by Order under their Hands Summon a particular Meeting or Grand Committee to be held at such Time and Place as they shall appoint within the City of London Seven of the private Committee may at any time Summon a Grand Committee by hanging up a publick Notice thereof in Writing on the first Pillar on the Right Hand near the South-Gate or Entrance into the Royal-Exchange London and at the usual Place of Meeting Ten Days before the Time appointed which shall be deemed accepted and taken as a good Summons of a Grand Committee to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever Book-keeper and Cash-keeper to give good Security for the Faithful Discharge of his Office And it is further declared and agreed That the said Book-Keeper and Cash-Keeper for the time being shall give such Security to the said Trustees as shall be required or approved by the major Part of the said Select Committee for the Faithful Discharge of his said Office and to make and keep true Accompts and true Entries of all Orders made by the said several Meetings and of all Letters Accompts Buyings Sellings Doings Contracts Bargains Agreements or Dealings whatsoever respecting concerning or in any wise relating to the said Mines Stock and Premises in such Books for that purpose provided and in such Manner and Form and Method as shall be from time to time Ordered and Directed by the Majority of the said Committee or Private Meeting as aforesaid And in Default thereof shall and may be Suspended from the Execution of his said Office by the said Select Committee or the major number of them present at a Private Meeting And in Default of Payment of what shall be due to any one of the Proprietors to forfeit his Office And to the intent that Right and Justice may be done to all Parties concerned without Fraud Deceipt or Delay It is hereby further Provided Declared and Agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That in case the said Cash-Keeper for the time being shall at any time or times hereafter refuse or neglect to pay or cause to be paid unto all or any one of the Proprietors of the said Mines or their Assigns for the time being such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be in his Hands and shall be due to any of them and appointed to be paid as herein set forth by the space of One Month after demand That then an Affidavit being made before a Master in Chancery by Two credible Witnesses of such Demand and delivered to the said select Committee the said Cash keeper shall be discharged by the said select Committee of his said Office and Place and Sallary thereto belonging and deemed uncapable of holding the said Office or Place or of being new Elected into the said Office by any Way or Means whatsoever And the said Select Committee or any Seven of them may appoint any other Person in his Place to continue till the next particular Meeting Any Person may Peruse the Books but not Transcribe without an Order And all the said Partners who shall be concerned and interested in the Premises shall have free Access to Inspect the said Books but not to Write or Transcribe any thing out of the same without an Order of the said Select Committee And it is hereby Agreed That a Transfer Book or Books shall at the Common Charge of the said Proprietors be provided and kept by the said Book-keeper wherein all such Person or Persons A Transfer-Book Established who shall be from time to time Interested in the said Mines Stock and Premises shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter during the said Term Transfer Assign and Set over their respective Shares and Interests which they respectively have or shall have therein by Virtue of or according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents to any Person or Persons whatsoever And such Person or Persons to whom such Share or Shares shall be so Transfered Assigned and Set over shall accept of such Share or Shares upon the Conditions and Subject to the Covenants Declarations and Agreements herein contained and shall declare such his Acceptance accordingly in Writing under his or their Hands to be written in such Transfer-Book and such Assignee or Assignees having accepted of such Share or Shares respectively under the Conditions and Agreements aforesaid may in like manner Assign and Transfer the same over to any other Person or Persons whatsoever in the said Transfer-Book and not otherwise and so Toties Quoties as often as the said Parties and their Assigns shall think fit One Shilling to be paid for eve-very Transferr such Transferror and Transferree paying for the same the Sum of One Shilling a Piece to the said Book-keeper for every such Transferr or Assignment And that on such Assignment or Transferr and Acceptance as aforesaid the Person and Persons to whom the same shall from time to time be so made as aforesaid shall be thereby Intituled to so many Shares of the said Stock Mines and Premises and Proceeds thereof respectively during the said respective Terms as shall be so to him and them Assigned and Transferred as aforesaid No Person to have any Vote or Dividend before Transferr made and an Acceptance thereupon in the said Transfer-Book But before such Transferr and Acceptance made and Entred as aforesaid no Assignee or Assignees whatsoever shall have any Vote in all or any the said Meetings or any Share or Shares or Dividend of the Profits of the said Stock Mines and Premises any Deed or other Assignment or any thing herein to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And for the better and more effectual Managing and carrying on the said Mineral Works and Premises and