The Gazette 1946-49

of Company Accounts; Secretary was authorised to obtain the services of lecturers to deliver one lecture each on Criminal practice and procedure and Income Tax practice. Solicitors' remuneration ON a report from a Committee it was decided to issue a circular to every practising solicitor with a view to obtaining particulars of their gross earnings and office expenses and other relevant information to be considered, and used if necessary, in connection with any application which may be deemed advisable for a further increase in solicitors' remuneration as the result of further increases in solicitors' overhead expenses and personal cost of living. Delays in the Adjudication Office and the Land Registry ON a report from a Committee it was decided that the delays in the above-mentioned departments should be taken up with the heads of the depart ments and with the Minister for Finance with a view to securing the provision of adequate staffs to enable the work of the departments to be carried THE Council considered a report on the subject of the inadequate amounts provided by the Depart ment of Finance for solicitors' costs on the assign ment of solicitor and counsel to defend a poor person on the charge of murder. It was ordered that a memorandum be submitted to the Minister for Finance and the Attorney-General on the subject, and that the President and Mr. Barrett be appointed as a deputation to approach them with reference to the matter. NOVEMBER nth. The President in the chair : Also present: Mr. James R. Quirke, Vice-President, Messrs. G. A. Overend, Daniel O'Connell, William L. Duggan, Reginald J. Nolan, Joseph Barrett, P. R. Boyd, William J. Norman, Henry P. Mayne, Joseph P. Tyrrell, John J. Bolger, Dermot P. Shaw, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Roger Greene, Arthur Cox, P. F. O'Reilly. The following was among the business trans acted : Applications under Sections 16 and 18 APPLICATIONS by a law clerk to the Council under Section 16 for leave to be bound for three years, and to the Chief Justice under Section 18 for exemp tion from the Preliminary examination, was con- and the on without recurring delays. Poor Prisoners' Defence

The motion was seconded by Mr. Louis E. O'Dea and carried unanimously. The following motion was then proposed by Mr. James R. Quirke:—That Bye-law 13 be amended by the addition to the first sentence thereof of the following words " or on such other dates in the months of May and November as the Society in General Meeting or the Council may from time to time appoint." The motion was seconded by Mr. William J. Norman and carried unanimously. It was decided that the next Annual General Meeting should be held on Thursday, 24th November, 1949. Mr. Michael L. O'Connell, Listowel, stated that the Kerry Bar Association have had under consider ation the advisability of asking the Department of Justice to introduce legislation increasing the jurisdiction of the District Court to £50 in contract, and £25 in tort. Mr. Niall S. Gaffhey and Mr. Louis E. O'Dea also addressed the meeting. The President stated that it would be advisable to circularise the Bar Associations on the matter, and that it would be put on the Agenda for the Council for consideration at an early date. Mr. Mayne then rose and proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the President for his work on behalf of the Society during the past year. The motion was carried with acclamation. The President briefly replied, and the meeting terminated. MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OCTOBER z8th. The President in the chair : Also present: Mr. James R. Quirke, Vice-President, Messrs. G. A. Overend, James J. Lynch, Thomas A. O'Reilly, C. E. Callan, F. J. Gearty, Roger Greene, John J. Bolger, Joseph P. Tyrrell, W. S. Hayes, Daniel O'Connell, William L. Duggan, Joseph Barrett, P. R. Boyd, W. S. Huggard, H. St. J. Blake, Dermot P. Shaw, William J. Norman, L. E. O'Dea. The following was among the business trans acted : Application under Section 18 AN application from an intending apprentice to the Chief Justice seeking exemption from the Pre liminary examination was considered. It was decided not to oppose the application. Lectures for Solicitors' Apprentices IT was decided that the President should deliver the first of four lectures to be given by members of the Council on the Rights, Duties and Re sponsibilities of solicitors ; Mr. G. A. Overend to give a lecture to the apprentices on the subject