The Gazette 1916-17

THE GAZETTE OP THE 0f

January, 1917.

Vol. X, No. 7.]

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Meetings of the Council.

to the Chief Secretary. As a result of the interview a further Treasury Order was issued upon 20th December restoring the item in question at the increased fee of seven shillings and sixpence. The Treasury. Orders appear in this GAZETTE. Preliminary Examination. • A memorial from a Law Clerk asking for a modified preliminary examination under section 18 was considered, and it was resolved not to oppose the application. It was resolved that the hearty con gratulations of the Council be conveyed to The Right Hon. David Lloyd George, M.P., on his appointment to the office of Prime Minister, this being the first occasion on which a Solicitor has been appointed to that office. Statutory Committee. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Lord Chancellor intimating that His Lordship had appointed the following seven members of the Council to be the Statutory Committee under Section 34 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, for the year ending 26th November, 1917: — Mr. Richards, Sir A. F. Baker, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Henry, Mr. Macnamara, Mr. C. St. G. Orpen, and Mr. Synnott. December 13th. The Prime Minister.

December 6th. Election of President and Vice-Presidents. The Council elected Mr. John W. Richards to the office of President of the Society, and Mr. Thomas G. Quirke and Mr. W. Houghton Fry to the office of Vice-Presidents of the Society for the year ending 26th November, 1917. Mr. Richards, having taken the chair, thanked the Council for his election, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the outgoing President and Vice-Presidents for the manner in which they had discharged the duties of their respective offices. Registry of Deeds Fees. A report was submitted from the members of the Council who formed the deputation to the Under Secretary for Ireland, who received the members in the absence from Ireland of the Chief Secretary. Mr. Boyd, Assistant Registrar of Deeds, was present when the deputation was received by the Under Secretary. The subject of the inter view was the Treasury Order of 30th October, 1916, altering the fees payable in the Registry of Deeds Office. Under that Order the item hitherto in force giving permission for a fee of half a .crown to make a general hand search had been repealed. The deputation urged the desirability of the restoration of this item, and the matter having been fully discussed, the Under Secretary undertook to communicate the views of the deputation