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Page The Original Charter, v — x7 The Amended Charter — Preamble, 3 Who shall be members of Corporation, 4 What Real Estate the Corporation may acquire, 4 Who shall be Life Governors, 4 Who shall be elected Governors, and of vacancies among them,. ... 5 Election of President and Vice-President, term of office, Stc, 6 Governors may appoint Officers, administer affairs of Corporation,. . 6 President, &c., not to take an Oath of Office, 7 Quorum of Governors, 7 Present By-Laws continued, 7 Governors may make By-Laws, repeal, or amend them, 7 Proviso, 7 Corporation to make Returns to the Legislature, 8 The By-Laws, 9 Of the Election of Governors, 9 Of the Governors, 10 Of the President and Vice-President, 11 Of the Treasurer and Secertary, 12 Of the Committee of Management, 14 Of the Medical Board, 15 Of the House Surgen, 16 Of the Apothecary, 18 Of the Students attending the Hospital, 18 Of the Admission of Patients, 19 Form of CertiBcate for the Admission of Paupers, 21 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Pay-Patients, 21 Of Vaccination, 22 Of the Penalty of receiving any Fee or Reward, 22 Of the Interment of Paupers and Emigrants , 23 Of Filling up Vacancies in Medical Board, 23 Of Altering and Repealing Bj-Laws, 23 LP M 1 6 "^ ^ THE CHARTER, Granted 30th January, 1823. DALHOUSIE, Governor. GEORGE the FOURTH, by tie Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^ King, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting : Whereas our loving subjects, John Richardson, Wil- liam McGillivray, and Samuel Gerrard, Esquires, of our City of Montreal, by their humble Petition presented to Petition of our Right Trusty and Right Well Beloved Cousin, fjJ'^J'"^' George, Earl of Dalhousie, our Captain-General and WiUtam Governor-in-chief in and over Our Province of Lower ^d'samuS Canada, and read in Council for the said Province, on ^«"Y^ the ninth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one ^^ thousand eight hundred and tweuty-two, did, among other things in substance set forth that there had been a subscription set on foot by them for the purpose of erect- ing a General Hospital in our said City of Montreal ; and that sundry public spirited persons, influenced by prin- ciples of benevolence, have liberally subscribed towards the same ; that, from the manifest utility of such an Hospital, further contributions and donations may be expected, if there be an assurance of permanency to the Institution, and means provided for the management of its concerns ; that very considerable progress has been made towards the object in contemplation, by thepurchase of a spacious lot of ground in a central situation, in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of the said City, whereon is erecting a large building, for the body or centre part of the said Hospital, and susceptible of extension hereafter \>y wings upon a regular plan, which building is now in a state of advancement towards completion, that promises Which. In considera- tion ofiU beneficial tendency, is granted. Members of the Corpo- ration named. eventual bucccbb if a Chnrter of Incorporation be obtained; and, therefore, the Petitioners humbly prayed for Our Letters Patent forming a Corporation for the purposes aforesaid : NOW WE taking into our Royal considera- tion, the beneficial tendency of such un Institution, within our said City, calculated for relieving the distres- ses of the indigent, and preserving the lives of many useful members of the community, arc graciously pleased to grant the said humble request of our said loving sub- jects : KNOW YE, therefore, that We, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, given, granted, ordained, constituted and appointed, and, by these presents, for Us, our Heirs and SuccessorB, do will, give, grant, ordain, constitute and appoint, that Thomas Naters, John Molson, John Richardson, Wil- liam McGillivray, Samuel Gerrard, John Forsyth, Fre- derick William Ermatinger, David Ross, Thoinus Phil- lips, Thomas Torrance, John Try, George Garden, Geo. Auldjo, Thomas Thain, ;Robert Gillespie, Benaiah Gibb, John Molson the younger, Thomas Molson, Wil- liam Molson, Isaac Winslow Clarke, William Hutchinson, CaniefFislier, Henry McKenzie, Charles William Grant, James Millar, Archibald Norman McLeod, Alexander Skakel,JohnTorrance,JoHephChapman, Thomas McCord, Angus Shaw, James Leslie, George MoJBFutt, James Reid, Robert Froste, William M. Porter, Charles Brooke, Reverend John Bethune, David David, John Fleming, Samuel Gale, Kicnard McGinnis, James Stuart, Alexan- der Thain, Charles R. Ogden, Thomas Busby, Abner Bagg, Charles F. Bancroft, John Blain, Joseph Becket, William Caldwell, Henry Corse, Jacob DeWitt, Jabez DeWitt, Reverend Henry Esson, Horatio (Jates, Fre- derick Gonnerman, John Jones, William Kaycs, Adam L. McNider, James B. Prime, Andrew Shaw, Isaac Shay, John Wragg, James Woolrich, Zabdiel Thayer, William Stomm, James Dunn, John G. Beck, Alexan- der Henry, Francis Metzler, William Lun n, Charles Willard, Peter McGill, Kenneth Dowie, Janies Logan, Reverend James Somerville, David Handy side, Josfph Shuter, Henry Loedel, Levy B. Boruck, Hoycs Lloyd, Nahum Mower, Peter Mcintosh, Alexander Mabbut, Andrew Malcolm, Robert McGinnis, John McKenzie, Joseph Nickless, Cornelius Oakes, Jason C. Pierce, George Pyke, Donald Robertson, Michael Scott, Ste- phen Sewell, John Spragg, William Spragg, F. D. Stro- ^^K vU a/- then, Luther Santell, Henry Solomon, John Simmons, Herman Seaveni, Ralph Taylor, John Jeflfrey, Arthur Webster, Albert Ware, George Wurtele, Olirer Wait, Andrew White, Charlea Wagener, Guy Warwick, Ed- ward Woolrich, Benjamin 8. Solomon, T. R. Willard, Kenneth Walker, Andrew Allan, Robert Armour, Wil- liam Annesly, Thomas Blackwood, John Brown, James Brown, Stanley Bagg, Abraham Bunburry, William Bin- ley, William Bent, J. T. Barret, James Clark, John Clarke, James B. Campbell, James Carsuel, Benjamin Clamp, James A. Dwight, George Davies, Peter W. Dease, Robert Drummond, John Fellows, John Finlay, Thomas French, Archibald Ferguson, James Forster, William Forbes, James C. Grant, William Gr^-, Chris- tian C. Gunlack, Henry Griffin, Nahum Hall, Benjamin Hart, Alexander Hardie, Robert Harwood, John Har- wood, James Henry, Rukard Hurd, James Hughes, John P. Hogg, Charles Hoofstetter, Benjamin Hall, Isaac Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Nicholas Kurczyn, and all such other persons who have contributed, or shall hereafter contribute to the Institution, by a donation re- spectively of five pounds, current money of the Province of Lower Canada, or upwards of five pounds, and who shall regularly continue to pay annually towards its sup- port not less than one pound of such money, shall be and become members of the Society and Corporation hereby erected, and forever hereafter shall, by virtue of these presents, be one Body Politic and Corporate, in deed, fact and name forever ; and We will, give, grant and ordain, that they and their successors, " The Society of the Montreal General Hospital," by the same name shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall and may by the same name, be persons capable in the law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all Courts and elsewhere, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands whatsoever, as fully and amply as any other of Our liege Subjects of Our Province of Lower Canada may or can do by any law- ful ways and i)\eans whatsoever ; and that they and their successors, by the same name, shall forever hereafter be