for securing the said Stock for the Use of the same and also the Gains Profits and Proceeds thereof for the Uses herein mentioned It is further Declared and Agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents that a convenient House in the City of London A House and Iron Chest is to be provided with 7 several Locks and Keys shall be Taken and Rented by the said Select Committee or any Seven of them at the Common Charge of the said Proprietors wherein the said Select Committee shall and may from time to time Meet and where the said Book-keeper and Cash-keeper shall Dwell and Inhabit and that there shall be Provided at the Common Charge as aforesaid a Strong Iron Chest with Seven several Locks and Keys to keep the said Stock and Profits of the Premises or so much thereof as they shall think fit and as the same shal Accrue Arise and be Received and that all the said Stock Increase The Stock to be kept in the Iron Chest or else in the Bank of England and not in any Private Hand The 7 Keys to be kept by 7 of the Committee and the Chest never opened but in their Presence and Profits
in these Presents to the contrary thereof contained in any wise notwithstanding George London's Security to be assigned to Sir H. M. And it is hereby further agreed That upon Payment made to the said George London of all such Money as shall appear to be justly owing to him from the said Partners by reason of and on account of the said Mines he the said George London shall Assign and Transfer all his Securities for the same to the said Sir Humphry Mackworth A Release to be given to Mr. Phips and Mr. Oldbury And further That in Case the said Thomas Phipps and John Oldbury shall and will Seale and Execute this present Indenture within the time aforesaid and in Case they or either of them shall pay or cause to be paid to the said Sir Humphry Mackworth within the space of Twenty days next ensuing the date of these Presents towards the discharge of the Debts aforesaid all such Sum and Sums of Money as is or shall be justly owing from them or either of them the said John Oldbury and Thomas Phipps to the said Partners or any of them for or by reason of any Trust Matter or Thing whatsoever relating to the said Mines Stock and Premises or any of them which is hereby referred to the said Sir Humphry Mackworth And in Case the said Proposal above mentioned shall take effect Then the said Partners or so many of them as the said John Oldbury and Thomas Phipps or either of them shall request so to do shall Release the said John Oldbury and Thomas Phipps their Executors Administrators and Assigns off and from all Debts Duties and Demands whatsoever for or by reason or on Account of the said Mines or any Trust or other Matter or Thing relating thereto The Limits and Boundaries of the Mines declar'd and establish'd And it is hereby further Declared and Agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents and every of them that nothing herein contained shall be Construed to extend or inlarge the Limits and Boundaries of the said Mines which are Twelve hundred Yards in length from the first great Shaft where the work was first begun in Bwlchyr Esgairbyr towards the East and Two hundred Yards in Breadth and no more as in the said first recited Indenture is set forth And that the said Boundaries shall be and are hereby settled and established according to the present Limits and Boundaries of the said Mines well known and meard and set out by the said George London Tobias Creamer late of Eyme in the County of Darby Esq deceased and William Waller of Kavongwyn in the said County of Cardigan Gent. or some of them And as to all Mines and Minerals of what Nature or Kind soever lying and being and already discovered or which shall hereafter happen to be discovered in or under any other Lands or Tenements within the said Lordship of Generglyn in the Parish of Lanvyhangell Generglyn in the said County of Cardigan out of the Mears and Boundaries aforesaid It is hereby agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That the said Edward Pryse and Sir Humphry Mackworth his and their Assigns respectively shall and may peaceably and quietly have hold and enjoy the same according to their several and respective Interests therein without the Lett Suit or Interruption of all or any the said Parties to these Presents or any other Person or Persons Claiming by from or under them or any of them Provided always And the said Edward Pryse doth hereby Covenant Grant and Agree to and with the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges With a Liberty of making Levels c. to drain the Water from the same Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns And it is the true intent and meaning of all the said Parties to these Presents That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns and to and for the said Proprietors of the said Mines and their Assigns for the time being as aforesaid and every of them his and their Agents Miners and Workmen from time to time and at all times hereafter to make and drive any Levell adit or Sough to the said Mines in Partnership or any of them in order to drein the Water from the same through any other the Lands and Tenements of the said Edward Pryse in the said County of Cardigan but not to have Claim or Demand any Mine Oar or Mineral whatsoever in any Lands or Tenements within the said Lordship of Generglyn out of the said Limits and Boundaries aforesaid Provided always That all and every the said Partner and Partners who shall refuse or neglect to Sign Seal and Execute this present Indenture Provisoe and Agreement to make