And, in order that proper persons may be appointed for visiting such houses as shall be licenced and kept for the reception of Lunaticks, within the cities of _London_ and _Westminster_, and within seven miles of the same, and within the county of _Middlesex_, be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians in _London_ for the time being, at a general meeting of the said College, to be held upon the last day of _September_, or if that day falls upon Sunday, then upon the first day of _October_, in every year, shall elect Five Fellows of the said College for granting such Licences as aforesaid, within the said cities of _London_ and _Westminster_, and within seven miles of the same, and within the said county of _Middlesex_, according to the directions of this act; and the said Five Fellows, so elected, shall be and are hereby declared to be, Commissioners for granting such Licences within the limits aforesaid, for the year then next ensuing; provided that two, at least, of the said Fellows, to be so elected, shall be persons who have not acted as Commissioners for the preceding year; and that no person whatsoever shall be capable of being elected, or of acting as a Commissioner, for more than three years successively.
And be it further enacted, That in case, at any time of election there shall not be found a sufficient number of Fellows qualified or willing to act as Commissioners, the said President and Fellows are hereby required, upon every such deficiency, to elect one or more from among the Licenciates to supply the same.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as often as any of the Commissioners, to be elected as aforesaid, shall die, or refuse to act, the said President is hereby required to call a meeting of the said Fellows, within fourteen days next after such death or refusal shall be known to the said President, in order to elect a Commissioner in the room of every Commissioner who shall so die, or refuse to act; and every Commissioner so to be elected, shall be, and is hereby vested with the same power and authority, in all respects whatsoever, as the Commissioner in whose place he shall be chosen was vested with.