Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868

63 Provision in case of Failure of Birmingham Gun Trade to supply Vacancies.U.K.

If from any Cause whatever no Election of elected Guardians, Auditor, or Member of Registry Board take place on the Day appointed for the same, the Meeting at which any such Election ought to have been made shall stand adjourned until the same Day of the following Week, and so on from Week to Week until such Election shall take place; and the Law Clerk shall give not less than Two clear Days previous Notice of the holding of every such adjourned Meeting by Advertisement in at least Two Newspapers published in Birmingham; and in every such Case every elected Guardian or Auditor or Member of the Registry Board who, if the Election had taken place on the Day first appointed for the Meeting, would then have retired from Office by Rotation, shall continue in Office until he is re-elected, or another Person elected in his Stead, at such adjourned Meeting.