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Corporation may assemble as herein,
notice of meeting by summons,
so many as shall be assembled, to be called a general council,
after 1st Sept. 1792, governors, &c. to be chosen on every 1st of August, (save as herein) out of the corporation,
for 1 year and until others sworn.
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VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all and every of the members of the said corporation or body politic, from time to time, to assemble and meet together at any convenient place or places, until such time as an hall shall be erected in pursuance of this act, and after the erection of such hall, at the said hall for the choice of the governor, deputy governor, and directors, and for the making by-laws, ordinances, rules, orders, or directions for the government of the said corporation, and for any other affairs or business concerning the same, previous notice thereof being first given by summons in writing, to be served at the place of residence of each member, eight days at least before the time appointed for such meeting; and that all the members of the said corporation, or so many of them as shall be so assembled, shall be, and be called a general council of the said corporation, which shall meet and assemble at such times, and in such manner as herein after mentioned; and that all succeeding governors and directors of the said corporation, shall from and after the first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, be chosen on every first day of August, except the same shall happen to fall on Sunday, and then in such case on the Monday next following such Sunday, for every, out of the members of the said corporation, by the majority of votes of all and every the members of the said corporation, who shall be personally present at such elections, which succeeding deputy governor and directors shall be severally and respectively elected for one year, and until others shall be duly chosen and sworn into their places respectively.
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