From rHE"NoRTH-CHINA Dairy News" or June 8, 1871
A letter has been drawn up for submission to the Foreign Consuls, respecting the last weakness discovered in the interpretation of the Land Regulations. Rule IX speaking of Ratepayers' Meetings, says "it shall be competent to such meeting, duly assembled, or a majority thereof, including proxies for absent PNEU At the meetings which have pens and' taken place since the new Regulations came im force, proxies for any Rave been allowed. The present letter argues that this was nct the intention of the clause, and we think the signatories are clearly right. Only absent owners of land, unable to attend. the "meeting, are LEAS, 19 be represented By attorneys niter to, Ve et Was a Shanghai can go to the meeting them-Shanes Sam s summate, actoplanes power Met proc" wi a special object.
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