persons capable and able in the law to purchase, take, hold, receive and enjoy to them and their successors any messuages, tenements and real estate whatsoever, and all other hereditaments of whatsoever quality they be, in Wliat con- tribution shall conBti* tute a Member. And incor- porated. Name. To have perpetual succession. Capable to sue and be sued. To hold es- tates, VIU provided the clear yearly value doet not ex- ceed £1000 ourrenvy. To lease and sell eiitates. To have a seal. The Corpo- ration shall complete the present building, which will be called "The Mont- real General Hospital." Governors for life, those who contribute 1 £26,ormore, and pay an- nually £3 or more. fee simple, for term of life or lives, or in any other manner howsoever ; and also any goods, chattels and personal estate whatsoever ; provided always, that the clear yearly value of the said real estate doth not, at any time, exceed the sum of one thousand pounds lawful money of our Province of Lower Canada, above all out- goings, and reprise, and that they and their successors, by the same name, shall have full power and authority to give, grant, sell, lease, demise and dispose of the said real estate and hereditaments whatsoever, for life, or lives, or years, or forever ; and also all goods, chattels and personal estate whatsoever, at their will and pleasure, as they shull judge to be most beneficial and advanta- geous for the good and charitable ends and purposes above mentioned ; and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors, forever hereafter, to have a Com- mon Seal to serve for the causes and business of them and their successors ; and the same seal to change, al- ter, break and make new, from time to time, at their will and pleasure ; and our Royal will and pleasure is, that, when our said Corporation hereby erected, shall, by the generous donations of the benevolent, or other- wise, have sufficient funds, they shall complete the pre- sent building and offices, erecting in the said Saint Lawrence Suburbs for the said Hospital, and shall ex- tend the same by wings, or otherwise, so as to render the said General Hospital in all respects as perfect as may be, for the purposes of the Institution, which We will shall forever hereafter be called " The Montreal General Hospital ;" and that it shall and may be lawful for our said Corporation, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to erect, for their use and convenience, any other house, houses or buildings whatsoever ; but not for other purposes than those of the said Hospital ; and for the better carrying into execution the purposes aforesaid, our royal Will and pleasure is, and We do hereby for Us, our Heirs and Successors, give and grant to "The Society for the Montreal General Hospital," and their successors forever, that there shall be forever here- after, belonging to our said Corporation, as many Go- vernors for life of the said Hospital, as there shall be persons who have contributed, or shall contribute there- to, by donation respectively, twenty-five pounds, or up- wards, lawful money of our said Province, with an an- nual payment each of three pounds, or more, like mo- !! ther and the wful out- al- ney ; and there shall be thirteen other Oovomors there- of, viho flhali bo annually elected, in manner hereinafter prescribed, from among thoB(t persons who have contri- buted, or shall contribute to the Institution, under twen- ty-five pounds, money above siiid, and not less than ten pounds, with an annual payment thereto of two pounds, or more, like money, which persons so oontributing, and paying, are hereby declared qualified to be elected Go- vernors ; which Governors for life, and those so elected shall appoint, out of their number, one President and one Vice-President ; and also, out of their number, or otherwise, one Treasurer and one Secretary, and shall conduct and manage the affairs and business of the said Hospital and Corporation for the ensuing year, in man- ner as hereafter is declared and appointed ; and for the more immediately carrying into execution our Royal will and pleasure herein, We do hereby assign, consti- tute and appoint the {dbresaid Thomas Naters, John Molson, John Richardson, William McGillivray, Sa- muel Gerrard, John Forsyth, Frederick William Er- matinger, David Ross, Thomas Phillips, Thomas Tor- rance, John Try, George Garden, George Auldjo, Thomas Thain, Robert Gillespie, Benaiah Gibb, John Molson the younger, Thomas Molson, William Molson, Isaac W. Clark, Alexander Skakel, "Daniel Tlsher, Henry McKenzie, Charles W. Grant, Archibald N. MoLeod, John Torrance, Joseph Chapman, Thomas McCord, James Reid, Angus Shaw, James Leslifi, and George Moffatt, to be the present Governors of the said Hospital and Corporation, whereof the aforesaid John Richardson to be the President, and the aforesaid John Molson to be the present Vice-President, the aforesaid Samuel Gerrard to be the present Treasurer, and the aforesaid Alexander Skakel to be the present Secretary of our said Corporation, hereby erected ; which said President, Vice-President, Governors, Treasurer and Secretary, shall hold, possess, and enjoy their said re- spective oflSces, until the first Tuesday in May next, ensuing, when the same shall cease and determine, as to this appointment ; but continue, as to those aforesaid, who are created Governors for life ; and for keeping up the succession in the said offices, our Royal will and pleasure is, and We do, hereby, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, establish, direct, and require of, and give and grant to the said Society of the Montreal General Gnremon elected. theM who contribute Inn than £20, and not under £10, and par annually £2, or more. A Prrsldent and Vice- PrcHidont. A Treasurer and Secre- tary. First Gover- nors of the Corpora- tion First Pre- sident.Vice- PrcHident, Treasurer, and Secre- tary, named, who remain in otBco until thelstTues day in May, 1823. And for keeping up a 8UCCP8- sion, the So- ciety is to meet for the election of OmMfs, on the flrat liiesday in May an< nualhr, of which no- tice Co he given in the newspapera ■eren dayat the votes to be in thu ratio of the contribu- tions, by ballot, or otherwise ; to elect thir- teen Gover- nors. The number of Gover- nors, inclu- diuK those for life, not to be less than twenty Biz. Out of the Governors, a President and Vice- President to becliosen. The Gover- nors toenter upon their offlccB im- mediately, and remain in oSico for one year, or till others be chosen in their stead. In case of the death, removal, re- fusal, or ne- glect of offi- cers, others to be chosen in their stcaxl by the Gov- ernors, Hospital, and their Suceessora forever, that on the daid first Tuesday in May now next ensuing, and yearly, and every year forever thereafter, on the same day, (wher©* of pnblio notice of the hour, and place of meeting, shall be given in one or more of the Newspapers published in Montreal, at least seven days before,) they and their successors, the Members of the said Hospital and Cof>- poration, contributing and paying as aforesaid, shall meet at the said Hospital, or at some other convenient place, in our said City of Montreal, to be fixed and as* certained by some of the By-laws or Regulations of onf said Corporation, and there by the majority of such of them as shall so meet, reckoning their votes in the ratio of the contributions actually paid ; but so as that nO' member of the Society or Corporation shall have more than ten votes, shall by ballot, or in such other manner and form as shall be directed by any of the