The Gazette 1921-25

DECEMBER, 1922]

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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Mr. Davidson was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1915, under the provisions of Section 29 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, and practised in partnership with Mr. Norris Goddard, -under the style of Norris Goddard and Davidson, at 1 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. Commissioners to Administer Oaths. The Lord Chief Justice has appointed the following to be Commissioners to administer Oaths :— Robert W. Sherlock, Solicitor, Bandon. Thomas P. Grainger, Solicitor, Macroom. James P. Coghlan, Solicitor's Apprentice, New Ross. John Larkin, Auctioneer, Balbriggan. Francis Poyntz, Solicitor's Managing Clerk, New Ross. Louis C. Sweeny, Clerk of Petty Sessions, Castlerea. John J. O'Sullivan, Clerk of Petty Sessions, Macroom. William P. B. Buttimer, Journalist, Oueenstown. William Bannon, Town Clerk, Bal briggan. Hugh Flood, Auctioneer, Ballymahon. Half-Yearly General Meeting. The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held in the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on Tuesday, 28th November, Mr. Patrick J. Brady (President) in the chair. The following members were also present : A. D. Orr (Vice-President), J. W. Dyas (Vice-President), W. G. Bradley, E. H. Burne, E. N. Edwards, W. H. Fry, C. G. Gamble, William Henry, J. E. MacDermott, T. F. Monks, James Moore, Sir John O'Connell, A. H. S. Orpen, T. G. Quirke, Patrick Rooney, P. M. Seales, W. T. Sheridan, A. W. Stirling, Basil Thompson, R. G. Warren, C. P. Wilson, Sir George Roche, C. St. G. Orpen, F. C. E. Bland, H. D. Draper, Edward S. Lowe, D. B. Dunne, Ernest S. Lowe, E. R. Bate, 0. P. Beater, R. A. O'Brien, Ivan Howe, H. R. Whelan, James Brady, Edward Condell, J. J. L. Murphy, P. J. Sheridan, E. J. French, R. D. English, Sean OhUadhaigh, J. P.

Collins, E. J. Mallins, J. McDermott, V. Kennedy, R. D. Orr, W. S. Barrett, Q. W. Kennedy, B. M. O'Grady, M. J. O'Farrell, Michael Dawson, J. J. Beatty, W. Beatty, F. C. Pilkington, G. A. Byrne, P. N. Murphy, W. H. Geoghegan, H. R. Maunsell, H. J. W. Downey, S. M. BeU, T. H. R. Craig, F. S. D. Colquhoun, and L. Webb. The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, also the minutes of the Half- yearly General Meeting, held on 16th May last, which latter were signed by the President, who also signed the audited accounts of the Society for year ending 30th April, 1922. The Secretary read the Report of the Scrutineers of the Ballot for Council for year ending 26th November, 1923, which stated that the following had been returned as Pro vincial Delegates : Thomas M. Greer (Ulster), James S. Gaffney (Munster), Michael Buggy (Leinster), and Henry J. Concanon (Con- naught) ; and the following, having obtained the number of votes placed after their names, had been elected as the thirty-one ordinary members of the Council:—P. J. Brady, 230; W. S. Hayes, 204; T. G. Ouirke, 202; J. W. Richards, 194 ; J. E. MacDermott, 193; C. G. Gamble, 190 A. H. S. Orpen, 188; R. G. Warren, 182 W. V. Seddall, 182; E. H. Burne, 180 W. G. Bradley, 177; Basil Thompson, 177 Frank Fottrell, 177 ; W. T. Sheridan, 175 A. D. Orr, 173 ; J. H. Walsh, 171 ; James Moore, 171 ; Peter Seales, 168; R. B. White, 163; E. N. Edwards, 161 ; T. F. Monks, 158; C. P. Wilson, 156; Sir J. R. O'Connell, 153; W. H. Fry, 152; J. W. Dyas, 151 ; Patrick Rooney, 145 ; William Henry, 144; R. N. Keller, 143; M. L. Hearn, 140 ; A. W. Stirling, 134; L. F. Kenny, 127 ; and the following to form a supplemental list to fill vacancies:— Thomas Early, 113; James O'Connor, 94; the adoption of the Annual Report, thanked the members of the Society for expressing their confidence in the outgoing Council by re- electing all its members for the coming year. The President expressed deep regret at the deaths of two members of the Society, which had occurred since the last half-yearly and R. D. English, 62. THE PRESIDENT, in moving