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Bailies, and Treasurer, which shall be carried according
to the plurality of votes. The four Bailies of the former
year shall continue in the Council another year, as old
Bailies and Councillors ; hut in case of one of the pre-
sent Bailies being elected Provost, then the old Provost
shall remain a Councillor ev officio for the year imme»
diately after he has held the office of Provost. In case
any of the Members of Council, or Deacons of Trades,
shall not attend the meeting for electing office-bearers,
those present shall appoint a proxy to act and vote at
that meeting for each absentee. The proxy for a Trades
Councillor to be a Burgess and a member of the Nine
Incorporated Trades, and the proxy for any other mem-
ber of the Council to be a Burgess and a Guild-brother.
On the Tuesday after the election of the Provost,
Bailies, and Treasurer, the Magistrates and Council shall
meet, and as at present elect a Guild-brother, being a
Burgess, to be Shoremaster.
On the Wednesday immediately after the election of
the Provost and other office-bearers, the Guildry Incor-
poration shall meet at eleven o'clock forenoon, in the
Guild-hall, or such other place in Dundee as a general
meeting of the Guildry shall at any time fix, and by the
voice of a majority of the members present, elect a
Guild brother, being a Burgess, to be Dean of Guild for
the year ensuing; and another Guild-brother, being also
a Burgess, to be Councillor to the Guild also for the
year ensuing. These to be both constituent members of
Council, in room of the Dean of Guild mentioned in
the formerly recorded sett, — and of the Councillor to
the Guild, of whose election no notice is taken in that
sett.
The Councillor to the Guild and Shoremaster, not-
withstanding the former practice, shall be entitled to sit
and vote at the meeting of Council for electing the Pro-
vost and other office-bearers.
If any of the members of Council, or Deacons of crafts,
Bailies, and Treasurer, which shall be carried according
to the plurality of votes. The four Bailies of the former
year shall continue in the Council another year, as old
Bailies and Councillors ; hut in case of one of the pre-
sent Bailies being elected Provost, then the old Provost
shall remain a Councillor ev officio for the year imme»
diately after he has held the office of Provost. In case
any of the Members of Council, or Deacons of Trades,
shall not attend the meeting for electing office-bearers,
those present shall appoint a proxy to act and vote at
that meeting for each absentee. The proxy for a Trades
Councillor to be a Burgess and a member of the Nine
Incorporated Trades, and the proxy for any other mem-
ber of the Council to be a Burgess and a Guild-brother.
On the Tuesday after the election of the Provost,
Bailies, and Treasurer, the Magistrates and Council shall
meet, and as at present elect a Guild-brother, being a
Burgess, to be Shoremaster.
On the Wednesday immediately after the election of
the Provost and other office-bearers, the Guildry Incor-
poration shall meet at eleven o'clock forenoon, in the
Guild-hall, or such other place in Dundee as a general
meeting of the Guildry shall at any time fix, and by the
voice of a majority of the members present, elect a
Guild brother, being a Burgess, to be Dean of Guild for
the year ensuing; and another Guild-brother, being also
a Burgess, to be Councillor to the Guild also for the
year ensuing. These to be both constituent members of
Council, in room of the Dean of Guild mentioned in
the formerly recorded sett, — and of the Councillor to
the Guild, of whose election no notice is taken in that
sett.
The Councillor to the Guild and Shoremaster, not-
withstanding the former practice, shall be entitled to sit
and vote at the meeting of Council for electing the Pro-
vost and other office-bearers.
If any of the members of Council, or Deacons of crafts,
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