By-laws of Regulations of our said Corporation, elect and choose thirteen of their members, qualified as aforesaid, to be Governors, or whensoever the number of Governors for life, then resident at Montreal, shall be under thirteen, then such an addition shall be made to the number, so to be elected Governors, as to make the whole number thereof (those so resident inclusive) twenty-six, which Members of the Society and Corporation, so qualified and elected, shall be Governors of our said Hospital and Corporation for the ensuing year, and with the President and Vice-President, by them appointed, shall immediate- y bater upon their respective offices and duties, and hold, exercise, and enjoy the same respectively, from the time of such elections and appointments, for and during the space of one year, and until other fit persons shall be elected and appointed in their respective places accord- ing to the Laws and Regulations aforesaid ; and in case any of the said persons so elected, and appointed to the respective offices above said, or who shall be hereafter elected and appointed thereto, shall die, or be removed from such offices respectively, before the time of their' respective appointed services shall be expired, or refuse or neglect to act in and execute the office for which he or they shall be so elected and appointed, then our Royal will and pleasure is, and We do hereby, direct, ordain and require, that the other Governors of our said Corporation shall appoint a member or members thereof, duly qualified, in the place and stead of him or them so |i, XL ihal) in beir or-- lent as* ant h of ratio i no dying, removed or reftising or neglediing to act, within !?Jj*¥"^ thirty days next after such contingency, who shall serve after wicS^' until, the first Tuesday in May next following : and we ^|'"ngen- do hereby will and direct, that this method shall for ever after be used for filling up all vacancies in the said offices between the annual elections above directed ; and our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, direct, ordain and require that every Every offl- Presidcnt, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer and Se- ^^< ^^'ton cretary of our said Corporation, to be elected and ap- must take' pointed bv virtue of these presents, shall, before they the^wthftfi act in their respective offices take an oath, to be to them (iischaree of administered by the President or Vice-President of our "* ^ said Corporation for the time being or of the preceding year (who are hereby severally authorized to administer the same), for the faithful and due execution of their res- pective offices during their continuance in the same res- pectively ; and further, our Royal will and pleasure, is and We do hereby for Ua, our Heirs and Succes- sors, ordain and appoint, and give and grant to the said Society of the Montreal General Hospital, that the President for the said Corporation for the time The Presf. being, and in case of a vacancy in the said office, or in ^ent. or in case of his sickness or absence, the Vice-President shall, tho vice. ' and may from time to time, as occasion may require, may glfm-' summon, and call together, at such places, within our nion the said City of Montreal, as by any By-law shall be ap- fo^S"" pointed for such meetings, and on such day and hours as the President or Vice-President shall respectively think proper, the Governors of the said Corporation and Hospital for the time being, giving them at the least .ariving at one day's notice thereof ; and We do hereby require them djl^y's 'notice. to meet accordingly, and give, grant, ordain that any seven, or more, of the Governors of our said Corpora- Seven of the tion, being so convened together, of whom the President, oc"vi7om'tiie or in case of a vacancy in the said office, or the sick- PrcniiU-nt or ness or absence of the President, the Vice-President Jlji'taiways for the time being shall always be one, shall, for ever t<' '{o one, hereafter, be a legal meeting of the said Corporation, tut',- a''""' and they, or the major part of them so met, shall 'forum; have full power and authority to adjourn from day to j^^^^ nower day, or for any other time, as the business of our said to adjourn, Corporation may require ; and to do, execute, transact, t "rt},gnct the manage, and perform in the name of our said Corpora- »)usiiiess of tion, all and every act and thing whatsoever, which our tion,"'^^"'*' 301 except the choosing of Governors, unless upon vacancies between Beneral elec- tions, and except granting lands, &c., for a longer term than one year. None of the estate of the Corporation to be dispos- ed of, but by the consent of the majo- rity of all the Gover- nors. The Gover- nors in legal meeting may, under the seal of the Corpora- tion, make by-laws. and for fix- ingtheplace and times of meeting of elections, and fnr re- Kulalingtliu manner, the manage- ment of the funds. To alter and repeal the by-laws, provided such laws be not contra- said Corporation are, or shall, by virtue of these our Letters Patent, be authorized to do, transact, manage, and perform, in as full and ample manner, as if all and every the Governors and Members of the said Corpora- tion were present and consenting thereto ; saving and excepting always, the electing of Governors, unless, upon vacancies, as aforesaid, happening in the interme» diate period between general elections ; and also saving, and excepting the giving, granting, selling, or otherwise aliening any of the estate, real or personal, of our said Corporation, and the leasing, demising, or disposing of any of the lands, tenements, hereditaments, real or mixed estate, of our said Corporation, for any longer time than one year ; our Royal will and pleasure being, that no part thereof be so sold, leased, or in any wise aliened for any longer term or time,, but by and with the concurrence and approbation of the majority of the whole number of the Governors of our said Corporation, for the time being, first obtained at any legal meeting of the same ; and fur- ther, We do, hereby, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, ordain, and appoint, and give, and grant, to the said " Society of the Montreal General Hospital," that at any such legal meeting of any seven or more of the Gov- ernors of our said Corporation, of whom the President or Vice-President, for the time being, shall always be one, it shall and may be lawful for them, in writing under the common Seal of our said Corporation, to make, establish, and ordain, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, such By-Laws, Regulations, and Statutes, for the better government of the Officers, Members, and Servants of the said Corporation, and of the Patients, from time to time, admitted into the said Hospital ; for fixing and ascertaining the place of meeting of our said Corporation, on the days and times of election above mentioned ; and for regulating the mode and manner of making such elections, the management and disposition of the funds and charities, and all other the business and affairs of our said Corporation, as they, or the major part of them, so legally met, shall judge best for the general good of the said Corporation, and profitable for promoting the charitable and beneficial designs of the said Corporation ; and the same or any of them, to alter, amend, or repeal, from time to time, as they, or the major part of them, so met as aforesaid, shall judge most conducive to the benefit of the said chai'ity ; provided ■»; • •• xm onr and ^1 m Wr.'