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JAS. M. OBEIOHTON, PBINTEB, COR. KINO AND BROOK ST8.
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TnE following are the BY-LAWS, RULES and
EEGULATIONS, for the management of the KINGS-
TON HOSPITAL, adopted by the Board of Govern-
ors on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty six, under the powers conferred
on them by Statute 19th and 20th Victoria, chap. 107,
sec. 6.
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Board of G;overnors.
1. A meeting of the Board of Governors shall be held '
at the Hospital on the first Saturday of every month, at
three o clock, P. M. ; these meetings shall be the ordinarv
Monthly meetings^ ' , "^
2. The Board] of Governors shall, at such monthly
naeetmgs, examine and audit all accounts against the Hos-
pital, and if found Correct, give orders for the payment of
the same by cheque, and no money or account, except for
petty expenses, shall be paid without an order from the
Board. The board shall also examine all the Books kept
by the Secretary, and the book of Orders and Directions
given by the Visiting Governors, to be appointed as here-
fttter mentioned, and approve of, or alter them as they may
insider proper, and all such orders and proceedings of the
Visiting Governors, unless especially altered by a minute
of the Board, shaU be held to have been approved of and
confirmed. *^
8. All monies received on account of the Hospital
amounting to Ten Pounds and upwards, shall be at oric^
deposited in one of the Chartered Banks, and no money
shall be withdrawn therefrom except by order of the Boani
by cheque, signed by the Chairman and Secretary. Sums
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of money not amoi^ting to Ten Pounds, shaU be paid to
the Steward, and entered by him in a petty cash boot, and
accounted for m manner specified in Rule No. 41
4. Extraordinary meetings of the Board may be call-
ed at any time by the Chairman, or on the requisition of
any three Governors to the Chairman, or in his absence to
the Secretary, and may be held at such place within the
t/ity ot Kingston, as may be deemed convenient by the
(chairman or Secretary calling the meeting.
Visiting governors.
5. At each, ordinary monthly meeting, the Board of
(jovernors shall appoint two of their number to act as Vis-
mng Governors untU the next monthly meeting, when
Uiey may either go out of office, or be re-appointed by the
6. TheVisiting. Governors shall visitthe Hospital every
day dunng the time for which they are appointed, and
shall enter their names in a Minute Book to be kept for
the purpose, whh subh observations relative to the«tate of
the Hospital as they may from time to time consider ne-
cessary.
7. They shall give all orders to the Steward for the
purchase of stores or other necessaries, or for such repaira
on the building and premises as may feom time to tinw be
required : they shall also give such further orders and di-
rections for the proper regulation and management of the
house and its inmates (not inconsistent with these rulesV
as they may see to be necessary, and shall cause all such
orders to be entered in the Minutia Book, and laid before
the Board for approval at the next monthly meeting.
8. Any Visiting Governor who is unable to attend to
his duties, by reason of absence, illness, or otherwise shall
procure some other of the Governors to attend in hia
place, and to perform his duties during his absence.
Seeretary.
9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Board of Governors, take minutes of the proceedings of
such meetings, i^nd transcribe the same into a Muute
Book to be Kept for the purpose. .
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same. . ^nug, and obtain approval of the
and after being siCTedhv^for-u-^'^^^s for approval
m^tmgB, he shaU also nottfv th. r "^ of extraordinary
?rT^£!^ oi mee^g.'^' ^°^'"^°^ ^^ ^^^ ol^S
W and Ex^S,: ofttrSut' "^r* o^tJ^e
monies received from whatevprL *?*?°' including aU
the end of each moShTand lav kT' ^"^^^ '^^ «a^e at
next monthly meeting ortgeKd^^"^^*^ before the
Medical Offieers.
