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such vacancies or vacancy shall be filled by the remainder of the Board until the time of holding the next annual election.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted , That it shall be the duty of the President or Secretary of the said Company, annually, to give notice of at least two weeks by advertisement in some newspaper pub- lished in Annapolis, or by notice posted at such public places as he may deem proper, of the election which shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, in each and every year, for nine Di- rectors of the Company who shall be members thereof, but in case such election should from any cause not be held on the said day, the Company shall not in consequence thereof be dissolved, but such election may be held at such subsequent time as may be selected by the Board of Directors or a majority of them, and at all such elections each member shall have one vote either in person or by proxy.	Election.
Sec. Y. And be it enacted, That the Constitution and by-laws of the said Company shall only be made by the concurrent vote of at least two-thirds of the whole Board of Directors, exclusive of the President, and any amendment or alteration of the Constitution and by-laws shall only be made by a general meeting of the members of the Com- pany, convened in pursuance of public notice given as in cases of election for Directors when each member present shall have one vote, and two- thirds of the votes thus given shall decide, and any amendment or alteration of the Constitution or by-laws that may be thus made shall be binding on all the members of the Company.	Amendments.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President, whenever required in writing by not less than twenty members of the Company other than the Directors, to call a gen- eral meeting of the members by giving notice as itf case of election for Directors, for the trans- action of such business as may be specified in the said written requisition ; and any resolutions or proceedings passed or had at such meeting by not less than two-thirds of the members who shall be present, shall be binding on the President and Directors and members of the Company.	General meet- ing.