- t9k such La^fl, Regulations, and Statutes, be not repugnant hereto, or to the Laws of this our Province of Lower Canada ; and We do further will, and grant, that the said Governors for the time being, or any seven or more of them legally met as aforesaid, of whom the President, or Vice-President for the time, shall always be one, shall have the full and solo power and authority for ever after, by the majority of their voices, from time to time, yearly, and every year, to nominate such and so many Physi- cians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, as they shall judge necessary to attend to the said Hospital, and the sick and diseased patients, from time to time, admitted there- in ; and to appoint and designate the respective powers, authorities, business, trusts, and attendances of the said Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries ; and also to appoint a Steward, a Matron, a Nurse, or Nurses, and all other servants and attendants upon the said Hospital, with their respective powers, authorities, business, trusts an ^^^ ^°°® ®^ *^® ^^^ Officers so complained against minority of be suspended or discharged at any meeting, without the veniorsTand Concurrence and approbation of the majority of the having a whole number of the Governors of the said Corporation, ^arge nix nor without having a copy of the complaint or chaise against him at least six dayb 'cefore such examination, and an opportunity to be fully heard in his defence. And our will and pleasure further is, that the said Go- vernors of the said Corporation and Hospital shall, from time to time, when thereunto required by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Person administering the Go- vernment of our Province of Lower Canada, give an account, in writing, of the several sums of money by them received and expended, by virtue of these presents or any authority hereby given, and of the management, application, and disposition of the revenues, donations and charities aforesaid, to such person or persons as the said Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person admin- istering the Government, shall from time to time, ap- point to receive and audit the said accounts : And fur- ther, We do, by these presents, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, give and grant unto the said "Society of the Montreal General Hospital," and their successors for S'be'coi^*' ^^^^> *^^* '^^^ ^^^ present Charter shall be deemed, struedinfa- adjudged and construed, in all cases, favorably, and for Swi^y^" *^® benefit and advantage of our said Corporation, and for promoting the good of this charitable Institution ; andon being {lud this our present grant being entered of Becord, as is ^^^ on hereinafter expressed, shall be, for ever hereafter, good " " ' ' and effectual in the Law, according to our Royal intent and meaning hereinbefore declared ; and without any other licence, grant or confirmation from Us, our Heirs or Successors, hereinafter by the said Corporation to be had or obtained, notwithstanding any misrecitals, not naming, or misnaming, of any of the aforesaid Offices, Franchises, Privileges, Immunities, or other the Pre- mises, or any of them ; and although no writ of ad quod damnum, or other writs, inquisitions, or precepts, has been, upon this occasion, had, made, issued or prosecuted, any statute, act, ordinance or provision, or other matter and thing, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding : pro- vided further, and Our will and pleasure is, that the said Society and Corporation of the Montreal Greneral Hos- shall be ef- fectual in X7 Go- pital io hereby constituted, made, erected and created with the express reservation and condition that our Let- ters Patent relating thereto may be hereafter altered and amended in such manner and form, and with such addi- tions, diminutions, extensions and explanations as our Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administer- ing the Government of our Province of Lower Canada, by and with the advice and consent of our Executive Council of our said Province, shall judge best for the general good of the said Corporation, and for the more effectually promoting the charitable and beneficial de- signs of the said Society, according to the true intent and meaning of the contributors thereto. In testimony whereof. We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our Province to be hereunto aflBxed, and the same to be entered of record in our Secretary's Office for our said Province of Lower Canada, in one of the books of Patents there remaining. Witness our Right Trusty and Well Beloved Cousin, George, Earl of Dalhousie, our Cap- tain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our said Province of Lower Canada, at our Castle of St. Lewis, in our City of Quebec, by and with the advice and consent of our Executive Council for our said Province of Lower Canada, the thirtieth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and of our Reign the Fourth. May be •!• tered and amended, as the Gover- nor, &c., with the ad- vice of the Executive Council, shall judge for the good of the So- ciety. (Signed,) Ls. Montizambert, D., Acting Provincial Sec. 0, Hos- !l THE AMENDED CHARTER. 22 VICT. CAP. 116. « An act to amend the Charter of the Society of the Montreal General Hos- pital." Assented to 4th May, 1859. WHEREAS the Society of the Montreal General ^j;^^^^^^^^ Hospital by their petition to the Legislature, have Sdth.^Jarm- set forth, that on the thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, they were duly constituted a body politic and corporate, under and by virtue of certain Letters Patent of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, duly issued on that day at the castle of St. Lewis in the City of Quebec, under the great seal of the then Province of Lower Canada, and have ever since acted and still act as such thereunder ; that certain of the provisions of the said Letters Patent, more especially in reference to the qualification of the members of the said Corporation ;— its powers in respect of the holding and alienating of property,— the number, choice, and qualification of the Governors thereof,— the quorum of Governors for the transaction of business and the extent Who shall be members of the Cor- poration. What real estate the Corporation may acquire and hold. if Who shall be life Governors. of their powers of administration, are fonnd in practice to be highly inconvenient ; and that they therefore pray for amendment of their said Charter ; And whereas it is expedient to grant their said prayer : Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Le* gislature Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 1. The Present Governors of the said Hospital, and all other persons who, during the year to expire on the first Tuesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, shall have contributed to its funds five dollars or more, are hereby declared to be members of the said Corporation : and hereafter, all persons who, during the current or last expired financial year thereof, shall have contributed to its funds five dollars or more, shall be such members thereof; — Provided always, that no person shall be entitled to vote as such member, who shall not have actually paid up such contribution for the then current financial year. 2. The said Corporation may acquire and hold, by any legal title whatso ver, real estate of a yearly value not exceeding four thousand dollars, as by the said Charter allowed, besides what they may require for the actual occupation of their Hospital; and they may acquire any other real estate, or interest therein, by gift, devise or bequest, if made six months or upwards before the death of the party making the same, and may hold the same for a period of not more than five years ; but the same, or any part thereof, or interest therein, which may not within the said period have been alienated, shall revert to the party from whom the same was acquired, his heirs or other representatives. 