The Gazette 1912-13

[FEBRUARY, 1913

t The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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Council Meetings. MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon the following dates :— March 12th. April 16th and 30th. Committee Meetings. THE following Committee Meetings were held during January:— Gazette, 13th. County Courts, 17th and 30th. Privileges, 22nd. House, Library and Finance, 23rd. Court of Examiners, 27th. Obituary. MR. JONAS WOLFE, Solicitor, Bantry, died upon the 26th January, 1913, at Seaford, Sussex. Mr. Wolfe, who served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Theodore Cronhelm, Eustace Street, Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1880, and practised at Bantry, up to the year 1908. when he retired. New Members. THE following have joined the Society during January, 1913 :— Blaney, Daniel P., Naas. Campbell, John P. V., 2 Foster Place, Dublin. Daly, Patrick J. B., Galway. Maguire, Francis P. J., Clones. Meagher, William, Thurles. Noyk, Michael, Dublin. O'Connor, Francis J., Thurles. Oulton, John G., 21 Lr. Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. Ramage, William, Ballyshannon. Weir, Henry C., Downpatrick. Legal Appointment. MR. HENRY M. A. MURPHY, Solicitor, of Galway, has been appointed a Local Govern ment Board Inspector, for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts. 26 Wicklow Street,

Law Clerks. Petitions from two Law Clerks for liberty to be bound under Section 16, and reports of the Court of Examiners thereon, were considered, and both petitions were refused. January Examination Results. The report of the Court of Examiners upon the January Preliminary and Final Exam inations was submitted and adopted. The results appear in this GAZETTE. Guaranteed Stock. It was resolved that the question of Guar anteed 2f% Stock not being issued in the months of June and December be referred to the Land Acts Committee. Resident Magistrates. A member of the Council having called attention to the fact that of the existing Resi dent Magistrates only six were appointed from the Solicitors' profession, the following resolution was adopted : " Resolved—The Council of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland desire to call the attention of His Excellency the Lord Lieu tenant and of the Chief Secretary for Ireland to the allocation of Resident Magistracies in Ireland in the past. Of the existing 64 Resident Magistrates, only six were members of the Solicitors' profession, nineteen were members of the Irish Bar, twenty were Constabulary officers, and the remaining nineteen were engaged in other pursuits. The Council submit that, having regard to their training and professional qualifications, Solicitors are pre-eminently qualified for the office of Resident Magistrate, and should, in justice to the profession and in due regard to public requirements, obtain at least as many of such appointments as any other pro fession. The Council further submit that the appointment of persons qualified by previous legal education and training is essential, having regard to the many questions of law which frequently arise in proceedings at Petty Sessions." Copies of the resolution were directed to be sent to the Lord Lieutenant, the Chief Secre tary, and to such Irish Members of Parlia ment as are Solicitors.