of wiL'STaSr^^^^^^^ two
Medical Officere, and one of t W, ^^^'**'^ of attending
Hospital every day. * '^^^' *' ^<^, shall visit (S|
Attending Medleal Ottsmmfa
ber and for ttir«e months^fr^ ff ^„^ ^^^ of Novem
May, and such attending iSalOffl ®™^' *^ ^^t of
examine and admit or reieot^f L?®T' °f ^<^^ sh^l
commended, or mav mS?* tSr P^V^^ts who mav be^
ring the r^eijod in%£^ilj'^^'^Z^' f^^^ Z
tibey shjH also order the S.S ^K""^^^ ^ ^^^^^e :
be cured, or who may h&veh^if^^H'^*^^'^^ «s iSv
teinedin the Hospit^ bT ^'^^.^^^^^ tobe^
incurable or other^ ^luTZylt^^ ^^
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18. At each visit the Medical Officer in attendance
shall write such prescriptions, and give such directions as
he may deem necessary to the Steward, Resident Medical
Officer, Matron or Nui-ses, and shall 'prescribe a form of
diet.
19. The visiting hour shall be at eleven A. M., ;
throughout the year.
20. If any Medical Officer be prevented from attend-
ing to the duties of his office while ne is in charge, he shall
procure the attendance of some other Medical Officer of the
Instftuiion, to perform his duties in his stead.
21. No capital operation shall be performed except in
cases where delay might be dangeroijS} withbut giving
notice thereof to all the Medical Officer^ belonging to the
Hospital, nor without the concurrence <)f the majority of
tho^ present, and the nature and positi<i>n of the operaticHi
to be performed, shall also be determined in the same
manner. " , <-
22. The attending Medical Officer, or Visiting Gov-
ernors shall have power to dismiss any patient who shall
go out of the Hospital without leave, or who may be guil-
ty of drunkenness, or of profane swearing, or who shall
otherwise violate any of the Rules of the Institution ; and
no patient who has been dismissed for suih offi;ncesby any
Visiting Governor or Medical Officer, shall be re-admitted
by any other Visiting Governor or Meiiitial Officer, except
with consent of the party who dismissed him, no such pa-
tient being re-admissable without such <|ousent, excepting
by the Board of Governors.
Resident Medical Officer.
23. A resident Medical Officer shall be appointed as
soon as the circumstances of the Hospital will aamit of it,
and until such appointment, his duties, as hereinafter des-
cribed, shall be performed by the Steward as far as practi-
cable.
24. No person shall be eligible to the office of Resi-
dent Medical Officer^ unless he shall lay Itefore the Gover-
nors 8atis£Eu:to]ry testimonials of his mortl character, and
shall be a licensed practitioner or a medical student of
Queen's Colleger
26. The resident Medical Officer shiU visit the res-
pective Wards every morning, and at al!.
times when he
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may think it jiecessary^, and be prepared to report to the
attending Medical Officer, the 8tate of the patients since his
last visit and it shall be his duty to see that the. prescrip-
tions and directipns of the attending Medical Oflttcers are
regularly attenOed to, and the Medicines carefully and
promptly administered.
26. No. operation shall be performed by ,the resident
Medical OflScer, without special directions from the attend-
ing Medical Ofl&cers. to whom all eases requiring imme-
diate attention shall be at once reported.
27. In any case of a very urgent nature, the resident
Medical Officer shall give, immediate notice to the attend-
ing Medical Officer, and if he cannot h6 found, to any of •
the other Medical Officers of the Institution. .
28. He shall not have power finally to admit ^ny pa-
tient, but he may, in cases of urgency, suCh as accidents,
&c., give a patient admission in the meantime, and until
exammed and finally admitted or rejected by the attending '
Medical Officer. Nor shall he have power to dismiss a pa-
tient, but shall report any improjper ^duct, or other rea-
sons which he may conceive call for his dismissal, to the
attending Medical Officer, or to the Visiting Governors
who shall deal with such patient as they think proper
subject to the approval of the Board. '
29. He shall allow no i)atient to be removed from one
Bed or Ward to another, without the order or permission
of the attending Medical Officer. . %
30. He shall compound t^nd make up all Medicines
required for the Hospital, according lb Uie formula from
time to time prescribed by the Medical -Officers : he shall '
dehver no Medicines whiph are not ordered by the attend- A
mg Medical Officers, nor shall he permit any Aledicines to
betikin out of ]||^Hospital, excepting bv outpatients
under the directio^K the attending Medical Officer.