3. The present life Governors of the said Hospital shall continue so to be, subject only to the condition of their continuing to contribute to its funds the yearly sum of twelve dollars or more, as heretofore, — but may be declared by vote of the Board of Governors to have % .1r 'M- lotioe pray 'eas it Her le Le- lotfl as al, and on the eight to its dto be Eter, all inancial ads five titled to Jly paid oial year, hold, by rly value the said re for the they may n, by gift, rds before may hold rears; but ein, which alienated, same was 1 Hospital ondition of the yearly —but may lors to have ceased so to be, if at any time two years in arrear for such contribution ; and any other persons who shall have contributed by donation to its funds one hundred dol- lars or more, may be constituted such life Governors by vote of the said Board, subject to the like condition of contributing such yearly sum of twelve dollars or more, — and may, in like manner, be declared by vole of the said Board to have ceased so to be, if at any time two years in arrear for such further contribution. 4. The • resent elected Governors of the said Hospital Elected Go* * ^ ^ * vernoM;— shall also continue so to be until the time of the next annual election of Governors, to be held under the said Charter, after the passing of this Act, and shall severally be eligible for re-election thereat, if otherwise qualified ; and at such next annual election there shall be chosen by the members of the Corporation qualified to vote, such number of elected Governors not exceeding six as may be deemed expedient, to serve for the term of one year and until their successors shall be elected, and a like further number to serve for the term of two years and until their successors shall be elected; and at every annual election thereafter, a like number of not more than six elected Governors shall in like manner be chosen for the like term of two years and until their successors shall be elected to supply the place of those retiring, who, however, shall always be eligible for re- election, if otherwise qualified ; and all persons, donors of forty dollars or more, if also contributors of eight dollars or more yearly, to the Funds of the said Hospital, and also all contributors of twelve dollars or more yearly, to its funds, shall be held qualified for election as such Governors. 5. In case of the death, resignation or disqualification Vacancies of any elected Governor, it shall be in the discretion of ted Gover* the Board of Governors to name another qualified mem- ber of the said Corporation, to serve in his stead for the unexpired remainder of the term for which he was elected. lb- President and Vlc6- Presldont, election of, term of of- floe, Ac. Vacancies in the ofUco. Governors may appoint ana ruuiovn officers nnd servants of the Corpo- ration ,&c. Board of Governors to adminis- ter the af- fairs of the Corpora- tion Proviso J as to invest- ment of pro- ceeds of pro- perty sold. 6. There shall continue to bo elected by the Board of Governors, from aniotii; themselves, as soon as conve- niently may be after each annual election of Governors, a ProHiJcnt, and Vico-T resident of the saM Corporation, Yfho shall have such powers and discharge such duties as by By-law in that behalf may bo ordained, and shall serve for the term of one year and until their successors shall be elected ; and in ckso of the death, resignation, or disqualification of such President or Vice-President, the said Board, as soon as conveniently may bo thereafter, shall elect another of theuiselves to serve as such for tho unexpired remainder of his term of oflBce; and the said Buard may further, as occasion shall require, appoint all such other officers, and employ all such servants of every grade, of the said Corporation, on such terms, in respect of duty, emolument and otherwise, as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained, and may remove all such officers and all such servantj, in their dis(?retion, subject only to such restrictions as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained. 7. Tho said Board of Governors shall in all other respects have full power to administer tho affairs of the said Corporation, subject only to such restrictions as its By-laws may ordain, and in particular, may sell or in any other way dispose of any estate, real or personal of the said Corporation, as they may deem advisable for the interests of the said Corporation ; Provided always, that all moneys from time to time to be received by them on account of purchase money of any real estate by them alienated or to be alienated, or on account of the capital of any ground rent, or otherwise than by way of contribution not made for investment, shall be dealt with as capital only, and not as income, and shall be promptly invested cither in buildings, or other real estate for the occupation of the said Hospital, or in productive real estate, or upon security thereof, or in public secu- rities of the Province. i:i I # 8. So much of tho said Charter as provides that every President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer, and Seoretnry of the said Corporation shall take an oath of office, is hereby repealed. 0. The Quorum of the Board of Governors for tho transaction of all business is hereby reduced to five ; and tho presence of tho President or Vice-President shall not be necessary to constitute such Quorum. 10. The present By-laws of the said Corporation, in 80 far as they may not be contrary to any provision of the said Charter as hereby amended, or to law, shall remain in force until duly repealed or amended. 11. The said Board of Governors shall have power hereafter to provide by Hy-law, from time to time, for any changes which may be deemed expedient as to the time proscribed by the said Charter for holding the annual meetinj^s of the said Corporation, or as to the notice thereby required to be given for such meetings, or as to the rule of voting at such meetings thereby prescribed, or as to the mode therein indicated for the summoning of meetings of the said Board of Governors, as also for any lowering of the qualification hereinbefore set forth of elected Governors, which may be deemed expedient, or for the requiring of any larger Quorum of the said Board of Governors than is hereinbefore set forth, whether for transaction of business generally or of any particular descriptions of business, as may be deemed expedient, and generally for all other matters and things whatsoever appertaining to the affairs of the said Corporation ; and they may repeal or amend all such By-laws : Provided always, that no By-law, and no repeal or amendment of any By-law, shall take effect until after approval thereof by vote of the members of the said Corporation, at an Annual or Special Meeting of the Corporation duly called. President kVp. not to takn ail oath of otUcu. Quorum of fJovemors Jive. Prostrnt By- laws ponti- nuuU. Board of Governors may make By-laws for certain pur- poHOH, and may repeal or amend thorn. Proviso. w$ 8 Oorpoimtion 12. The Baid Corporation shall at all times, when t^i^^the thereunto required by the Governor or by either branch ''•**"'^""* of the Legislature, make a full return of its property, real and personal, and of its receipts and expenditure, for such period and with such details and other informa- tion, as the (Governor or either branch of the L^slature may require. Public Act. 13. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. m m hen unoh erty, itttre, >rma- ature THE BY-L^W^S OF THB miuml (^tmt»\ ^o$pt»l, AS AMENDED AND FINALLY PASSED BT THE CORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, On THB 6th DAT OF NOTIHBSB, 1860. CHAPTER I. OF THE ELECTION OF QOVEBNORS. 1. Notice of the hour and place of meeting, for the election of Qovemors, shall he given by the Secretary in one or more of the newspapers published in Montreal, at least seven days previous to such meeting. ,i>....*,v^ 2. The votes shall be given in the ratio of the contributions ; that is, one vote for every five dollars contributed ; provided, that no person shall, in any case, have more than ten votes. 3. The annual meeting of the Corporation for the election of Governors and other business shall be held on the third Tuesday of May, in each and every year, in the Governor's Room of the Hospital, at three o'clock P. M., and continued until four o'clock P. M. of the same day ; at which two Governors for the preced- ing year shall be appointed to inspect the ballots: and every person voting at said election shall personally and then and there 10 appear and deliver to the aforesaid Inspectors a ballot containing the names of six persons, as Governors for the ensuing two years ; and the Inspectors shall deposit in a bag all ballots so delivered, and shall insert the names of the persons so voting in a poll-list kept by them for the purpose : and when the poll of such election shall be closed, the Inspectors shall open an^ count the said bal- lots, and shall openly declare to the meeting the names of the persons who shall be found to have been elected by the majority of the votes, and shall deliver a certificate thereof to the Secretary, who shall forthwith communicate the same to the persons so elected. 4. The Secretary shall, immediately after the election, give notice in writing to the Governors elected, and to the Governors for life, requiring them to meet on the Thursday next ensuing at 3 o'clock P. M. to choose a President, a Vice-President, a Secre- tary, a Treasurer, a Committee of Management, and Medical Officers, for the ensuing year. CHAPTER II. OP THE governors; 1. A quarterly meeting of the Governors shall be held in the Governor's Room of the Hospital, or such other place as may be appointed by the Governors, on the second Wednesday in August ; on the second Wednesday in November ; on the second Wednes- ^iay in February ; and on the last Wednesday in April, — in each .^Jj'f i and every year, at^w^o'clock P. M. 2. The Governors for life, together with those elected, shall choose by ballot, out of their number, on the first Thursday after the annual meeting, in each and every year, one President and one Vice-President ; and, out of their number or otherwise, one Secretary and one Treasurer ; and also, out of their number, they shall nominate and appoint by vote, a Committee of Management, consisting of five, of whom three shall bo a quorum ; all of whom shall remain in office one year from the date of their appointment. '^n 11 give 3. The Governors, at their meeting on the first Thursday after the annual meeting in each and every year, shall elect (hy vote and not by ballot) eight Medical Officers, to be the attending Physicians for the year. 4. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall and may, or at tho request of 'fcw Governors, summon and call together (by letter from the Secretary, at any time to be appoint- ed by him) the Governors of the Corporation for the time being ; giving them at least «i*e-day's notice thereof, and intimating the purposes of the mcetingV 3 5. Five or more Governors, convened according to the By-Laws of the Corporation, shall constitute a legal meeting of said Corpo- ration, and shall bo competent to transact all business relative to the said Corporation, in as far as they are authorized by the charter. 6. Two of the Governors shall, in rotation, visit the Hospital at least twice a week ; ana shall enter their names in a book, with such observations relating to the Institution as they shall think necessary. 7. The Governors may make such House Regulations, affecting the Steward. Matron, Nurses, and Patients of the Hospital, as they may think necessary ; and from time to time amend, alter, and repeal the same. CHAPTER III. OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 1. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Governors of the Corporation ; and in the absence of both the President and Vice-President, a Chair- man ^);'o tempore shall be appointed by the meeting. 2. At all meetings of the Governors, every person shall, in speakinti', address himself to the Chairman, who shall propose all questions ; and if a difference of opinion shall arise on any ques- tion, such question shall be fairly stated by the Chairman, and /- ■ j'l'^-''''' 12 shall then be detennined by ballot (if two of the Governors require it) ; and if in any case the votes be equal, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. ^^.. CHAPTER IV. OF THE TREASURER. 1. The Treasurer shall give such security as may be required by the Governors for the due accounting for and payment of the monies which he shall from time to time receive for the use of the Hospitalj) °in(l,lif...£!iaU d'>r""iti a ll m' ;> nifig |^y iiiii».. «itt^.^JYn^ l^^mi o of ihe ChartftTPd "Ranks nf tha nity. 2. He shall have the custody of all bonds, title-deeds, docu- / ments, and other papers relating to the property of the Corpora- — ' tion. 3. He shall also receive all monies belonging to the Corporar tion, nnd p a y nnt thp whftU or any part thftrmtf -^ftn rff^Aip t ft f-n wntttB 0rClttHWBJ''Tn^'T70HMHMWV^Jr'" JML ftnSgOmOBvr '^pUo BQv^Sfttt^ 4. He shall deliver to thanSecretary, thr€« days at leasrpreviouB <;», to the General Annual Meeting in each and every year, a full ^ ^* statement of all his accounts, wifttht imyifl i i'D for th» precediag year, to be laid before the said meeting. CHAPTER V. OF THE SEORETART. 1. The Secretary shall attend at all meetings of the Governors, take minutes of the proceedings of each meeting, and transcribe the same into a book. 2. He shall at each meeting of the Governors read the proceed- ings of the last meeting. 3. Through him all communications, of whatsoever nature, shall be made to the Govornors, and by him from the said Gover- nors to the public, or any department of the Hospital. 18 :}uire shaU uired if the if the docu- y rpora- rporar i^: r.'* '<• '^'' "j^^' J .?.' eVlOUS ,;»r*.i.»'( a full . v'**? <" iedifig srnors, iscribe oceed- 4. He shall, immeditely after the election of the Governors or other officers of the Hospital, give notice thereof in writing to the different persons so elected. 5. One day previous to each and every meeting of the Governors, it shall be his duty to send notice of the time and place of such meetings to eaeh Governor, stating the purpose of the meeting. 6. He shall, seven days before any election of Governors, hang up a notice in the Committee Boom of the Hospital, and shall state therein the names of the persons qualified to be elected, as well as those who are qualified to be the electors. 