Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Hudsons Bay Company | Page 3

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being, or the greater Part of them present at any publick Assembly
commonly called, The Court General to be holden for the said
Company, the Governor of the said Company being always one, from
time to time to elect, nominate and appoint one of the said Company to
be Deputy to the said Governor; which Deputy shall take a corporal

Oath, before the Governor and three or more of the Committee of the
said Company for the time being, well, truly, and faithfully to execute
his said Office of Deputy to the Governor of the said Company, and
after his Oath so taken, shall and may from time to time, in the Absence
of the said Governor, exercise and execute the Office of Governor of
the said Company, in such Sort as the said Governor ought to do. AND
FURTHER WE WILL and grant by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs
and Successors, unto the said Governor and Company of Adventurers
of England, trading into Hudson's Bay, and their Successors, that they,
or the greater part of them, whereof the Governor for the Time being,
or his Deputy, to be one, from time to time, and at all Times hereafter,
shall and may have Authority and Power, yearly and every Year,
between the first and last Day of November, to assemble and meet
together in some convenient Place, to be appointed from time to time
by the Governor, or in his Absence by the Deputy of the said Governor
for the Time being, and that they being so assembled, it shall and may
be lawful to and for the said Governor or Deputy of the said Governor,
and the said Company for the Time being, or the greater Part of them
which then shall happen to be present, whereof the Governor of the said
Company, or his Deputy for the Time being to be one, to elect and
nominate one of the said Company, which shall be Governor of the said
Company for one whole Year, then next following, which Person being
so elected and nominated to be Governor of the said Company, as is
aforesaid, before he be admitted to the Execution of the said Office,
shall take a corporal Oath before the last Governor, being his
Predecessor or his Deputy, and any three or more of the Committee of
the said Company for the Time being, that he shall from time to time,
well and truly execute the Office of Governor of the said Company, in
all Things concerning the same; and that immediately after the same
Oath so taken, he shall and may execute and use the said Office of
Governor of the said Company, for one whole Year from thence next
following. And in like Sort We will and grant, That as well every one
of the above named to be of the said Company or Fellowship, as all
others hereafter to be admitted, or free of the said Company, shall take
a corporal Oath before the Governor of the said Company, or his
Deputy for the Time being, to such Effect as by the said Governor and
Company, or the greater part of them, in any publick Court to be held

for the said Company, shall be in reasonable and legal Manner set
down and devised, before they shall be allowed or admitted to trade or
traffick as a Freeman of the said Company. AND FURTHER WE
WILL and grant by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
unto the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, That the
said Governor, or Deputy Governor, and the rest of the said Company,
and their Successors for the Time being, or the greater Part of them,
whereof the Governor or Deputy Governor, from time to time, to be
one, shall and may from time to time, and at all Times hereafter, have
Power and Authority yearly, and every Year, between the first and last
day of November, to assemble and meet together in some convenient
Place, from time to time to be appointed by the said Governor of the
said Company, or in his Absence by his Deputy; and that they being so
assembled, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor or
his Deputy, and the Company for the Time being, or the greater Part of
them, which then shall happen to be present, whereof the Governor of
the said Company, or his Deputy for the Time being to be one, to elect
and nominate Seven of the said Company, which shall be a Committee
of the said Company, for one whole Year from then next ensuing,
which Persons being so elected and nominated to be a Committee of
the said Company as aforesaid, before they be admitted to the
Execution of