81. He shall rfijike up the different Medicines for the
Wards, and annex to them labels containing the names of
the patients, and the directions for takmg them, and shall
send the Medicines to the different Wards by the respective
Nurses. '^
82. He' shall have charee of all the Suivicallnstni.
ments, Medicines and materials belonging to the hospital
shall be responsible for the same, and for their good order!
88. He shall insert in the Begister under his charge'
an aocouttt of all the operations performed in the Hoepital'
Jby whom pei^)teaed| Mid ti ieiri^ul t Br — / ■ '
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ed, and of all directions as to diet, extras, &o..
#^^' 85. He shall keep a Book or. Register of all patients
adinitted into the Hospital, in which shall be inserted^their,
names, a^, countries, religions, diseases, times of admission,
name of Medical Officer admitting, distinguishing whether
pay patients or paupers, tim^ of discharj^e, whelmer otu%d,
relieved, irregular or dea(^ ; and shall draw, up amoiithly
report of the state and nuinber o:^ the patients admit^ted and
discharg^ and cause the same, with the book -or regu^er,
to 'be laid before* the Board at their regular Monthly
meetings.
86. It shall be his duty to perform all yaocinations, as.
hereinafter teqvured. '^ " .'^^ "
87. He shall tr^msaot no other posineas butthat of the
Hospital, without special permissioQ froia^ the Board of
Governors.
iSteward.
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88. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the Office
of Steward, no one shall be appointed to that office who
has not previously laid before the Board of Governors sat-
isfactory testimonials of moral character and education, and
of general fitness for the office.
89. The Stet^ard shall purchase and receive, under
the direction of the Board of (JovemoxsL or of the Visit-
ing Gt)v^:iiors for the time, all stores brought into the
Hospital j and he shall keep a stock book of the same, add-
ing all stprves purchas^, and deducting from ^me to timcL
such as have oeen 1i8|^d^iILihe house, 'so tha,t it may at m
times belseen what amount of stores of etfch k^et is actual-
ly on hand, and he shall give timely notice to the Visiting
Govera^ when spa^ of the stores are nearly expended.
40. li^Le shall aXsokeep a daily diet table,Snth a col-
umn fi^ extras, un^ the directions pf the attending Medr
jcalOwec.
41^ He shall keep P^ Books, into which shall bet-
tered Ul artides purchased' from &ose tradesmen viwx
whoiia/^ccountB xosfy be opened by order of the Bqwd, or
of the^ Vinting Governprs, and for all other articles he ahalL
oldiauii/ i^yoic^ all of which he i^aXi lay bdfore £he Board
ibijEoWh lihe SeoreUiry, onee a inontH at their regular
moodily ijoeeting, tma the Board shall audit sam^ and if
approved, give orders for payment t^eceo£
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«f fl^* ®^*^ *^ ^^^'y monthly meetinff of the Board
of Govamore, report the state^f the Hospital. anTalS^hB
W th?^rjS^ of pa^ente admitted SSr^d dS-!
a«t ^'SifS,?^!?** ?'«'™<J to take «i-
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49. He shall hang np in the hall of the Hospital the
names of *he visiting Governors for the months and of the
mbdical officers, and he shall also dailv enter m a book the
name of each medical officer and the hour of his visit.
60 He shall, immediately on the admission of patients,
take an inventory, in a book to be Ijept for the purpose, of
their clothes and other effects shall order the clothes to^
purified? if necessary, and shall be accountable for the^fe .
delivery of the same to the patients on living the Hospi-
tal, or in ease of death, to any person whom the visiting ^
Governors may. authorize to receive the same. Provided
that if theclothM of any patient are in such astate^as to ren-
der it necessary that they should be burnt, it shall be done,
if sanctioned by the attending ^^''f^'^^;.-^ ..^^
51 Ou the death of any patient, he shall giv^ irtttte*
diate notice to the medical officer under whose charge he
w^and shall instantly cause the body to be removed to
the dead hcmse.^^^^^ absent' himself from the H^pital
exceptingon duty or by permission of the Visiting Gover-
nors,
Matron.