all void to those Partners who do not Seal before the last of this Month. before the last day of this Instant August or such other time as he the said Sir Humphry Mackworth shall under his Hand and Seal limit and appoint or shall refuse or neglect to make his and their Election within the time aforesaid or such other time as the said Sir Humphry Mackworth shall under his Hand and Seal limit and appoint either to become Adventurer or Adventurers with the said Sir Humphry Mackworth accordding to the said intended Proposal or to relinquish their shares in the said Mines for Twenty Pounds per Share to be paid and secured as aforesaid shall be and are hereby excluded from all and all manner of Benefit and Advantages hereby granted to the said Partners or any of them as aforesaid And as to such Partner or Partners so refusing or neglecting to Seal and Execute these Presents and make their Election within the time aforesaid these Presents and every Grant and Clause herein shall be void and of no effect to all intents and purposes whatsoever And all and singular the Agreements in the said recited Deeds and Settlements and in all former Settlements relating to the said Mines contained shall be in full force and virtue against them and every of them as if these Presents had never been had nor made And to Assess them 40 s. per Share towards a Stock And that all and every such Partner and Partners so refusing to execute these Presents and make their Election within the time aforesaid shall be and is hereby Rated Charged and Assessed towards the raising of a Stock to carry on the said Mineral Works Forty Shillings for every share to them severally and respectively belonging as aforesaid to be paid to the said Committee of the said Mines for the time being for the use aforesaid at the House of Francis Pigott Gentleman in Durham-Court in Great Trinity-Lane London on the 29th day of September next ensuing the Date of these Presents according to the Power for that purpose reserved in and
the said Mines as if these Presents had never been had nor made And it is hereby further Agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents Bank Bills to be taken in the Name of the Chair-man and Private Committee c. That in Case the Grand Committee for the Time being shall Order the said Stock and Profits of the Premises or any Part thereof to be Deposited and kept in the Bank of England that then all and every Bank-Bill which shall be taken for the same or any part thereof shall be taken in the Name of the Chair-man and Private Committee of the said Mines for the time being and shall be kept in the said Iron Chest in Manner aforesaid and issued forth of the said Chest for the Use of the said Partners by the said Select Committee in Manner as is above Directed for the Issuing forth the said Stock in Specie above-mentioned Provision for Relief of Fran. Pigott Deputy Secretary in Case he be not elected Bookkeep and Casher-keeper Provided always That in Case it shall so happen That the said Francis Pigott Deputy Secretary to the said Partners shall not be elected Cash-keeper and Book-keeper to the said Partners upon the said New Establishment of Officers above-mentioned That then it shall and may be Lawful to and for the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth and he is hereby directed to pay or cause to be paid to the said Francis Pigott all such Sum and Sums of Money as he the said Francis hath paid or secured to be paid to the said William Corbett for the Place or Office of Deputy Secretary as aforesaid over and above all his Arrears of Salary above-mentioned And it is mutually Concluded and Agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents and every of them and so by them Declared Concluded All future Controversies to be referred to two Arbitrators and they to choose an Vmpire and Appointed That if hereafter any Doubt Question or Controversy shall happen or arise between the said Parties or their Assigns or any of them or any Person or Persons whatsoever having or hereafter Claiming to have any Right Title Interest or Demand in or to all or any part of the said Stock Mines and Premises by Virtue of these Presents for about or concerning this Present Indenture or any Covenant Clause Sentence Promise Condition Declaration or Agreement herein comprized or any defect or want of Explanation of any Matter or Thing relating to the said Stock Mines and Premises or the Management thereof That then and in such Case and as often as any Doubt Question Controversie or Difference shall arise or happen the same shall be referred unto Two indifferent Persons to be Nominated and Chosen from time to time by the said Parties or by the Majority of Votes of each Party or Parties between whom the said Difference doth or shall arise within Twenty Days next after such Doubt or Controversie shall arise or happen each or either of the said Parties in Variance to chuse one by Majority of Votes as aforesaid to be by the same Two Persons so indifferently chosen fairly heard discussed and determined or else by an Umpire to be Nominated and Appointed by the said Two indifferent Persons in case they themselves cannot Agree and Compose the same And in Default thereof the Lord Mayor of London if no Partner or else the Lord High Chancellor c. is humbly desired to be Vmpire and to determine all Differences in a Summary Way without Process of Law And in Case the said Referrees shall not name an Umpire within the space of Sixty Days after such Controversies shall be referred to them then the Lord Mayor of London for the time being shall be and is hereby Nominated to