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Governor or dep. gov. to call a general court, upon demand being made as herein, in default 5 directors may call such court on 10 days notice, and do business, and hear complaints,
if governor, &c. shall not uequit himself, another court to be called within 10 days to determine,
governor, &c. may be removed for abuse of office,
if a governor, &c. shall die or be removed, another member shall be chosen to the office.
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XIII. And it is hereby further enacted, That the said governor for the time being, or in case of his absence the deputy governor, shall from time to time, upon demand to him for that purpose made in writing, and signed by any five or more members of said corporation, within ten days after such demand, summon and call a general court of the members of said corporation; and in default of the governor or deputy governor to call such court, that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said five or more members, giving ten days previous notice thereof by summons in writing, to be left at the place of residence of each member, to summon and hold a general court, and there to do and dispatch any business relating to the government or affairs of the said corporation, and to hear and debate any complaint that shall be made against any governor, deputy governor, or director, for mismanagement of his or their respective offices; and if such governor, deputy governor, or directors, shall not clear himself or themselves of such complaint, to the satisfaction of the major part of the members of the said corporation in the said general court assembled, that then within ten days another general court shall be called, finally to determine the same by the majority of their votes as aforesaid, who may remove or displace all or any of the governor, deputy governor, or directors, for such misdemeanors or abuse of their offices, and elect and choose others in his or their room, in the same manner as the said elections are herein before directed to be made; and in every case where any governor, deputy governor, or director, shall happen to die or be removed, or his office shall otherwise become void before the expiration of the time for which he shall have been elected, it shall and may be lawful for the major part of the members of the said corporation assembled in a general court, to elect and choose any other member of the said corporation into the office of such governor, deputy governor, or director that shall so die or be removed, or whose office shall become void, which person so to be chosen shall continue in the said office until the next usual time hereby appointed for election, and until others shall be duly chosen and sworn.
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