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Matron as soon as circumstances will admit oj, i\;^ _^
54. No one at any time shall be appointed Matron nn-
ta she shall have produced unexoepti9nal te«t*°«>»"»'« J*
moral character, suavity of temper, and fitness tor the
situation.^^^ shall make repeated visits to the wards during
the day, and occasionally at night, to«ee that the wards are
im>perly attended by the n««^ »;^,f^'^'^\ t ,CS^
Sem their respective wards, and uhall report to the resi-
^a m«Kcal ofc. or to the f^^^^^^'tl^I^^^^r^
patients as ai« abwnt without leave, from their r«^aVo
™^6. She shall oversee the conduct of the V^^^^{^^
servants, and take care that the wwds, ^Pj^^®^.,^^
SotheOinen, &a. are kept clean ^^i'^l.^^J^^^y,^^
67 Sheshallhave charge of all the furmttoi<e,^bed8,
bedding and dresses, belonging to the HospitaJ iflBue4 by
Se Stewai^, aafaTas regardsV departmen^ v^j^ _
M. Shi shall report to the attending mediod oft^.
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patients or servants, or any irregularity which may occur
in the house. /
69. Slv? shall prevent any thing/being taken into the
Wards excepting what is ordered. /
60. She shall not permit any person to see any of the
patients excepting at the times ordered by the J3oard or
visitme Governors. •' c^ »
6L She shall superintend the diet of the patients, and
be particular that the said diet is. given in tibe quantitr
and at the time prescribed and nothing else.
^ 62. When a death occurs, the Matron shall imraedi-
wely report the same to the resident medical ofl&cer or
63. When a patient is seized with violent of alarminct
S°5P^"^i'*® ^^ immediately report the same to the
Medical Officer m attendance, and in his absence, to the
resident medical officer or Stewanl. ■ •
64. Immediately gfth e death of any patient, she
shall report the same W^he resident Meuical Ufficei^ or
Steward, and shall at once have the body removed to the
aead-house, and there washed and decently laid out
. Nurses.
Ttr J^: ^?^ Patients are admitted, the Nurse of the
Ward to which they are ordered, shall immediately wash
thwr feces and hands, necks, arms, feet and legs, with temd
^i ^iT'^r *^l»».\0eoeral bath, and shal? give Uem
hospilal shirts and night-caps, if they have none, and shall
deliver without delay to the Steward, their clothes, after
an mventory has been taken. ^
nm ^^' ?t^ N'lraes shall state to the attending Medical
Uffioer, at hi^ next visit, such circumstances as may tend
^ ii'^'^.u^'^''®'''^® ?**^ <*f*h« patients admitted, and
' iiJP ^""^^ *' ®**^ succeeding visit.
i»«* ■ • /■* *^ ®^®^* ®^*"^ P*''«°' being seized with vio-
jent^or alarming symptpms, they shall give immediate no-
**~^^n^to the attending M^dal oW, or in hU X
»W to t^ rgident MediSil Officer or Stewiu^
«T,-«5:'*i?^^?^^.^^^'J ordered by ^he Matron, shall
ohanoe the paU^nto^, ^inen, bed clothes anS bedding.
A^*k ^TJ^^»^*¥f wseive no Medicines «nt from the
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70. When a death occurs,- the Nittse of the "Ward
shall immediately give notice thereof to the resident Medi-
cal Officer, tynd to the Steward or Matron.
71 Th^ Nurses shall clean, and dry rub with a brush
to be provided for, the purpose, the respective Wards, at
e%ht o clock, A. M. every day in the year, and shall attend
to the vessels or utensils as often as neceasary.
72. The Nurses shall be diligent in complying with
the orders of the Medical Officers, Steward and Matron,
and shall behave with tenderness and propriety towards
the jiatients.
78. They shall pay particular attention to the patients,
supplying them with the drink as prescribed, as often as
necessary ,placinK the vessel or vessels containing incommo-
diously within their reach, aud in all cases assisting lihem
when unable to assist themselves.