be Umpire in case he be not a Partner in the said Mines And in such Case the said Matters in Variance shall be from time to time and at all times humbly referred to the Lord High Chancellor of England Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England for the time being to be heard and determined in a Summary way without the formal Proceedings and Process of Law in such Manner and Form as the said Lord Chancellor Lord-Keeper or Lords Commissioners for the time being shall in their great Judgments Order and Appoint And that each and either of the said Party and Parties and his and their respective Executors Administrators and Assignes shall and will stand to and abide perform and keep such Order and Determination therein as the said Two Indifferent Persons or the said Umpire or Umpires as aforesaid shall make and give up between them the said Two Parties Referrors so as the Order Judgment and Determination of the said Two Indifferent Persons or Umpire of or concerning the Premises or any Part or Parcel thereof be from time to time made and set down in Writing under the Hands and Seals of the said Two Indifferent Persons within Forty Days or under the Hand and Seal of the Umpire within Twenty Days next after any such Doubt Question or controversy shall be referred to them or him respectively And until such Arbitration ended no Suit to be commenced either in Law or Equity And that neither of the said Parties shall Commence or bring any Action or Suit nor seek any Remedy whatsoever either in Law or Equity to be Relieved in the Premises before such Doubt Question and Controversy shall be put to such Reference or Arbitration as aforesaid The Partners Covenant for farther Assurance And it is agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That in case the said intended Proposal shall take Effect they the said Partners and every of them their and every of their Executors Administrators and Assigns shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter during the Continuance of the said Term of Twenty-two Years and an Half make do suffer and execute or cause to be made done suffered and executed all and every such further and other Act and Acts Thing and Things Devise and Devises Conveyances and Assurances in the Law whatsoever for the further better and more perfect Conveying and Assuring of the said Mines Stock and Premises to the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pit their Executors Administrators and Assigns for the remaining part of the said Term of Twenty two Years and an Half under the Trusts Conditions and Limitations above mentioned according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents as by Council learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised advised or required and for the better Ordering Governing and well Managing of the said Mines Stock and Premises Ed. Pryse and Sir H. Mackworth Covenant for farther Assurance And it is hereby further Agreed That they the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth and Edward Pryse and each of them and each of their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall
the said Trusts and Reimbursed all their Charges and Expences as aforesaid and that thereupon such Trustee or Trustees shall may and will Assign and Release his and their Trust to such Person and Persons as the said Select Committee for the time being shall appoint That the Mines are granted to the New Trustees upon Trust Provided always And it is hereby Covenanted Declared and Agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That all and every the said Mines and Premises with the Appurtenances above hereby Granted Bargained or Assigned or meant mentioned or intended to be hereby Granted Bargained or Assigned are hereby declared to be Granted Bargained and Assigned to the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pit their Executors Administrators and Assigns upon the several Trusts and Confidences and to the several Uses Intents and Purposes and under the several Conditions and Limitations herein after mentioned and set forth that is to say The Declaration thereof That if the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth shall at any time within the space of Twenty Days next ensuing the date hereof or within the space of Six Days next after the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents by the Parties above mentioned and every of them propose and open to the said Partners or such of them as shall appear at a General Meeting an Expedient for clearing and satisfying all the Debts wherewith the said Mines now stand charged and for Raising the said Twenty Thousand Pounds for a Stock for carrying on the Works of the said Mines without any Premium or Repayment of either Principal or Interest to the Intent that the said Partners may become Adventurers with him in such new Method as shall be so proposed for the Purposes aforesaid in proportion to their several Interests and Shares they now have in the said Mines or so many of them as shall think fit to become Adventurers with the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth And shall at any time before the First Day of August next ensuing the Date of these Presents pay or cause to be paid to such of the said Partners who shall within the space of Six Days next after the said Proposal shall be made and opened by the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth to the said Partners as aforesaid declare that they will not engage with the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth according to such Proposal but will under their Hands and