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 their places; provided that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any or either of the said officers from being re-elected: That if any vacancies shall happen among the said officers by death, resignation or removal, such vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the year in which they may happen by a special election for that purpose, to be held in the same manner as the annual elections, at such time or places as shall be fixed on by the officers, or ascertained by the bylaws of the said corporation. That Philip I. Arcularius shall be the first President of the said corporation, William Wilmerding Vice President thereof, Leonard Fisher the Treasurer thereof, Peter A. Camman Secretary thereof; David Grim, John P. Ritter, Caspar Meier, Jacob Sherred, John Remmey, John B. Dash Junr. and Henry Heiser the respective Assistants thereof, who shall hold their offices respectively until the last Monday in January next, and until others shall be chosen in their places.

And be it further enacted, that in case it should at any time happen that an election for officers should not be made on any day, when in pursuance to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of officers in such a manner as shall have been regulated by the by-laws and ordinances of the said corporation.

And be it further enacted, That all elections and all meetings of the said corporation shall be made and held at a place certain, to be fixed and determined by the bylaws of the said corporation, and that at all such elections and meetings of the said corporation so to be held as aforesaid, thirteen members thereof including the President, or in his absence the Vice President, or in his absence one of the Assistants, shall be considered a quorum of the said corporation, and shall have full power to do and transact all business thereof