The Gazette 1909-10

THE GAZETTE

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Vol. III. No. 1.J

May, 1909.

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boroughs of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Londonderry, and Waterford in future to appoint the under sheriffs for those boroughs. A further report was submitted by the Parliamentary Committee upon the Trustees Accounts Bill, which has passed through Standing Committee A in the House of Commons. It was decided to communicate with the English Law Society in reference to this Bill, one of the members of the Council of that Society being one of the six Members of Parliament whose names appear upon the back of the Bill. The object of this Bill is to declare the existing law relative to the duties of trustees with regard to the keeping of accounts of the trust.

Meeting of the Council.

April 21 st.

Accounts. CHEQUES in payment of the half-yearly ac– counts passed by the Finance Committee were ordered to be drawn and paid. Canvassing for Business. A letter was read from a member of the profession, enclosing copy of a circular letter issued by another member to merchants in various cities who are not his clients, informing them of the terms upon which he would collect debts. It was decided to ask for an explana– tion from the solicitor who issued the circular letter. Practice. A firm of Solicitors requested the opinion of the Council upon the question as to whose office should sales be closed at. The Council expressed the opinion that the office of the i Solicitor for the Vendor is the office at which j a sale should be closed. ! Professorship. j It was decided to elect a Professor of Common Law to the Society, at the meeting of the Council upon i6th June. Parliamentary. A report was submitted from the Parlia– mentary Committee upon the Under Sheriffs (County Boroughs) (Ireland) Bill, which has been read a second time in the House of Commons. It was resolved that the Parlia– mentary Committee should seek an interview with the Attorney-General for Ireland, in order to submit to him certain amendments to the measure suggested by the Committee. The object of this Bill is to enable the county

Council Meetings.

MEETINGS of the Council the following dates :

will be held upon

June 2nd, :6th, and joth. July 14th and 28th.

Committee Meetings. THE following Committee Meetings were held during April : v County Courts, 2nd. Costs, 5th, z6th. Parliamentary, 5th, 23rd. Gazette, 8th. House, Library, and Finance, igth. Court of Examiners, z3rd. Special Committee on professional eti– quette, 3oth.