74. They shall see that the patients take their medi-
cines as m^scribed.
76. They shall on no account allow anything to be
brought into the Wilrds, or given to patients except that
which is ordered.
76. They shall give immediate notice to the attending
Medical Officer, or in his abseaoe to ^he resident Medicd
Officer, Steward or Matron, when any patient shall have
violated any of the By-Laws of the Hosptal;
77. They shall take their meals in the appointed
Towns, they shall not unnecessarily leave their respective
wards when on dutv, nor shall th^ leave the Hospital
without permission m>m the Resident Medical Officer.
78. Thev shall always keep themselves deun and
respectably dothed.
Students/
79. Medical Students of Queen's College, on paying
to the funds of the Hospital a fee of one pound eurrencyr
■ball receive a ticket entitling them to attend the piaotioe
of the Htispital, while they renudi^ Stn^entt of the College;
this fee, however, is not to be exacted ftom Stndenta who
have matriculated during the present l^^onorpreTimiBlT,
who are to receive suoh ticket tew of cwrgd.
80. Students shall be permitted to be present during
the visits of the Attending Medical Officen, and to remain
in the Wards during such visits, to see the praotioe^ and
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when^Li«.-4i^lfd;"^ t^^^^ ^^-« the ^rn ataliy time,
or on an? sneSial cK?.«^n7 '^ Attending Medical Office?
to be ^Ked^rould 1? S""!" °Pfr*'«° « «»««
considerthatS^Sn^nJht^^'^M'u"^ ^^''^^ ^cer
interest of the pitienr^ ^ ''^'^'^ ^ prejudicial to the
the Mi!^nnTilhr J^'.hP'^P".''*/ ?°^ <^^o™- '"^
Kules and KegulaSona shalf »i \'' . "1^ *"^ ""^ '^e
expulsion, at thrdiJ^ttn 1<?1i,'"SJ-*^'.*° *''« t^e''*"^ of
Attending Medimi oE ,.f thJ' ^'«\*'!»« ^^^ernbi/ or
or inmate of ZuSSn "^"P^*"*^* ^^ ^^^^ «ffi<«^
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Patients.
Officers of the :^S^hI^f E? **M^* ^**»«' ^edioaf
fioaUv adnSL S^i^* t"' *^'*"' **»« Patient shall be
•dmission. *°** "P^'*^ *>J^ *»™ to b« a fit sulgeot fw
diaeaS? wWlF^®"' h»bouring under insanity, or under an v
ted whose oane and ftiJ«SrElSi^ /""^ "*^ ®»« *» •dmii-
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tenance shall oe received as paupers, and those who are
able shall pay at such rate ^er diem as may be ordered by
the Yiditing Governors, subject to approval of the Board
at their next monthly meetmg.
88. No patient shall smoke or spit in the Wards, or
on the galleries, make use of any obscene or pro&ne Ian*
guage, be guilty of swearing or other improper conduct ;
nor shall they leave the Ho.spital without the permission
of the resident Medical Officer, nor the ward in which they
have been placed, without permission of the attending
Medical Officer.
8^. The patients shall not play at cards, dice, or any
other game.
90. They ^il conduct themselves with due reqpeot to
the officers and, attendants of the Institution.
91. ifo male patient shall, under any pretence what-
ever, enter the apartments or wards for the' females, nor
shall a female patient, enter the apartments or w:ards for the
males, without express Orders from the attending Medical
Officer, resident Miedical Officer, or Steward.
92. No patient shall use, or allow their friends to bring
them any thmgwhatever, without permission of the attend^
ing Mcaicpd (Mcer.
98. Eveiy patient shall retire to bed at nine p. m. from
first May to first November, and at eight p. m. from Nov-i
ember to May, and those who are able shall rise at six a. m.
in the summer, and seven a. m. ii^ the winter.
