Election of Officers.
LII.
ALL the Offices of this Company vpon yearely Salary within the Realme of England, shall be voyd once euery yeere on the Foure and Twenty day of Iune, or within Three dayes next following.
LIII.
The Gouernour of his Deputy, and Thirteene Committees at the least, who shall be present in their ordinary place of meeting, on the Foure and Twenty day of Iune yearely, or within three dayes next following, shall proceed to an Election of new Officers, and establishing of their Wages, by the order of the Ballating box, or by erection of hands, as vnto the greater number of them present shall seeme most conuenient.
LIIII.
There shall bee a faire admittance of all men, but first and especially of the free Brethren of this Company, who shall concurre at the time appoin∣ted, to the Election and preferment of any Office in the said Company.
LV.
Euery Officer as hee is chosen shall take his Oath openly in Court, or if he be absent, then at the next Court which hee shall come vnto being cal∣led, and shall giue Bonds with such sufficient Suerties for their true perfor∣mance, as the said Court shall require.
LVI.
Any of the said Officers, vpon perfect knowledge of their insufficiency or other misdemeanors, shall loose their places within the terme of the yeare at the discretion of the Gouernour, or his Deputy, and Thirteene Committees at the least, who shall make choyse of others as vnto them shall seeme needfull, and the like in occasion of any Officers Death.