Author: Munster Agricultural Society
Credits: Munster Agricultural Society
Copyright: Munster Agricultural Society
Keywords: 1938, Minutes, Special General Meeting, Annual General Meeting
A Special General Meeting of the Members of the Society, held at the Clarence Hall, Imperial Hotel, Pembroke St., Cork, on Saturday, 19th February, 1938, the President (Mr. E.J. Clarke) in the chair, and there was a large number of Members present.
The Scrutineers then declared the following elected :-
Ald. Wm. Desmond and Mr. Michael Twomey.
A SPECIAL A Special General Meeting of the Members of
GENERAL MEETING the Society, held at the Clarence Hall, Imperial Hotel, Pembroke St., Cork, on Saturday, 19th February, 1938, the President (Mr. E.J. Clarke) in the chair, and there was a large number of Members present.
The Secretary read the notice convening the Meeting, and the Chairman proposed that the following be the procedure:-
To read notice from Mr. Wilfred Browne, Returning Officer for Seanad Eireann, informing the Society that they had been selected as a Nominating Body for two representatives on the Agricultural Panel for Seanad Eireann.
Procedure. The President, continuing, said that all nominations be received up to but not later than 2-30 p.m. and that immediately the time was up for nominations, he would then call on the Secretary to have the Ballot Papers prepared, and that, as to the Election, itself, this would be carried out on the same lines as at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, that is – “the Ballot Paper contains a list of the Candidates, and that each Member puts on the left hand side of the Ballot Paper a cross, or 1 and 2, as the case may be, opposite the two Candidates for whom he wished to vote, and that the two such Candidates receiving the highest number for votes be selected as the Society’s Nominees for the Senate, also that where a Member voted for more than two Candidates, or a Ballot Paper would be declared void by the Scrutineers and, that in the event of a tie between two Candidates for second place, lots should be drawn at the Meeting to decide who the second Candidate would be.
This was seconded by Mr. O’ Sullivan and passed unanimously.
The following were then proposed for lthe two vacancies, as the Society’s Nominees:-
Two Vacancies as Nicholas Fitzgerald, (proposed by Mr. T. O’Sullivan &
Socy’s Nominees seconded by Mr. M. Ryan).
Ald. W. Desmond (proposed by Mr. N. Hayes &
seconded by Mr. Jas. Crosbie)
Ml. Twomey (proposed by Mr. D. Cronin & seconded
by Mr. J Donovan)
Miss G. Montgomery (proposed by Mr. E. O’Mahony,
B.L. & seconded by Mr. P.J. Good).
J.B. Barrett, (proposed by. E.J. Cussen & seconded by
Mr. J. Lehane).
Scrutineers. The following ere appointed Scrutineers:-
Messrs J. McGrath, A.H. Good, M.A. and John Murphy, and, on the motion of Mr. M. Twomey, seconded by Mr. Ml. Ryan, it was decided that the President should preside at the Poll.
On the motion of Mr. N. Hayes, seconded by Mr. Ml.. Ryan, the following resolution was passed:-
“That we, the members of the Munster Agricultural Society, in special General Meeting assembled, do hereby authorise our President (Mr. E.J. Clarke) and our Secretary (Mr. J. Byrne) to sign on……….
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Michael Twomey, Woodfield, Coachford. (proposed by Mr. Daniel Cronin and seconded by Mr. J. Donovan).
Miss G. Montgomery, Broom Hill, Mitchelstown. (proposed by Mr. E. O’Mahony, B.L., and seconded by Mr. P.J. Good).
SCRUTINEERS John B. Barrett, Boxtown, Kilbrittain. (proposed by Mr. E.J. Cussen and seconded by Mr. J. Lohane).
The President, Mr. E.J. Clarke, stated that the next business was to appoint four Scrutineers. The following ere proposed and seconded:-
Messrs J. O’Regan, D. Forde-Nagle, J. Bird,
J. McGrath, A.H. Good and J. Murphy.
Lots having been drawn, Messrs O’ Regan, McGrath, A.H. Good and J. Murphy were appointed the Scrutineers.
On the motion of Mr. Matt Twomey, seconded by Mr. M. Ryan, it was further stated that the President should preside at the Ballot.
The ballot having been announced by the President, as follows:-
CANDIDATES FOR Ald. W. Desmond - 108 votes; M.L. Twomey – 50 votes
ELECTION ON John B. Barrett - 49 votes; N. Fitzgerald - 28 “
AGRICULTURAL PANEL Miss Montgomery - 26 “
Ald. W. Desmond and Mr. M. Twomey having received the largest number of votes, they were declared the Society’s nominees by the President, Mr. E.J. Clarke.
On the motion of Mr. N. Hayes, seconded by Mr. Ml. Ryan, the following resolution was unanimously passed:-
RESOLUTION “ That we, the Members of the Munster Agricultural Society, in special General Meeting assembled, do hereby authorize our President (Mr. E.J. Clarke) and our Secretary (Mr. J. Byrne) to sign on behalf of the Munster Agricultural Society the prescribed nomination paper under the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1937, setting out the persons nominated by the Society under the said Act”.
E.J. Clarke
July 02, 1938.
