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5 shares intitles to vote or meddle,
I vote every 5 shares,
in person or by proxy under hand and seal,
chairman to have casting vote besides his own.
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VIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid. That no person shall vote at any assembly of the said company, or have, any right to intermeddle in any fort in the affairs of the said company, unless he or she shall have in his or her own name and right, or in right of his or her testator or intestate, at least five shares of such joint stock; and that every member of the said company shall have one vote in all such assemblies for every five shares, he or she shall have in such joint stock; and that the respective members, who shall have a right to vote at such assemblies, may appear either in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing under their respective hands and seals; and that the majority of votes at such assemblies shall determine all matters in question; and if there shall be an equality of votes, the chairman of such assemblies shall have a casting vote besides his vote as a member of the said company.
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