The Gazette 1946-49

Report of Committee The legal estate appears to have re-vested in the vendor by operation of law and a reconveyance is unnecessary. If the purchaser requires a recon veyance, it must be at his own expense (see Sandes v. Thompson (22 Ch.D. 614)) ; Emmet on Title, loth Edition, pages 49 and 207. The Committee's report was adopted. Public Appointments The following resolution was proposed, seconded and unanimously adopted : " That this Council desires to submit to the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Local Government and the Attorney General that when considering applications from Solicitors for Public Appointments—all other qualifi cations being equal—the candidate who fur nishes evidence that he is a member of both the Incorporated Law Society and a Bar Associ ation be preferred for the appointment. " That copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Local Government, and the Attorney General." Application under Section 47 One application under Section 47 was considered and granted on payment of the current duty. HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, i8th May, 1948, in the Solicitors' Buildings. The President, Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh, was in the chair. The following members of the Society signed their names as being present: Mr. James R. Quirke, Vice-President; Messrs. Joseph Barrett, Henry St. J. Blake, Patrick R. Boyd, Arthur Cox, Francis J. Gearty, Roger Greene, William S. Hayes, James J. Lynch, William J. Norman, Daniel O'Connell, Thomas A. O'Reilly, G. Acheson Overend, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Desmond Moran, John P. J. Smyth, D. D. MacDonald, Leonard Webb, P. K. M. Carey, C. Gore-Grimes and E. H. Byrne. The notice convening the meeting was by per mission of the meeting taken as read. The Secretary read the minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting, held on November 26th, 1947, and the Minutes of the Special General Meeting held on January 29th, 1948, which were signed by the Chairman. The President announced that he nominated the following members of the Society to act as scru tineers for the ballot for the Council to be held on 22nd November, 1948 :—Messrs. J. R. McC. Blakeney, D. J. Collins, T. Jackson, B. P. McCormack and R. J. Tierney.

The Chairman addressing the meeting said :— A UAISLE, Fearaim failte romhaibh chun an chruinnithe seo na leathbhliana. Ta athas orm a ra go bhfuil gach deallramh ann go bhfuil ag eiri go geal le cursai ar ngairme agus go hairithe go bhfuil cuis eigin dochais againn i dtaobh ar mBille 6 tharlufonn ar dhuairt an tAire Dli agus Girt an ofche fa dheireadh ag Dinnear an Chumainn. Ma tamuid ag faniiint le fada go foighdeach le toradh eigin d'fheicsint ar obair an Choiste ata i mbun an Bhille, is cosuil go bhfuil fuascailt ar gcuid deachrachtai ag druidiuint linn. Ma's maith is mithid e sin, gan amhras ! Ce go blifuil a bheag no a mhor den teangain Naisiunta ag gach aturnae 6g, de thoradh an Achta a thug cothram di in oiliuint na bprlntiseacha le tamall maith anuas, ta a fhios again go bhfuil cuid mhaith dem' lucht eisteachta nach dtuigeann i, agus, da bhri sin, ni mor dam an Bearla do tharrac chugam. Ta siiil agam go dtiocfaidh an la nach mbeidh ga ag mo chomharbai usaid a bhaint ag a leitheid seo cruinnithe ach as an Ghaeilg. GENTLEMEN, It is usual at our Half-yearly Meeting for the President to refer to the members of our profession who have died since our last General Meeting. It is indeed fitting that we should, on an occasion such as this, pause for a moment to pay tribute to our professional brethren who shared the same training for a life of trust and of service with us, and in which, perhaps, we had many and pleasant associa tions with them, to convey our sympathy in their loss with those who were dear to them and who depended on their exertions for support, and that we should pray the good God according to the measure of our respective faiths to shew their souls that mercy which we believe is earned by all honest work in the service of their fellow creatures in any calling. The close relations and the spirit of co operation engendered by a common training and by shared professional ideals which distinguish us as a body make this peculiarly fitting in the case of this Society. Since our last meeting the following members of our Society have died : William M. Reid, Cavan ; John W. Flynn, Dublin; John Quinn, Tuam; Herbert J. Smyth, Dublin; Bartholomew Collins, Dublin ; Frederick B. McDonogh, Tuam ; John M. Mark, Londonderry ; Michael A. Conroy, Ballagha- derreen; Harry R. Whelan, Dublin; James Poe, Kilkenny; B. R. W. Doran, Dublin; Thomas O'B. Kelly, Limerick ; Harford A. C. Kelly, Dublin; Thomas H. R. Craig, Dublin; Henry F. Chidley, Dublin ; Francis E. Stephens, Dublin ; Alexander Fisher, Newry ; John B. Hamill, Dundalk ; Thomas H. G. Wallis, Cork; Mrs. Edith G. Temple Lang, Dublin ; Frederick M. Kelly, Dublin.