Shanghai Rate-payers, in public meeting assembled on the Gth May, 1
Present:—G. F. Seward, Esq., in the chair; Messrs. G. B. Dixwell, 55; J. Anderson, 8; S. J. G. Jellicoe, 3; W. Rome, M.S. Gubbay, 13; W. Cameron, 2; 'H. Evans, 2; F.'G. Walsh, 1; G. Ford, F. H. Parker, 3; S._H. Clarke, 1; R. Francis, 12; Thos. Hanbury, 10; Brand, 3; J. L. Hammond, 1; C. E. Kofod, 2; AK. Dyer, 1; Thos. W. Kingsmill, 1; A. Zimmer, 2; R. Schlik. 1; Bisset, 6; M. Coryell, 1;.R. S. Gundry, 1; J. B. Tootal, 1; 'H. P. Hans sen, 10; J. Dent, 2; J. F. Twombly, C. 'T. Jones, 1; E.' Henderson, 1; Nils Moller, 1; W. Muirhead, 1; R. T: Rennie, 1; R.' Nelson, 2; W. Pearson, 2; 'A! Krauss, 1; Jos. Thorne, 3; E. Iveson, 1; H. Long, 1; S. C. Farnham, Harwood, 2; E. J. Hogg, 5; J. Dow, Hardy 2; A. Davenport, 1; F. Nissen, 1} E. Frazar, 1; W. Birt, 1; E. H. Lavers, 5; J. Bradfield, 1; H. Hancock, 1; F.C: Sibbald, 1; R.A. Jamieson, 1; CH. Smith, 2; W.N. Robinson, 1; J. Miller, 3; TY. Yates, 1; C. M. Donalson, 1.
Mr. Dixwett observed that this was ageneral meeting of Rate-payers called under article IX. of the Land Regulations. "In article XV. it was mentioned that one-third part of all the qualified voters must be present or represented, that there must be a there appeared to be 110 such provision, 50 uorum of one-third part. In article IX.
that an annual general meeting of wliatever number of voters might deal with the matters which such meeting is competent to deal with. Under article XV. mentioned, there was a provision that the Chairman of each meeting shall be the senior Consul present; under articleIX. there was no such Tequirement—and the latter article had in this respect been acted on at the previous meeting—it allowed the meeting to elect any Rate-payer for its Chairman, He would propose therefore Res. 1.—That one of their most prominent Rate-payers, Mr, George F. Seward, should take the chair in his capacity as a Rate-payer. Asto the first point on which he had spoken he might as well state, however, that there was fully one-third of the competent voters represented, so that even if there should be any question as to article IX., there would still be a quorum under article XV.
The proposal having been seconded by Mr. AxvERsox, and approved, The Cuatrway took his place, and. said the first business of the meeting, under the Rulles of Procedure now in force, was to ascertain whether one-third of the number of Rate-payers were represented. They had the report of the Chairman of the Council that they were, so could proceed. The next business, the election of a Chairman, had already been decided. The next was the election of a Secretary, and he should proposo—Res. IL—That Mr. Lloyd be requested to act as Secretary to the meeting.
This having been seconded by Mr. Drxweutand carried, A
'The Crarrwax said the business that would now come before the' meeting had been notified inthe public papers. The Secretary would now read the notice calling the meeting.
it. Drxwe1i, proposed, and Mr, ANDER-sox seconded, Res. IIL—That as it had appeared in the public papers, and the time of the meeting was Precious, the notice should be taken as read, Agreed.
The Cuarrwax said the reading should then be dispensed with, At the last meeting a resolution adopting Rules of Procedure was passed. At a subsequent point in the proceedings, however, the Council were requested to draw up a more carefully digested Code. That Code had been drawn up by the Council, and with the consent of the meeting might as well be dealt with at once. "These Rules had been published also in the public prints, and under the Rules of Procedure adopted at the last meeting it was necessary to read them to-day.. In looking over them, it had occurred to him that two points might be changed with advantage. The first occurred in Rule 4. That Rule read "Before the Chairman can declare the meeting formally constituted under the provisions of the Land Regulations, the Secretary of the Council shall annotinee that the requisite member of Rate-payers are present or represented and. have registered their votes." It had been stated by the Chairman of the Council that it did not seem necessary that one-third of the Rate-payers should be present at the general meeting. He quite agreed in their opinion and peoposed—
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