The Gazette 1927-30

THE GAZETTE OF THE linrnqmrateir Jain j^nddu of Vol. XXI, No. 9] MARCH, 1928. P

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MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.

appearance in the matter. In Section 24 cases a copy of the Final List would serve as notice ; in Section 36 cases a notice in express terms would be sent. The Council directed a letter to be written thanking the Land Com mission for their action in the matter. 23rd February. Twenty-three Members present. Colonial Solicitors' Act. A letter was read in reply from the Minister for Justice stating that the Council's request to the Executive Council that steps should be taken to have the Colonial Solicitors' Act, 1900, applied to Saorstat Eireann will have the Minister's attention. Costs Query. A report from the Costs Committee express ing the opinion that the scale fees prescribed under Rule 52 (7) of the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1914, are intended to cover pro fessional charges only, and the Solicitor is entitled to be paid by the Council his outlay over and above the fees referred to, was adopted. OBITUARY. MR. JOHN A. LEIGHTON, Solicitor, died upon the 7th February, 1928, at his residence, Springbrook, Ballycarry, Co. Antrim. Mr. Leighton was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1899, and practised at 32 Ann Street, Belfast. MR. LEWIS J. WAITERS, Solicitor, died upon the 12th February, 1928, at Kilkenny. Mr. Watters was admitted in Michaelmas Term, 1875, and practised at Kilkenny. He was Crown Solicitor for the County and City of Kilkenny from 1887 to 1922. ^ ., .

2nd February. Twenty-one Members Present. Special Examiners.

The Council appointed Mr. Vincent D. Keirans and Mr. J. Malvern White, Solicitors, to be Special Examiners for the Intermediate

and Final Examinations. Council of Law Reporting.

The Council appointed Mr. Henry P. Mayne to be a representative of the Council on the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Grants of Probate to Bodies Corporate. A draft Bill received from its promoters, the object of which is to enable grants.:of probate to be made to bodies corporate/ was submitted to the Council with the request of its promoters that the Council would express approval of the Bill. The Council in reply expressed its disapproval of the Bill and of its object. Land Commission. In reply to a request from the Council that owners of head rents of estates subject to Land Commission proceedings should get notice of the fixing of the-appointed day, a letter was read from the Secretary of the Land Commission stating that the Land Commission, being desirous of facilitating the profession in every possible way, and while unable to assume any obligation to make enquiries or to serve notices beyond what is imposed on them by the Statute and Rules, they are prepared, in cases where on the publication of a Final List, Section 24, or the making of a Vesting Order, Section 36, a Statement of Ownership has been filed, to send a notice of payment of the purchase money into Court to claimants and to other persons (if any) who might have entered an