94. Such patients as shall be considered able, shall as^
sist the nurses and other servants of the Hospital, in nurs-
ing the patients, nuiking beds, cleaning the wards,'and do-
ing such other work as the resident medical Officer may
direct ,
95. Any patients who shall not have been previously
vaomnsted, or who have not had the small-pox, shall, «&
adnussion, be forthwith vaccinated, unlosa it be fbrbiddea -
by some sufficient cause.
96. In every case where any patient, maj desii^to
have the services of a Olergyman, on such patient expresf
sing a wish to that effed to.the Stewart or Matron, it sbaU'
be the duty Of the Steward, immediately to ascertain from;
such patient, the individual OIei|urman or Clergymen of
suqh pailiOular denomination, as he may wish to see, anid!
he shall immediately seiid a note to such Olsrgjmm eiL-'
• «f ♦v,^^' ^^"^'f 'o^shall also be granted to snch Clergymen
of the yarious dertominfttions of the city, who may dSiro
Jf> to celebrate Divine Service in a room in th"lYoi?J
to be appropriated for the purpose, at such houre aa^m^t
from time to time be appointed by the Visiting Governora
at. which such officers and servants as can be- sparS aS
SdtoC^^d."™'^^'^^''"^^^"^°^' shall O^t
Po^?®;-^"^rPL**'f°' "*** conforming to the Rules and
^ QQ A{,^^r? ^^'^'^ Officer, or Visiting Governor,
ahftll hn^ l2 ^ f /"^ P*'^'®"' ^y'n? '" tl^e Hospital,
twentv fo.^r'"''''-^^ ^^^ interment^ until after the lapw of
^enty-four hours m summer, and of thirty-six in winter
Offi^ '^"'*^'' permission from the Attending mSQ
n'nl Ji?^' .7'^^*"'^ ™*J > admitted from three to five
<'^«°k daily, except on Saturdays and Sundays.
lUl. Any visitor conducting" himself or herself with
tion, shall be liable to immediate expulsion bv the Attend
ing Medical Officer Resident MediSal OffiS, or VisS
Governors, and shall not be en itled again t(^ enter thf
Institution, without the express order oFthe BoaS
Out Patients.
*i, -J^2. Advice and Medicines will be given imitia at
m. No Out Patient shall loiter about the Hosoital
S^rSIIT'^.^^r'l^'' P'^''*^*^ '^"^^ come di^ to
the place appointed for them to be received, and assooh as
l^veXS:?^S!^ ^'"^ '"^^^ ^" ^^^ ^-' ^«^^s
n 1 ^<^-*-4;"y Out Patient who shall violate anvof tU
By order bf the Boards -" / ' ,,
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The foregoing Rvlea and ReguUxttona were mib'
mitted to His Mccellency the Governor General in >
Canmcil, on (he 23r(2 day of December^ 1856, and
approved ofi
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AN ACT to amend and
laws relative to the
of the Kingston Hbspitcfl
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consolidate
as amended, the
incorporation of the Trusted
l{A«^tis» TO In JoiT, VIM.]
Ty HEEEAS it is expe<iient to amend the lawa
TTin^I^^w ® * V f^ ipcojporatibn of the TrMtees of the
jKjngston Hospital and to consolidate the same as amended-
I rJ??' f^^^ajestj by and with the advice and eon;
rnaJ.teilfe!'^''' Ck,uncil^dAs8embly^0a«yta.
J. The Act passed in the Session held in the twelfth
year of Her Majesty's Reign and intituled An Act to «W
pcrra^ thi Trustees of Out KingsUm' Hospi^l shaU be aSs
hereby repealed. mm»
*i. ^ vF'^^^^?^ *^' *^® passing of this Act.the Jtfayor of
theCityofKmgston, for the time >ing, the WawEft ^
^e United Counties of Frontenacu I^nox and Addington.
for thetime being, the Judge of the United Cpup^of
Sh«SffTk-^??°f Ti ^^^"gton. for the time feeing, Ae
Shenff of the United Counties of Frontenao, Lenn^and
Addmgton, for the time being, one of the Medical Pro^
^rs of "Queen's College" to be nominated annuaUy by the
SSS^i**'^'^*' *&"^ Sampson, ± D., the HonoraBle John
Tf^« ^^*^® Honorable John Alexander Maodcjttdd.
