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There shall be for ever, from time to time a governor, &c. governor or deputy governor and 5 directors to form a court of directors;
Henry Hunt appointed governor, Anthony Thompson, deputy gov. names of directors, to continue in office until 1st Sept. 1792, and until others are chosen and sworn.
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V. And for the better ordering, managing, and governing the preparations, stock, or other affairs of the said corporation, and for the making and establishing a continued and perpetual succession of persons to be governors and directors of the said corporation; be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted, ordered, and appointed, That there shall be from time to time for ever, of the members of the said company, a governor, deputy governor, and thirteen directors of, and in the said corporation, which governor, deputy governor and directors, or any five or more of them, of whom the governor or deputy governor, unless as is hereinafter excepted to be always one, shall be called a court of directors, for inspecting and directing all chemical and compound preparations and experiments, and for ordering, managing, and directing the affairs of the said corporation, and shall have such powers and privileges as are herein after mentioned, and Henry Hunt is hereby enacted, constituted, ordained and appointed the present and first governor, and Anthony Thompson, the present and first deputy governor, and John Hastings, Peter Kelly, George Kiernan, Richard Magan, James Mc'Laughlin, Daniel Moore, John Pentland, Foden Perrin, Robert Powell, Stephen Reynolds, Charles Ryan, John Usher, and Richard Usher, are hereby enacted, ordained, constituted, and appointed the present and first directors of the said corporation; and the said governor, deputy governor, and directors shall continue in their present respective offices, until the first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and until others shall be chosen in their respective offices, and sworn into the same, unless they or any of them shall sooner die, or be removed as herein after mentioned.
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