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XXI. The president, hereinafter in the twenty-fourth section of this Act mentioned, shall, when present, preside at all general meetings, and, in his absence, the director who shall of the directors present stand highest upon the list of directors shall take the chair; and whenever it shall happen that the votes of the members shall be equally divided, then the member presiding shall, besides his individual vote, also have a casting vote. XXII. The affairs of the association shall be intrusted to and carried on by five directors, being members of the association residing in or within ten miles of Cape Town : Provided, however, that when by death or other reason the seat of any director shall become vacant, the remaining directors shall have full power to carry on the business of the association until the board shall be again composed of five members. XXIII. The said five directors shall annually choose from among themselves a president, who shall (and in case of his absence the director next in seniority shall) preside at all their meetings, and in case of an equality of votes the president or director so presiding shall have a casting vote. XXIV. The following members shall be the first directors under this Act, that is to say : The Hon. James Christie, M.D., Jacobus Christoffel Overbeek, the Hon. Gilles Johannes de Korte, Gerhard Myburgh, and Isaac Horak de Villiers, of whom the said James Christie shall be president; and such directors shall remain in office until the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six; and thenceforth until some other directors shall be appointed in their room and stead. XXV. Upon the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, the said Jacobus Christoffel Overbeek shall go out of office as a director, and shall, unless re-elected, be replaced by another member to be chosen by the general meeting of members to be held on the last Monday in the said month of April; and upon the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, the said James Christie shall in like manner go out of office, and shall, unless re-elected, be replaced by another member to be chosen at the general meeting on the last Monday of the said last-mentioned month; and upon the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the said Gilles Johannes de Korte shall go out of office, and shall, unless reelected, be replaced by another member to be chosen as aforesaid; and upon the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the said Gerhard Myburgh shall go out of office, and shall, unless re-elected, be replaced by another member to be chosen as aforesaid; and upon the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said Isaac Horak de Villiers shall go out of office, and shall, unless, re-elected, be replaced by another member, to be chosen as aforesaid, and in like manner the senior director shall go out of office in each year, and shall, unless re-elected, be replaced by another member to be chosen as aforesaid at the annual meeting to be held as aforesaid; provided that any member elected under and by virtue of the thirtyfirst section of this Act, to supply any casual vacancy, shall, for the purpose of this section, be ranked in regard to seniority in the same place as that which was filled by the director by whom the vacancy was created. Directors vacating office as aforesaid shall be eligible to be re-elected. XXVI. No member shall be capable of being a director who shall hold any office of profit under the Colonial Government; nor shall any two members, carrying on business as copartners in any firm, or related to each other in or within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, both be capable of being directors at the same time. XXVII. The directors shall meet once in each week, and oftener if necessary, at the office of the association, in Cape Town, for the despatch of business, and three directors shall form a quorum, and all questions or matters which shall come before the directors shall be decided by a majority of votes of the directors present. XXVIII. It shall and may be lawful for any two of the directors to make and execute, for and on behalf of the directors and the association, any deed, inventory, liquidation, or distribution account, or any account, act or instrument; and every such deed, inventory, account, act, and instrument shall be as valid and effectual to and for all intents and purposes as if the same had been made and executed by all the directors for the time being. XXIX. Any director who shall cease to be a member, or who shall be absent from the board of directors for three months, except by leave of the said board, shall thereby become disqualified, and his office shall cease and become vacant: Provided that it shall not be competent for any director to sell or in any manner dispose of his share or shares, so as to cease to be a member, until he shall have obtained the consent so to do of a general meeting of the members, periodical or special, anything in the ninth section of this Act contained notwithstanding. XXX. In case any director shall become mentally incapacitated, or in case the conduct of any director shall at any time be such that his continuance in office shall appear to at least fifteen members of the association to be prejudicial to the interests of the association, and that notice thereof shall by them be given to the directors, in writing, the directors shall forthwith call a general meeting of the members for the purpose of determining whether such director shall continue in office, upon eight days' notice being given by the said directors to the said director and to the members severally, such notice to set forth the purpose for which such meeting is called; and it shall and may be lawful for the members present at such meeting, by a majority of votes, not less in number than a majority of all the members of the association at the time being, to remove such director from his office. XXXI. In case, any director shall die or desire to resign his said office, or shall be removed as aforesaid, or be or become disqualified under or by virtue of the twenty-sixth or the twenty-ninth section of this Act, the survivirig or other directors shall forthwith call a general meeting of the members for the purpose of electing a director in his place, of which meeting eight days' previous notice shall be given by the directors to the members severally, and of the purpose for which such meeting is called; and it shall and may be lawful for the members present at such meeting to elect .a director in place and stead of such director, who shall continue in office until the expiration of the