Seals Release and Relinquish their Shares and Interests in the said Mines The Partners have 10 days after the Proposal made to Elect whether they will take 10 l in Money and 10 l per Share on the Credit of the Mines or else become Adventurers again under a New constitution Ten Pounds for every Share of such Person who shall so Relinquish their Shares and Interest therein within the time aforesaid The Intent of these Presents being That it shall be at the Election of the said Partners and every of them either to become Adventurer or Adventurers with the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth according to the intended Proposal or to Relinquish their Shares in the said Mines for Ten Pounds per Share within the time aforesaid and Ten Pounds per Share to be secured as hereafter is mentioned which Election every of the said Partners shall make within the space of Ten Days next after such proposal so as aforesaid shall be made that then and in such Case the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernen and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns shall and will stand Possessed and Intrusted with the said Mines In trust out of the clear Profits that shall be made by and from the said Mines to pay to every such of the said Partners who shall in Manner aforesaid relinquish their Shares in the said Mines the further Sum of Ten Pounds for every Share so to be Relinquished and so Charged shall and will permit and suffer the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth and such other Person or Persons his and their Assignee and Assignees to be made in Manner as herein is directed and in such Proportion Manner and Form as the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth under his Hand and Seal shall direct and appoint from time to time and at all times hereafter during the said several and respective Terms of Years above-mentioned and according to and in such manner as shall be contained in such Proposal as shall be made by the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth pursuant to the Agreements herein contained to manage the said Mines and Premises and to enjoy the Profits thereof and to dispose of the Oar now raised out of the said Mines to his and their own proper Use and Uses and to such other Use and Uses as the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth shall under his Hand and Seal limit and appoint according to the Constitution above set forth and to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents and such Proposition as shall be so made by the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth as aforesaid The Condition But in Case the said Sir Humphry Mackworth shall be obstructed by the said Partners or any of them or any other Person or Persons whatsoever and thereby or in default of making such Proposition as aforesaid or by any other ways and means whatsoever he shall make default of payment of Ten Pounds within the time aforesaid to such of the said Partners who shall within the space of ten days next after the said Proposal shall be made by the said Sir Humphry Mackworth to the said Partners as aforesaid declare That they will not engage with the said Sir Humphry Mackworth according to such Proposal but will under their Hands and Seals Release and Relinquish their Shares and Interests in the said Mines for every share of such Persons who shall so relinquish their Shares and Interests therein within the time aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents and of all the Parties thereunto That then these Presents and every Covenant Grant and Clause herein contained shall cease determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes whatsoever as if the same had never been had or made any thing in these Presents to the contrary thereof contained in any wise notwithstanding And that then and from thenceforth it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees and Partners and to and for the said Edward Pryse and his Assigns and every of them respectively into all and singular the said Mines Oars Minerals and Premises by them respectively granted as aforesaid to Re-enter and the same to have again as in his and their several and respective former Estate and Estates and to the use of the several and respective Parties according to their several and respective Interests and Shares above-mentioned and according to the old Constitution and Method of Management of the said Mines in the said recited Deeds mentioned and contained and not otherwise any thing
William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pit All and Singular the said Mines Ores Minerals and Premises and all the Liberties Authorities and Privileges and all other things thereunto belonging And also all Houses and Buildings Tenements Hereditaments Engines Iron Chests Materials and Utensils whatsoever belonging to used or imployed in or about the said Mines and Undertaking and all other the Premises aforesaid and all and every of their Estate Right Title and Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of into or out of the same hereby above Granted Bargained Transferred or Assigned Premises with the Appurtenances or meant mentioned or intended to be hereby Granted Bargained Transferred and Assigned as aforesaid To have and to hold all and singular the said Mines Ores Minerals and Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during all the rest and residue of the said Term of Twenty Two Years and an half yet to come and unexpired under the Trusts Conditions and Limitations and to the several Uses Intents and Purposes herein after