The Gazette 1913-14

[NOVEMBER, 1913

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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with deep regret of the death of Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, a former President of the Society, and for many years an active member of the Counci1 , who took a deep interest in the work of the Society and in the welfare of the profession. The Council desire to convey to Mrs. FitzGerald their sympathy in her bereave ment. It was further resolved, as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Fitzgerald, that having transacted only such of the business as was of an urgent character, the Council should stand ad journed. Half-Yearly Accounts. Cheques were ordered in discharge of the Half-yearly Accounts passed by the Finance Committee. Annual Report. The draft Annual Report of the. Council was considered and adopted. Council Meetings. MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon the following dates :— Committee Meetings. THE following Committee Meetings were held during October :— Court of Examiners, 13th and 27th. Annual Report, 16th. Land Commission, 21st and 28th. Costs, 22nd. House, Library, and Finance, 24th New Members. THE following joined the Society since July, 1913 :—- Donnelly, Joseph, 51 Stephen's Green, Dublin. Macraith, Charles H., 51 Stephen's Green. Dublin. McArevey, John A., Newry. November 12th and 27th. December 3rd and 10th.

for the existing regulations, were submitted and adopted. Certificates. Applications by two Solicitors for renewals of their Certificates were considered, and both were granted. Law Clerks. A memorial from a Law Clerk for a modified preliminary examination was considered, and it was resolved that the application be not opposed. October I5tk. Land Commission. A letter was read from the Law Clerks' Society suggesting that the Council should request the Land Commission to have a telephone call board in the hall of 24 Upper Merrion Street, upon which the telephone number of any Solicitor desiring to speak from his office to his assistant at the Land Commission might be recorded. It was decided to comply with the suggestion. Resident Magistrates. A Bill, which Mr. O'Shee, M.P., intends to introduce next Session, was submitted for the approval' of the Council, the object of which is to limit the office of Resident Magistrate to District Inspectors of the first-class, practising Barristers, and practising Solicitors. It was resolved to approve of the principle of the Bill, and to communicate with the Bar Council with a view to joint action in support of it. Examinations. The report of the Court of Examiners, giving the results of the October Preliminary and Intermediate Examinations, was sub mitted. The results appear in this GAZETTE. October 29/A. The late Mr. Edward Fitzgerald. The President referred in feeling terms to the death of Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, and the following resolution was passed :— RESOLVED.—The Council of the Incor porated Law Society of Ireland has heard