN said as an outside member he wished to second the resolution, and he did it with extreme pleasure. Their President had in every way served them well and faithfully, and had done all he could to advance the interests of the profession of which he was an honoured member (applause). The Chairman, in putting the motion, said that no one acted with a greater desire than the President to safeguard the interests of the profession, or conducted the duties of his office during the year with greater dignity and .decorum, than Mr. George Lyster (applause). THE PRESIDENT in reply said he would be very ungrateful if he did not express from the bottom of his heart his warm thanks for the resolution. He felt that if he had been successful in the office of President it was really due to the kindness and co-operation he received from the members of the Council. The proceedings then terminated.

Meetings of the Council.

November tfth. THE Council met upon Wednesday, the 4th November. The President (Mr. G. H. Lyster) in the Chair, and twenty-seven other members being present. Finance. Cheques for half - yearly accounts were ordered to be drawn and paid upon the recom mendation of the Finance Committee. Examinations. A report from the Court of Examiners upon the October Preliminary and Final examin- tions and also as to award of Findlater Scholar ship for 1908, was submitted and adopted. Apprentices. A letter was read upon behalf of an intend ing apprentice, asking the Council to permit him to be bound without passing the Prelimi nary Examination, from which he claimed exemption owing to his having been regis tered by the Royal University as a matriculated student on account of his having passed the Senior Grade of the Intermediate Education Examination. The Council declined to grant the application, the claim for exemption not' coming within the terms of section 17 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898. Affidavits in support of an application by an apprentice to the Lord Chancellor for an order sanctioning the apprentice undertaking the duties of a Secretary to a Committee under the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, were con sidered, and it was decided to oppose the application. A memorial from an apprentice, seeking liberty to have his indentures assigned, was submitted and sanctioned. A memorial from a law clerk and intending apprentice, praying for a modified preliminary examination under section 18 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, was submitted, and it was decided not to oppose the granting of the application. Labourers (Ireland) Acts. A letter was read from a member of the profession, asking the opinion of the Council upon the action of another member, who, in response to an advertisement from a District Council for tenders from solicitors for in vestigating the title of owners to land acquired under the Labourers Acts, had tendered to do the work at a bulk sum amounting to con-