XVI. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That the several By-laws, Ordinances, Rules and Constitutions, made and established for the Regulation and Government of the said United Company or Corporation, so far as the same do not relate to or concern the Art or Science of Surgery, and which on the said twenty-third Day of _June_ shall be subsisting and in Force, and shall not be repealed, annulled or abrogated by virtue of this present Act, shall continue and be in Force, and shall be exercised, observed and executed by the said Company of Barbers established and incorporated by this Act, until such Time and Times respectively as the same By-laws, Ordinances, Rules and Constitutions shall respectively be repealed, annulled and made void, by Virtue and under the Authority of this present Act.
XVII. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master and Governors of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of _London_ shall be yearly elected and chosen on the second _Thursday_ in _August_, by the Court of Assistants, or the major Part of them, or in such Manner as by the By-laws, Rules, Orders and Constitutions of the same Company or Corporation shall be ordained or provided; and that when and as often as any Member of the said Court of Assistants of the said Company of Barbers shall happen to die or be removed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving Members of the said Court of Assistants, or the major Part of them, to nominate and elect one other Person, being a Freeman of the same Company, to be a Member of the said Court of Assistants, in the Room of the Person so deceased or removed; and the Person so nominated or elected shall continue in, hold and exercise the said Office for and during his natural Life, or until he shall be removed out of the same.
XVIII. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master, Governors and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of _London_, hereby made, established and incorporated as aforesaid, and their Successors, and all Persons who shall be free of the same Company or Corporation, shall and may from time to time, and at all Times for ever hereafter, have, hold and enjoy all and every such and the same Liberties, Privileges, Franchises, Powers and Authorities, as the said United Company or Corporation, with respect to every Thing but Surgery, and the Members of the said United Company, occupying the Feat or Craft of Barbery or Shaving, could or might respectively have had, held and enjoyed by virtue of the said recited Act of Union or Incorporation, and Letters Patents of his late Majesty King Charles the First, and other the Royal Grants, Charters and Patents therein respectively mentioned and referred to, so far as the same do not concern or relate to the Art and Science of Surgery; and that in as full, ample and beneficial Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been expressly repeated, set down, and enacted in and by this present Act.