7. He shall keep the necessary books for entering all the trans- actions of the Governors and furnish such reports as they may require. §^n the first Tuesday in March, in each and every year^jAe Secretajy^all send the following monitory letter to-'-etlcn and every Governot^iK^se subscription shall then be ifi arrear : — "^ ~^- JM[ONTR|iAL GENEaAL HOSPITAL, "" ^--.-^ day of , 186 .^" Sir, — I am to aequaint you that it appeai^by-the.. Collector's list that your subscription 'of has not been paid Ibr^hg^ present year. By order of the Governors. 9. The Secretary shall lay on the table, in the Committee Room, at every Pieeting of the Governors, the journal or minutes of their proceedings ; the case-book of the Medical Board, if there be one ; the book containing the minutes of the visiting Gover- nors ; and any other document relating to the affairs of the Cor- poration which they may require. lature, Grover- i-j.i 14 CHAPTER VI. OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 1. They shall, at their first meeting after their appointment, elect, by vote, a Chairman and a Secretary. 2. The Committee of Management shall meet at the Hospital at least once a week ; and shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to inquire strictly into the domestic economy of the house ; to order all things necessary for the same ; to inquire into the conduct of the Officers, Matrons, Stewards, and Servants of the Hospital, a ad - to foport thoMcn te th e l^noidont a B'f WCWiHbed by tbooQ By Lawn ; to order all repairs ; to oversee and control (as far as they have authority for the same by the By-Laws) everything connected with the management of the Hospital ; to audit, inspect and approve all accounts, and to order payment of the same ; and to report, through the Secretary of the Corpora- tion, a statement of all their transactions, to each quarterly meet- ing of the Governors. 3. They shall have the general charge and care of the property of the Corporation, and shall enforce all necessary attention to economy, cleanliness and good conduct. 4. They shall at their meetings make minutes of their proceed- ings, which they shall forthwith cause their Secretary to transcribe into a book. 6. They shall have the power and it shall be their duty to engage and discharge all .Servants of the Hospital, and fix their wages. 6. The Committee of Management shall, at each quarterly meeting of the Governors, report the state of the Hospital, and the state and number of patients admitted and discharged during the preceding quarter. 7. They shall insert or cause to be inserted in a book, to be provided for the purpose, all orders to the Steward for the pur- chase of the stores, and which orders must be signed by a member of the Committee. 8. They shall lay on the table in the Committee Room, at every meeting of the Governors, the book containing the minutes of their proceedings. msm 15 CHAPTER VII. OF THE MEDICAL BOARD. to be 1. The Medical Board of the Montreal General Hospital shall consist of the consulting and attending Physicians and Surgeona. 2. The number of the attending Medical Officers shall be eight, who shall make such arangemcnts among themselves, that the Hospital be visited once every day at least by two of them. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of attending Physi- cian or Surgeon, who is not a graduate of a Univeritsy or College in the British dominions, or a Licentiate or Member of a College of Physicians or Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, or other in the British dominions, of at least three years standing, and who is, moreover not licensed to practice in this Province. 4. Any attending Physician or Surgeon may, after having acted in that capacity for twelve years, become a consulting Phy- sician or Surgeon of the Institution. 5. The visiting hour for the attending Medical Officers shall be 12 o'clock (noon) of each and every day, Sundays excepted. 6. Should any one of the Medical officers be unable, from illness or intended absence from town, to fulfil the duties of his office, he shall obtain the assistance of some other of the physicians or Surgeons for the time being. 7. In all surgical cases requiring operations (except in emer- gencies where delay might be dangerous), and in medical cases, when desired, a consultation of the whole Medical Board cf the Hospital shall be summoned. 8. The attending Medical Officers shall have full power, at all times, to visit and examine the Apothecary's Shop. 9. It shall be the duty of the Medical Board to examine all candidates for the situation of House Surgeon and Apothecary. 10. The Medical Board shall communicate to the Committee of Management, in writing, through their Secretary, their opinion of the candidates. 11. The attending Medical officer shall alone have the power to admit and discharge any patient; except in cases of severe 16 injuries, where the House Surgeon shall admit,at any hour of the day or night, without recommendatory letters. 12. The Medical Board shall regulate the diet of the patients. 13. The attending Medical Officers shall have the power to name and appoint their own Dressers and Clerks from among the students. 14. That for the purpose of Pathological investigation, the attenc'ing Medical Officers of the Hospital shall have the power of examining, post mortem, the bodies of patients deceased within it, at their discretion ; and such examination shall only be made in the presence or by the order of the same. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE HOUSE SUBQEON. I tllli' n. 1. No person shall be eligible as House Surgeon unless he be a Graduate or Licentiate of some University or College in the British dominions and a Licentiate of this Province: and further, unless he submit to the Committee of Management, satisfactory testimonials of his moral character, and of his having been approved of by the Medical Board, and having attained the age of 21 years. 2. The House surgeon shall visit all the occupied wards in the Hospital at least once every morning and evening, and oftener when required so to do by the attending Medical Officer. He shall also be prepared to report to the attending Medical Officers the state of the patients since the last visit. 3. In any case of an urgent nature, the House Surgeon shall immediately summon the attending Medical Officer ; and if he cannot be found, he shall call upon the nearest member of the Medical Board. 4. He shall not absent himself from the Hospital during the visits of the attending Medical Officers ; and when at any time he goes out, he must leave word with the Steward where he is to to be found during his absence. wmmm 17 5. He must always be in the hospital at a seasonable hour in the evening ; and never sleep out of the building, unless with the permission of one of the attending Physicians. 6. He shall have charge of all the surgical instruments belong- ing to the Hospital, and shall be responsible for the same. He shall also superintend the making up of all the tinctures, pills, preparations, &c.. &e., required to be kept on hand ; and shall make up all prescriptions ordered for patients in his own particu- lar wards. 7. He shall insert in the case book under his charge, an account of all operations performed in the Hospital, and by whom per- formed. He shall be responsible for the affixing of the names and other particulars of all the patients at their bed's head ; and he shall enter in the register of patients the name, sex, age, reli- gion, country, place of residence, disease, and time of admission, of every patient received into the Hospital ; also the name of the person by whom the patient has been recommended, and whether a pauper or a pay-patient, and the rate per week : and the time and the manner which in every patient leaves the Hospital. 