mentioned and set forth Edw. Pryse Grants a farther Term of Five Years to the new Trustees And the said Edward Pryse for and in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings to him in Hand paid the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and valuable Considerations him thereunto moving and by and with the Directions and Consent of the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth testified by his being a party to these Presents hath Given Granted Assigned Transferred and Set over and by these Presents doth Give Grant Assign Transfer and Set over unto the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns All and singular the said Mines Oars Minerals and Premises hereby Granted Transferred and Assigned or Meant Mentioned or Intended to be hereby Granted Transferred and Assigned with the Appurtenances unto the said Sir Joseph Herne Sir William Hedges Sir Thomas Vernon and Thomas Pitt their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the further Term of Five Years to Commence immediately from and after the End or other Determination of the said Term of Twenty Two Years and an half above mentioned and fully to be compleat and ended under the several and respective Trusts and Confidences and under the several Conditions and Limitations and to the several Uses Intents and Purposes herein after set forth And it is hereby Declared and Agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That in case the said Proposal to be made by the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth shall be accepted by the Partners or any of them and they or any of them shall become Adventurers with the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth in such Proposal to be made and the same shall take Effect The Beginning of the New Constitution for the Management of the Mines That then for the more certain Regulation and for the quiet and better Management and Government of the said Mines Stock and Premises and of all other Matters and Things relating to the same and to the Intent that no Difference may hereafter arise amongst the Persons who shall be interested in the said Mines Stock and Premises the same from time to time shall be Managed Ordered and Governed during the said Term of Twenty Two Years and an half and the said further Term of Five Years by the Proprietors thereof and their Assigns who shall be Intituled to the Premises above-mentioned in such General Meetings By General Meetings Grand Committees and Private Committees or Courts Particular Meetings or Grand Committees Private Meetings or Select Committees and under such Conditions and Restrictions and in such Manner and Form as is herein after set forth and declared that is to say And first it is Declared and Agreed by and between all the said Parties to these Presents That the most Noble his Grace the Duke of Leeds shall and may and is hereby humbly desired to Preside and be Governor and Chairman of the said Company His Grace the Duke of Leeds Governor of the Company of and in all the said General Meetings Grand Committees and Select Committees herein mentioned for and during the said several Terms of Years above mentioned in Case his Grace the said Duke of Leeds shall happen so long to live And from and after his Decease Sir Humphrey Mackworth Deputy to his Grace That then the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth shall and may Preside and be Chairman of and in the said several Meetings during the said Terms of Years above-mentioned in Case he shall happen so long to live And also that the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth shall and may in the mean time and in the Absence of his Grace the said Duke of Leeds be Deputy Chairman of and in the said several Meetings and Committees aforesaid Every Person who hath Three Shares hath One Vote in a General Meeting for and during the Natural Life of his Grace the said Duke of Leeds And farther That such Persons who shall be Proprietors of or Intituled to Three Shares or more of the said Stock Mines and Premises or the Profits or Proceeds thereof as aforesaid shall and may at such Time and Place as the said Chair-Man for the Time being shall appoint within the Space of Twenty Days next after the said Proposal shall be made accomplished and take Effect Either by himself or by his Deputy or Proxy but No Person is to have more than One Vote tho' he hath ever so many Shares and at such other Time and Times Place and Places as is herein after mentioned and directed either by themselves or their Deputy or Proxy thereunto sufficiently Authorized under their Respective Hands and Seals generally Assemble and meet together by Ten of the Clock in the Morning and then and there by Plurality of Votes that is to say every Person who shall have Three Shares shall have One Vote and no Person whatsoever shall have above one Vote tho' he shall have ever so many Shares except the Chair-Man for the time being Except the Chair-Man by his casting Vote or his Deputy as aforesaid who shall have a casting Vote if occasion be over and above his own single Vote as aforesaid In the Absence of his Grace and Sir H. Mackworth the Chair-Man is to be Elected They the said Proprietors shall and may in the Absence of the said most Noble his Grace the Duke of Leeds and the said Sir Humphrey Mackworth Elect and Constitute one of the said Proprietors having Twenty or more Shares in his own Right to be Chair-Man of the said General Meeting for the Time being a And one Person to be Book-keeper and Cash-keeper And afterwards shall and may Elect and Constitute one Person to be Book-Keeper and