The Gazette 1910-11

121

The Gazette of he Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

JUNE, 1910]

Legal Appointment, THE Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. George M'Elroy, Solicitor, to be a Resident I Magistrate for the County of Clare, under the j provisions of the Act 6 Wm. IV., Cap. 13. Mr. M'Elroy was admitted a Solicitor in Michaelmas Sittings, 1891, and practised at I Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. Solicitors Seeking Call to the Bar. THE Statutory Committee having reported j upon the applications of Mr. Brian P. MacErlean, Solicitor, and Mr. John Walker, Solicitor, to have their own names struck off the Roll in order to enter as law students of the King's Inns, with a view to seeking call to the Bar, the Lord Chancellor has made orders, in compliance with the recommenda tions contained in the reports of the Com mittee, directing the names of both Solicitors to be struck off the Roll at their own request. Mr. MacErlean was admitted in Hilary i Sittings, 1898, and practised at 73 Donegall ! Street, Belfast. ! Mr. Walker was admitted in Michaelmas '•• Sittings, 1893, and practised at 12 Trinity Street, Dublin. Finance (1909-10) Act 1910. THE Council of the English Law Society have expressed the opinion (and have published it in the Gazette of that Society) that the additional work, now for the first time thrown on the Vendor's Solicitor in relation to the payment of increment duty, is not included in the scale charge for deducing title and completing conveyance, and that the Solicitor is entitled to a reasonable fee for the additional work actually done ; and that the same rule would apply to a Solicitor acting for a Lessor. The Council concur in this opinion of the English Law Society, and recommend that the profession should act as suggested by it. Irish Land Acts, 1903 and 1909. REGULATION, dated 24th day of May, 1910, made by the Lord Lieutenant under Section 23 (8) of the Irish Land Act,

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shall be:—For members taking out a Dublin certificate who have been admitted for three years and upwards, £\. For members taking out a country certificate who have been admitted for three years and upwards and are desirous of voting for the Ordinary Members of the Council, £1, For all other members, 10s. Each member shall pay his annual subscription in advance, on or before the first day of May in each year, after he shall have become a member. Provided, however, that members admitted for the first time in or after Michaelmas Sittings in any year shall only be required to pay half- a-year's subscription up to such first day of May, and such new members shall be entitled to vote at the then ensuing elections of the Council, in the event of their having joined the Society on or before the twentieth day of November. 32. Ail members paying the sub scriptions set out in Bye-law 3 shall be entitled to vote at the election for Ordinary Members of the Council save that members who have been admitted for upwards of three years paying the 10s. (Country) sub scription shall not be entitled to nominate for or vote at the election of Ordinary Members. Every member taking out a Country Certificate and paying the sub scriptions set out in the Bye-law 3 shall be entitled to vote for the Provincial Delegate for his Province. Obituary. MR. DAVID McGoNiGAL, Solicitor, Belfast, died on the 4th May, 1910, at his residence, Redcliffe, Strandtown, Belfast. Mr. McGonigal, who served his apprentice ship with the late Mr. Henry Seeds, Solicitor, Belfast, was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1877, and practised in Belfast. MR. DANIEL McCAi.i.UM, Solicitor, Belfast, died on the 23rd May, 1910. Mr. McCallum, who served his apprentice ship with the late Mr. Conley Dickie, Solicitor, Belfast, and with the late Mr. Charles C. Russell, Belfast, was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1882, and practised in Belfast and Newtownards.