VI. And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Ranby, Joseph Sandford, William Cheselden, Ambrose Dickins, William Petty, John Shipton, John Hayward, John Freke, William Pyle, Legard Sparham, James Hickes, Peter Sainthill, Noah Roul, John Westbrook, William Singleton, and James Phillips, to meet at or in such Place as the said John Ranby, Joseph Sandford, and William Cheselden, or any two of them, shall appoint, on the first Day of July one thousand seven hundred and forty-five, between the Hours of ten and two of the Clock of the same Day; and then and there to elect, choose, and appoint, out of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said sixteen Persons herein before appointed to be of the Court of Assistants, who shall be present at such Meeting, so many other Persons to be of the Court of Assistants of the same Company or Corporation, as will make the Number twenty-one, to continue in the said Office for and during their natural Lives respectively, or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office.
VII. And it is further enacted, That the Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants for the Time being, of the said Company of Surgeons made; established, and incorporated by this Act, shall, upon the first Thursday in the Month of July in the Year one thousand seven hundred and forty-six; and on the first Thursday in the Month of July in every succeeding Year, meet at such Place as the Master and Governors of the same Company for the Time being, or any two of them shall appoint; and then and there elect, choose, and appoint, out of their Body, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants, who shall be then present, one Person to be Principal Master or Governor, and two other Persons to be Governors or Wardens of the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons, established and incorporated by this Act, for the then succeeding Year; and then and there also, in like
