The Gazette 1910-11

[NOVEMBER, 1910

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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County Courts Bills. A report from the County Courts Com mittee was presented, submitting, for adop tion by the Council, the County Courts (Ire land) Bill prepared by the Committee, after consultations with the Northern Law Society, the Southern Law Association, the Dublin Sessions Bar, the Bar Council, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and others. The Council adopted the Bill as prepared by the Committee, and it was resolved to request Mr. Brady, M.P., a member of the Society, to present the Bill upon the re-assembling of Parliament, and it was resolved to request the other Irish Solicitors who are Members of Parliament to permit their names to be placed upon the Bill. Costs Committee. A report of the Costs Committee was adopted, which recommended that the President of the Southern Law Association be informed in reply to a query from him, that the Council are of opinion that a Solici tor is entitled to charge for the additional work in connection with the assessment of increment value duty under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, in conveyancing matters, according to the amount of necessary work done. Attention was also drawn to the rule of the Land Judge's Court fixing thirty shillings as the Solicitor's remuneration for having increment value duty denoted upon conveyances of that Court. Court of Examiners. The report of the Court of Examiners upon the October Intermediate Examination was submitted and adopted, and the result will be found in this GAZETTE. October 26th. Death of Mr. Galloway. The President informed the Council that he had directed the Council to be specially convened, owing to the lamented death of their colleague Mr. Joseph Galloway, which had occurred upon the 24th inst. The President referred in feeling terms to the high esteem in which Mr. Galloway was held by the Council and by the Profession, and to the valuable services rendered by him to the Society, and upon the motion of the

Certificate Duty. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Omagh Solicitors' Association conveying a resolution of that Association advocating the abolition of the annual duty payable on Solicitors' certificates. This is a subject which has received attention from the Coun cil for a number of years past, and a reply was directed to be sent expressing the con currence of the Council with the object of the resolution, and stating that the Council had made every possible effort in support of the suggested abolition. Solicitors' Apprentices' Debating Society. The list of subjects for debate, by this Society for the ensuing Session was, in accordance with its rules, submitted to the Council for approval and was sanctioned. The following is the list' of subjects:— 1. That Members of Parliament should be paid. 2. That Free Trade is ruinous from a Fiscal point of view. 3. That the hunger for amusement is the bane of modern times. 4. That the Nationalization of the Irish Railways is absolutely essential to Ire land's progress. 5. That the Irish Revival has had a bene ficial effect on the Industrial Progress of the country. 6. That the State should be invested with drastic powers to settle Industrial dis putes. 7. That the influence of Germany on Politics is dangerous to European peace and should be checked. 8. That the writings of G. B. Shaw are ephemeral. 9. That Federalism is the proper solution of the Irish Question. Apprentices. Four applications by Law Clerks seeking to be bound as apprentices under Section 16 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, were considered ; two were granted, and two were refused.