EDWIN WARFIELD," ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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four of whom shall serve for a term of one year, four of
whom shall serve for a term of two years and four of whom
shall serve for a term of three years; the said committee
shall decide by lot which of the said committee shall serve

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for the term of one year, two years and three years, respec-
tively; sometime during the month of January, in the year
nineteen hundred and eight and sometime during each and
every succeeding month of January the members of the said
congregation, qualified as aforesaid, shall meet at such place
at the said church as shall be appointed by the said com-
mittee, whereof due notice shall be given according to the
by-laws as aforesaid and then and there they, or as many as
may attend, shall elect viva voce four members of the said
congregation, qualified as aforesaid, who shall serve for a
term of three years.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said

Term of
service.

committee shall have the power to fill all vacancies that may
occur in the said committee for the unexpired term of the
person or persons whose vacancy or vacancies may have
occurred; and in the event of a failure by the members of
the said congregation as aforesaid to elect the said committee
as is contemplated by this Act, then and in that case the
members last elected shall continue to be and constitute the
said committee until they shall be superseded by the election
of a new committee, which may be done in any succeeding
month after the month of January, upon due notice being
given in accordance with the by-laws.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said committee, with

Vacancies to
be filled.

the consent and approbation of two-thirds of the members
thereof, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of
bargaining and selling, leasing and conveying, any property
which is now owned or may hereafter be acquired by the
said corporation, in as full and effectual a manner as any
person or body corporate may or can do.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said committee shall
elect from its members a president, who shall preside over

Power of
committee.

all meetings of the said corporation, and in the case of the
absence of the said president the said committee may appoint
one of their members as president pro tempore, who, in the
absence of the president, shall have all the authority and
privileges of a president.

President to be
elected.