T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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title or confer a right of suffrage, which shall not
have been held at least one calendar month prior to
the day of election, nor unless it be holden by the
person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona
fide in his own right, or in right of his wife, or for
his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor or ad-
ministrator, trustee or guardian, or in the right and
for the use and benefit of some co-partnership, cor
poration or society, of which he or she may be a
member, and not in trust for and to the use and ben-
efit of any other person; and in all voting, by proxy
or Attorney, said proxy or attorney shall be legally
constituted.

SEC, 5. And be it enacted, That the election of
officers aforesaid shall be conducted in the following
manner, that is to say: the directors for the time be-
ing shall appoint three of the stockholders not being
directors to be judges of the said election, and to
conduct the same after having severally taken and
subscribed an oath or affirmation before a judge or
justice of the peace, well and truly and according to
law to conduct such election; and the said judges or
a majority of them shall decide upon the qualifica-
tions of the voters, and when the election is closed,
shall count the votes and declare who has been elec-
ted; and if it shall at any time happen, that an elec-
tion of any one or all the officers of said company
shall not be made, the corporation shall not for that
cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful
to hold and make such election for President and Di-
rectors, Treasurer, or other officers, on the same day
or upon any day thereafter by giving ten days notice
at least thereof, signed by the President or Secretary,
in the newspapers as before mentioned, of the time
and place of holding said election; and the President
and Directors, and other officers last elected, shall
continue to act and be invested with all the powers
belonging to their respective situations, until another
election shall take place; in case of death, resigna-
tion, refusal or neglect to act, or removal from the
State of any officer, his place shall be filled by the
board of directors, until the next annual election;

Election of
officers — how
conducted.

Provided, the removal from the State of any director
may not operate to vacate his place, should there be
a majority of the directors still residing in the State.

Proviso.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the President and
Directors shall hold their meetings in the town of Cen-
treville, or such other place as the stockholders shall

Power to ap-
point officers
and agents.