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Who shall be
X-Votes of Shareholders.
91.-Every Shareholder who has been duly registered shall be entitled to vote at every meeting and shall have one vote in respect of each and every Share held by him. And when Shares are held in the name of a Public Company the Secretary, Manager or Agent of such Public Company shall be entitled to vote for such Public Company.
Lunatics, Idiots and Minors, how to vote.
92.-If any Shareholder be a lunatic or idiot, he may vote by his Committee or other legal representative, and if any Shareholder be a minor, he may vote by his guardian or next of kin, and a married woman possessing Shares in her own right, on proof of such fact, may vote.
93.-No SHAREHOLDER shall be entitled to vote at any Meeting in respect of any Share held by him alone or jointly with another or others, whilst any Call is due from him alone or jointly to the Company.
No Shareholder in arrear with any Call to vote,
First named of Joint-holders to vote.
94.-If more persons than one are jointly entitled to a Share or Shares, the person whose name stands first in the Register of Shareholders as one of the holders of such Share or Shares, if in Hongkong, or if absent therefrom, the person resident in Hongkong, whose name appears next on the Register, and no other, shall be entitled to vote in respect of such Share or Shares.
Votes in person or by proxy: who may be proxies.
Appointment of proxy must be deposited; how long to be in force.
96.-Votes may be given either personally or by proxy, but every proxy shall be appointed in writing, and no person shall be appointed a proxy who is not a Shareholder in the Company.
96.-THE INSTRUMENT appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office of the Company not less than Twenty-four hours before the time for holding the Meeting at which the proxy claims to vote, and all proxies shall remain in force, until notice in writing of the death of the appointor, or of the revocation of the proxy, shall be left at the Office of the Company.
97.-THE INSTRUMENT appointing a proxy may be in the form specified in Schedule B to these Presents or in such other form as the Board shall approve of.
Form of Proxy.
98.-ANY SHAREHOLDER holding a Power of Attorney from another Shareholder absent from the Colony, duly authorizing him to vote for such last mentioned Shareholder may, on production of such Power of Attorney to the Board and with the sanction of the Board, be entitled to vote for such absent Shareholder at any meeting of Shareholders.
99.-Such Powers of Attorney, as in the last preceding Article mentioned, may be in the form specified in Schedule C to these Presents.
XI-Board of Directors.
100.-THE BOARD shall consist of not less than Five nor more than Seven Directors.
101.-ANY THREE of the Board of Directors shall be a quorum.
102.-THE BOARD shall at any time, and from time to time, supply any vacancies in its number, arising from the death, resignation or absence from the Colony for a period exceeding Six Months of any of the Directors.
103.-ANY person so appointed to supply a vacancy in the Board shall, provided his appointment be confirmed, retain his office so long only as the vacating Director would have retained the same if no vacancy had occurred.
Board may fill up vacancies.
Director so appointed how long to hold office.
104.-At each Ordinary Yearly Meeting, two of the Directors for the time being, shall retire from office and two others shall be chosen in their place, the retiring members being eligible for re-election.
Two Directors to retire annually.
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