The Gazette 1955-58

COUNTY LOUTH SESSIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION AT a meeting of the County Louth Sessional Bar' Association held on the ist January, 1958, the fol lowing Officers were elected for the year 1958 :— Hon. President: James J. Murphy; Vice-Presidents: Arthur S. Coulter and Francis P. Johnston; Secretary and Treasurer : Philip McCourt. COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR IRELAND Public Notice (Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Act, 1871, as amended by the Charitable Donations and Bequests (Amendment) Act, 1955.) The Overend Scholarship WHEREAS Trevor Thomas Lethem Overend, Solicitor, of the City of Dublin, who died on the 8th April, 1919, by his Will dated 2nd May, 1914, bequeathed to the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland the sum of One Thousand Pounds (£1,000) to be invested by them and the income applied as to one-half thereof for the Endowment of a Legal Scholarship in connection with the preliminary examination of Apprentices to Solicitors and the other one half in connection with the final ex amination. AND WHEREAS by the reason of the coming into operation of the Solicitors Act 1954 (Appren ticeship and Education) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 217 of 1955) as amended by the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S. I. No. 307 of 1956) it has become impracticable to apply the said annual income in the manner heretofore obtaining. AND WHEREAS the Council of the Incorpor ated Law Society have applied to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland to make a Cy-pres Scheme providing for the future application of the income and for the management of the Charity. AND WHEREAS the Scholarship Fund now consists of £1,277 izs. dd. 3% Exchequer Bonds; £19 i6s. nd. 4%% National Loan; £38 13^. f)d. 5% National Savings Bonds, and £41 7^. $d. Cash. AND WHEREAS the said Commissioners at their meeting held on the i7th December, 1957, acting under the power vested in them by Section 6 of the Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Act 1871 as amended by the Charitable Donations and Bequests (Amendment) Act 1955, made a pro visional Cy-pres Order providing for the future application of the charity income in the provision 69

a matter for this Association, but might be under taken by the Law Society, and directed that the matter be referred to them. The meeting also considered the subjects of Executor and Trustee Precedent Form, the problems arising on the borrowing of deeds from the Dublin Corporation, possible improvements in the Legal Diary, and certain recent newspaper publicity hostile to the profession. A member suggested that Service of Circuit Court Civil Bills by Summons Servers on Limited Com panies by registered post was unnecessarily cumber some, and that solicitors could effect such service themselves. The Council concluded that the Circuit Court Rules are clear on the subject, and decided not to take any action. The next meeting of the Council was fixed for AT the Annual General Meeting of the County Kerry Law Society held in Tralee on 3Oth November, the following Officers and Committee were elected for the coming year:— President: Mr. Gerald Baily ; Vice-President: Mr. Thomas O'Neill; Chairman : Mr. Charles J. Downing ; Hon. Sec and Treasurer : Mr. Joseph J. Grace. Committee : Messrs. D. E. Browne, W. A. Crowley, H. J. Downing, J. D. O'Connell, M. L. O'Connell, J. J. O'Donnell, J. S. O'ReiUy, and D. F. O'Shea. COUNTY MEATH SESSIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION AT the Annual General Meeting of the Association held on i3th December, 1957, the following Officers were elected : Chairman : Mr. Alan Donnelly ; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer : Miss E. Brennan. Committee: Messrs. Barry Steen, Kenneth Kilbride, Thomas Noonan, Patrick Noonan, F. Reilly, and Louis Noonan. ROSCOMMON SOLICITORS' BAR ASSOCIATION AT the Annual General Meeting of the above held on iyth December, 1957, the following Officers were elected :— President: Mr. Patrick J. Neilan, Roscommon; Chairman: Mr. John Kelly, Elphin; Vice- Chairman : Mr. James T. Claffey, Castlerea; Treasurer : Mr. James J. Sheerin, Boyle ; Secretary ; Mr. P. Desmond O'Connor, Ballaghaderreen. Ordinary Members : Messrs. Maurice De La Staunton, Castlerea; Patrick C. Sweeney, Ros common ; Thomas Callan, Boyle; M. Desmond Carlos, Strokestown, and Francis X. Burke, Boyle. Wednesday, jth February, 1958. COUNTY KERRY LAW SOCIETY