Apothecaries' Hall Act, 1791

Governor to summon 4 general courts a year, as herein,

in failure 5 directors may call a general court as herein.

XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the governor shall from time to time, and he is hereby required duly to summon and appoint four general courts at least in every year, whereof one to be held on the first of August, one on the first of November, one on the first of February, and one on the first of May, in every year; and if at any time or times there shall be a failure of holding a general court in any of the said months, that then and so often, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful for any five or more of the directors of the said corporation, who are hereby empowered and required to summon and call a general court, which shall meet and be holden in the month next coming after the month in which the same should have been holden, upon the summons of the governor as aforesaid.