And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor, Aldermen, Eight and forty Persons, and such other Charitable Persons elected and constituted, as is herein mentioned and expressed, for the time being, shall for ever hereafter in Name and Fact, be one Body Politic and Corporate in Law, to all Intents and Purposes, and shall have a perpetual Succession, and be called by the Name of The Governor, Deputy-Governor, Assistants, and Guardians of the Poor in the said City of _Bristol_; and that they shall be enabled to Plead and Sue, and to be Sued and Impleaded by that Name, in all Courts and Places of Judicature within this Kingdom; and by that Name shall and may, without License in Mortmain, Purchase, Take, or Receive any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, of the Gift, Alienation or Demise of any Person or Persons, who are hereby, without further Licence, enabled to transfer the same, and any Goods and Chattles whatsoever, for the Use and Benefit of the Corporation aforesaid. And for the better governing of the said Corporation, the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Eight and forty Persons, or the Majority of them, shall have, and hereby have Authority to meet on the Nineteenth Day of _May_ next following, in St. _George’s Chapple_ in the said City, or in some other convenient Place there, and shall on that Day, or any other Day or Time, that to them shall seem convenient, Elect and Constitute out of and from amongst themselves, the several Officers following (that is to say) one Governor, one Deputy-Governor, one Treasurer, and twelve Assistants, to continue in the said Office for one Year, and no longer; and from thenceforth the said Governor, Deputy-Governor, Assistants, Treasurer, and other Officers, shall Yearly, and every Year, by the said Mayor, Aldermen, Forty-eight Persons, and such other charitable Persons as shall be Elected and Constituted as is herein mentioned and expressed, or the Majority of them, be Elected and Constituted out of and from amongst themselves, on the Second _Thursday_ in the Month of _April_, or any other Day or Time, as they shall think convenient, to continue in their respective Offices for one Year and no longer; and the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Forty-eight Persons, and such other Charitable Persons that shall be Elected and Constituted, as herein mentioned and expressed, for the Time being, or the Majority of them, shall have Power, in case of the Death of any such Officer so Elected and Constituted, before the said Year expired, to Elect and Constitute others in their Room, to hold the said Office for the Remainder of the said Year, and shall have Power and Authority at any Time or Times, for just Cause, to remove, displace, and put out any such Officer out of his said Office, and to Elect and Constitute another in his Room.