JohnRB-orsYtL Thomas Kirkpatrick, John WatSS!'
^es HopkirTc, Thomas Askew, John Paton, William 5
HmdaanJ James Harty, Esq^uirea and thei? raoeflBora in
the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be, within the
toeamng of^^he "Itrf^reitotipn Act," A bodPoorponue. bv
flie n^me of the " Qtnrernors of thi KingMon iSStf*^ -
\?lSTh *¥^' ^'i^ t^lPoteiB by tie saidlSliii.
tioned Act conferred upon bodies odrpoiate or Corpoifttfbni.
have power to hold the said HospitaTand all the land Md
jte:g^Ygtedln_%e Truste es p^^hs^ j^
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the Act hereby repealed or in any manner whatsoever, all
which and all property now vested in the Trustees of the
said Hospital, shall be and are hereby vested in the Corpo-
ration as hereby constituted, whicn shall in law bo the
same Corpc ration with that created by the Act above cited
and repealed, and shall and may be capable bf receiving,^
taking and holding from Her Majesty, or from any person
or persons, or any body corporate or politic, by grant, dc"
vise or otherwise, any lanas,*or interest in lands, or any
goods, chattels or effects, which Her Majesty^ or any such
Serson or persons, body corporate or politic, may bo
esirous of granting or conveying to them for the use and
support of the said Hospital, or for the endowment thereof.
IIL The eleven persons named aforesaid, and any per-
son who may have pawJ, or may hereafter pay th6full sum
of twenty -five pounds towards the support or endowment
of the l^ospital, and cqpitinue to py thereafter, the sum of
one pound yearly, on or before the first day of November
in each year, shall be and are hereby made Governors of
the said ^sroital ; and the ufor^mentioned eleven persons
shall holdbmce during life ; and the Governors other thaa
the eleven persons aforesaid shall hold office so long, as their
annual subscriptions shall be regularly paid.'
IV; If any one of tBe sjuid eleven Governors^ shall die,
remove fi^m the county, resign office, or become incapable
of acting from an^ cause, his said office shall thereby be-
come vacant, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to
the Board of Governors (to be appointed as hereinafter
provided,) to communicate, such fact to the Governor of
this Provmoe. '
"V". In the event of any vacancy, as in the last section
mentioned, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor of
this Province, in Council, to supply the sjud vacancy
within three months after the Secretary shall communicat]^
. asl aforesaid, the fact of such vacancy, and if the said
vajcanby be not supplied by the Governor in Council with-
in \ha period aforesaid, it shall be lawM for the Board of
Oovernors, to proceed, at their first Annual Meetinc there-
after, to the election, by ballot, of pne Governor to fill each
•lOM^ vacancy as aforesaid. s ;,. •;.. i;; >; /; ,;.,«*
YI- It shall and may be lawfiil for the Board of Govern
ho^ feo m time^^Q^ 4iffi%4& mak ft JBy-^ ^^^ ^
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the admiflsion into, and for the internal management and
regulation of the said Hospital, or for the leasing oee man-
agement of such of the lands or property of the said Hos-
pital as may not be required for the immediate use thereof,
and eenerally to make such By-laws and Rules for the in-
ternal management and regulation of the said Hospital, a?
shall to them seem meet and expedient ; Provided always, '
that such By-Laws or Rules shall be laid before the Gov-
ernor of thia Proviffce, in Council, for his approval, within
thirtj^days after the same shall have been made or adopt-
ed, and may be by him disallowed within one month after
the Siime shall be received when transmitted by the said
Board of Governors ; And provided always, that if no
notification of approval or disapproval be received by the
said Board within one month after the same shall "have
been transmitted to the Governor in Council, then such
By-laws and Ilules shall be deemed to have been approved,
aud shall, then forthwith be in force.
Vir. Any five of the said Governors shall form a quorum
for the transaction of business.
