The Gazette 1946-49

the Southern Law Association for the year to end z6th November, 1948 :—Messrs. John J. Horgan,, James W. O'Donovan, Michael Powell, Barry M. O'Meara, John F. Foley. Committees of the Council THE following Standing Committees were appointed for the year : Court of 'Examiners: The President, Scan (!) hUadhaigh; the Vice-Presidents, James R. Quirke, John }. Smyth ; the last President, Henry St. J. Blake; John B. Hamill, Henry P. Mayne, William J. Norman, Patrick F. O'Reilly, G, Acheson Overend. Legislation and Privileges Committee: John J. Bolger, Arthur Cox, William S. Haves, Henry P. Mayne, John S. O'Connor, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, Joseph P. Tyrrell. Court and Offices Committee: Joseph Barrett, Patrick R. Boyd, William L. Duggan, Roger Greene, John B. Hamill, Daniel O'Connell, Louis E. O'Dea, Joseph P. Tyrrell. Finance Committee: Joseph Barrett, Patrick R. Boyd, John P. Carrigan, Arthur Cox, Niall S. Gaffney, William S. Huggard, James J. Lynch, Patrick F. O'Reilly. Gazette Committees: John J. Dunne, Francis J. Gearty, Robert A. Macaulay, John S. O'Connor, Peter O'Connor, Louis E. O'Dea, Thomas A. O'Reilly, J. Travers Wolfe. THE President, the last President, and the Vice- Presidents are members ex-officio of all Committees. Legal Education Committee : The Council appointed a Special Committee, consisting of the Court of Examiners, with Messrs. Cox, Greene and Barrett to consider the present training and education of solicitors' apprentices and to report to the Council as to what changes, if any, are advisable, with a view to improving the present system. A number of matters were considered and referred to Committees for reports. FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 1947 UNDER Section 13 (4) of the Finance Bill as intro duced, the provisions of the Section, which enabled an instrument to be stamped at the lower rate of 5 per cent., applied only where the beneficial grantee or transferee fell within the classes mentioned in the .4*

E. O'Dea, P. R. Boyd, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, Reginald J. Nolan, Roger Greene, Patrick F. O'Reilly, James R. Quirke. The following was among the business trans acted : Extraordinary Members of the Council THE Council adopted the election of the following as the extraordinary members from the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland for the year to end z6th November, 1948 :—Messrs. Samuel Gumming, William H. Fyffe, George Murnaghan, Charles MacLaughlin, James C. Taylor. Ballot for President THE election of the President for the next twelve months was held and on the result of the Ballot, Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh was declared elected. The outgoing President invested him with the chain and insignia of office, and Mr. G hUadhaigh having taken the chair, returned thanks for his election and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Henry St. J. Blake, the outgoing President, and presented him with a replica of the Presidential badge. Mr. Blake returned thanks. Election of Vice-Presidents THE election of Vice-Presidents was held and on the result of the ballot, Mr. James R. Quirke and Mr. John J. Smyth were declared elected. Mr. Quirke returned thanks on behalf of both Vice-Presidents and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. William L. Duggan and Mr. John J. Bolger, the outgoing Vice-Presidents. M~r. Duggan returned thanks on behalf of Mr. Bolger and himself. Apprentices' Applications A NUMBER of apprentices' applications were con sidered and dealt with. • DECEMBER IITH: The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. James R. Quirke, John J. Smyth, Vice-Presidents; James J. Lynch, William J. Norman, Francis J. Gearty, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Daniel O'Connell, John J. Bolger, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Arthur Cox, John F. Foley, Roger Greene, Louis E. O'Dea, Joseph Barrett, Patrick F. O'Reilly, John J. Dunne, William L. Duggan, John B. Hamill. The following was among the business trans acted : Extraordinary Members of the Council THE Council adopted the election of the following as the extraordinary members of the Council from