82. At any annual or special general meeting held in the course of the purchase of shares and before the cancellation of the capital stock, the directors elected by the insured are entitled, in addition to their votes as shareholders, to a number of additional votes equal to the number of shares purchased by the company; these additional votes shall be apportioned as equally as possible among these directors, and any remainder shall be allotted to that director among them designated by the board of directors.