VIII. The annual general meeting of the Board of
Governors shaUrbe held on the first Monday of November
in eaxjh and every year: The first meeting to be held on
Wednesday, the fifth dav of November, in the year onethou-
sand eight hundred and. fifty-six.
IX. The said Governors shall at each Annual Meeting
to be held as aforesaid, appoint a Chairman to hold office
fbr the then ensuing year; the Chairman of the preceding
year shall hold office till the appointment of his successor
X. The said Board of Govemora. shall have power to
appoint a Secretary and such other*f)ffioers for the proper
management of the Hospital as they shall consider necessary,
with power to remove the said Secretary or any such officer
at pleasure, and to appoint another or others in his or their
places. ;, ^
XI. It shall be the duty of the Clerk or^ Seoretaiy^ to
attend all meetings of the Board and to keep minutes of
their prooeedinm, and to communioate vaoauoies as heiein-
before provided, an^' generally to perform such othei'
duties as may bo prescribed by the Bpard in a By-law for
regulating his office.
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I VK?W(, Uk ^ood, sale and ^^dent iecUritiep, .
m^|ijj§B^KqVia^ ^ijgr time coine into their handa,
l^,^.-^ ^ Bvgm^ of the said HospitaJ, whiph nmv
^ jte Ija^UiJeA fi^t the i^un^diate e3^i>enditute of the saine ;
>«JK — ^1^ ^ time, j^h^n required bo to do by the
|fiQuB Province, to render an account in d^tiul
reqeiyedby them, as Governors 6f the said
ifynig the SQiirce* fj^ni which the same hay^
tt^liwy'pjf lij^ VBceived, and the manner in which the s^e
^e ijMi inyi^ted or expended, and all such jM^rticulars
jwpM^be peceB^ to s^iew thd state of the funds oren-
^Vran^t,ifW»o?the8aiaHa^ and the said Board
"* "^"^ ^ -i-i» pleo Iji^ji^Juaiki^a. statement 'of "the •
,^l;S^rtbpt^p:otvip9ttiieI*g^ :
, . ^ . fix^ the conmiexioemeiiLt of eaqu sessioa.
. , , ^y ., , . ,.. , _^^_ said Bo^ of Govemork by tlie. corporate
V nam^'aferesaid, shall have, in adcUtibn to the powers co^- '
^feraed bv the " Interpretation Act" aforesaid, power ixf'
dirtcain pr any i^t qr rents of aay kndaor buiMing^ or
any account wnatever, and .to dJiaMwin fpr jpenta when th^
|nme are in arrear and unpaid, and to alpt in all matters
toi^cl^^ l^he bollebtioii and oohtrol of the mnds of ihe said
Hbffie^ Mid the management and disposinbn of any lands
%^0iigihg to i&e same, as shall appear to them to be moM
Ittd¥eto'thi9itttefe8tec(thesaidnospitea. V
XIY. It shall and m«j^ be lawfiil ibr any Bfedioal
,vAqt^ in the saiii, City oi Kinij^tQu to vii^t the wards of
-^^al^ j^oi^iti^ and attend the^tipon the bayment of such
" --^ 'i|i(Ed^ s)).ch regttlaiaioQs aticl ins&uctions as the
,.^^^,^yj^i,e*«b7ernors shian an4 may by any By-law
m>m Qine to time direct and appoint, ana with the sanction
«f-ai«.Mte»dirtg M<«^iod Oajoeip. V r,^^.j^
• .'tS9|. ^iSTiotha the xepeiyt of tiie Act1ierdint)ef<»e repealed,
IMor/llift ohatige hereby mfme in jthe ooipqi^te name of or
-inihe iMunpoeitlen <^ ^JO^^jii^pn. th^liy constituted
«&dilieraby oonttiiiied, f^l in any wise a^^^
■■ any procesdings heretofore bona fide made or had puinmaiD^
to the provisions of the said Act, or any ot^er Act relatlnfr
.-i^i^smii mA^mtptm^im Aot sh^ ap^ to ihip i&ll
ttu^g^^erev^r the ^rbvisiona of this Act are inopnsii^^
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