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Com. to have votes as herein.
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VI. And be it enacted, That at every meeting or assembly of the said commissioners, or their successors, each and every of the said commissioners, or their successors, shall have one vote for and in respect of each and every of the first five debentures or shares, he or the shall then possess, of or in the joint stock of the said company; and that no person whatsoever shall have in his or her own right, more than five votes, and that the respective members who shall have a right to vote in such assemblies or meetings, may appear either in person or by proxy, in writing under their respective hands and seals, subject nevertheless to such restrictions for the better regulating such proxies, and for ascertaining the qualification or right of persons claiming or demanding to vote as stock-holders, as shall be ordered by any bye-law, or laws of said commissioners, or a quorum of them; and that the majority of votes at all such meetings or assemblies shall determine all matters in question, and if there be an equality of votes, that the chairman of such meeting or assembly shall have a casting vote, besides his vote or votes as a member of the said company.
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