Deputy Collector may require proprietors to attend or appoint agent for the purpose of drawing lots

The Deputy Collector may, by notice, require any proprietor, in respect of whose share lots are to be drawn as provided in section 73, or section 73, to attend at the office of the Deputy Collector in person or by authorised agent, at a time to be fixed by the Deputy Collector, for the purpose of drawing lots: and may similarly require the proprietors of any shares which he may have ordered to be formed into an aggregate share for the purpose of drawing lots, jointly to appoint an agent to draw lots on their joint behalf, and if at the time fixed for drawing such lots, such proprietors have failed to agree to any such joint appointment, or fail to cause the attendance of an agent authorised to act jointly for all such proprietors, all such proprietors shall be deemed to have failed to comply with the Deputy Collector’s requisition.