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LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFI-OE , FLEET-STJJEBTjLONDON . . December 28 , 1854 . . Notice is hereby given , that a General Meeting of Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society * Office * Pl © et- » treet , London , on FRIDAY , -the 2 nd day of February next , at Twelve o ' clock at noon precisely , pursuimt to the provisions of the Society ' s Deed of Settlement , ft * the purpose of receiving the Auditor ' s Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to theSl&t December , 1854 ; to elect Two Directors in the room of Thomas Clarke , Esq .. deceased , and Edward Lawford , Esq ., who has disqualified ^ and *> r general purposes . The Director to boehosen in the room of Thomas Clarke , Esq ., will remain in . Office until 84 th . June , 1855 . The Director to be chosen in the room of Edward Lawford , Esq ., -will remain uijoffiee until 24 th June , 1850 . By Order of the Directors , WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES , Actuary .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2074/page/23/
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