8. It shall be his duty to notify the members of the Medical Board whenever a consultation is required. 9. He shall draw up a report of the state and number of patients admitted and discharged previously to the meetings of the Governors, and the Committee of Management. 10. It shall be his duty to certify the regular attendance of each Student of the Hospital, and report to the Committee of Management. 11. He shall notify the Steward of the dismissal of all patients. 12. In all cases when it becomes necessary to notify the Coroner of the sudden death of any individual within the precincts of the Hospital ; it shall be the duty of the House Surgeon to give such notice ; and on the holding of the inquest, he shall be the Medical Officer referred to for information by that functionary and the Jury summoned by him, and shall be entitled to the fees paid by the Coroner in such cases. B 18 CHAPTER. IX. OF THS APOTHBOART. 1. No person shall be eligible as Apothecary until he shall have laid before the Committee of Management satisfactory proofs of moral character, and of his having been examined and improved of by the Medical Board. 2. He shall compound, and make up, under the superintend- ence of the House Surgeon, all the Medicines required to be kept on hand. He shall take charge of such wards as are assigned to him by the attending Medical Officer. 3. He shall visit these at least onoe every morning and evening, and oflener when required so to do by the attending MedicalOfficer ; and in the event of his observing any great or sudden change in any of the patients in his ward, he shall immediately notify ihe House Surgaon to that effect. 4. He shall regularly attend the sh(^ ; keep everything belongs ing thereto clean and in proper order ; and never absent himself from the Hospital, without the knowledge of the House Sui^eon. 5. He shall deliver to the nurses of his wards the different Medicines, &o., ordered for the patients of each ; the directions for which shall be legibly written or printed, and affixed upon each phial, box, or parcel. CHAPTER X. OF THE STUDENTS ATTEHDINO THE HOSPITAL. 1. No Student who has not previously taken a ticket for attend- ance in the Hospital shall, on any pretence whatever, be allowed to witness any operation or dissection, or to attend the CUnica) Lectures. 2. The fee for a Student's annual ticket shall be £2 10 Six months, 1 10 Perpetual, 4 19 of ked 3. Students following the attending Medical Officers during the visits, arc to behave with decency and propriety, keeping their hats off at all times ; and they must avoid doing anything that may tend to disturb Physicians, clerks, or patients. 4. Every Student must keep off his hat while he is in the ope- rating theatre, both that he may not obstruct the view of others and as a mark of respect ; and all noises and changes of seats must be avoided, as unpleasant fo the operator, and hurtful to th« patient. 5. Students when visiting the wards are on no account to offer any advice, or express any opinions, unless when requested so to do by the attending Medical Officer. 6. No Student shall enter the wards at any time except the visiting hour, unless by permission of the attending Medical Officer. 7. Any Student infringing any of the above regulations, shall forfeit the benefit of his ticket, and the privilege of attending the Hospital. CHAPTEE XI. OF THE ADMISSION OF PATIENTS. 1. Every Governor and Member of the Medical Board of the Hospital, and the Clergymen belonging to the congregations of this city, may recommend patients to be admitted into the Hos- pital, in the manner and form hereinafter prescribed ; but it shall be the exclusive prerogative of the attending Physician or Sur- geon, as the case may be, to judge if the person so recommended be labouring under such disease as is admissible into the Hospital, according to the By-Laws of the Corporation. 2. In any urgent case, when delay may be dangerous, the House Physician or Surgeon shall have power to admit patients ; and he shall immediately give information of the same to the at- tending Physician or Surgeon, as the case may be, or, if he cannot be found, to any other of the Medical Board of the Hospital. 20 3. No patient shall be admitted into the Hospital whose case shall be considered incurable, or who is insane, or whose case does not require the particular benefit of an in-door practice. 4. No woman in advanced pregnancy shall be admitted as an in-door patient. 5. No children under six years of age, except in cases where the greater operations are to be performed, shall be admitted into the Hospital. 6. Such patients as are unable to pay for their maintenance shall be received as paupers. Such as are able to pay, shall be admitted into the Hospital as pay patients ; and none of these at less than seven shillings per week ; for the payment of which, the person recommending such patient shall be responsible. 7. The person recommending any patient or patients shall mention, in the certificate for admission, if the patient or patients be paupers ; and if not, the sum they are to pay per week. 8. No patient shall be admitted into the Hospital as a pauper, excepting emigrants from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who do not reside in the city or parish of Montreal ; and the person or persons who shall recommend any patient or patients, who do not reside in the city or parish aforesaid, shall become responsible for the payment of the Hospital duos for such patient or patients, which shall not be less than seven shillings per week ; and in case of his or her death, he shall also be bound to defray the expenses of the funeral, which shall not exceed twenty-two shillings and sixpence. But, as special cases may occur when a deviation from this By-Law may be necessary, the Committee of Management are authorized to dispense with it in such cases, and shall report the same to the Governors at their next meeting. Seamen presenting themselves for admission with a recommendation from the commanding ofiicer, shall be admitted, so long as the Statute William IV., especially section 2, chapter 35, shall remain in force. 9. A male and a female ward shall be devoted to lock-ward cases. Patients shall not bo admitted into the lock-wards as paupers, but each and every lock-ward patient shall pay seven shillings per week ; and if it be not specified on the ticket of s 21 admission that he or she be a lock-ward patient, then the attend- ing Medical Officer shall send back such patients to the person recommending, with the words " Lock-ward " written on the ticket ; and if the person recommending shall renew his recom- mendation, he shall then be responsible for the payment of the Hospital dues for such patients. No Lock-ward patient shall bo admitted into the common wards. 10. Two beds (one in the men's and one in the women's wards) shall be kept in reserve to receive such patients as may, from sud den accident, be in need of immediate relief. 11. The applicants for admission shall attend at the place appoint- ed for that purpose, in the Hospital, at any time from eleven o'clock A. M. till one o'clock P. M., and shall present the following certif- icate to the attending Medical Officer : — Fomi of Certificate for the Admission of Paupers. Montreal, day of ,186 Sir, — I recommend a resident of this City , to be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital as a pauper, if be thought a fit object for admission. To the attending Medical Officer of the Montreal General Hospital. Form of Certificate for Admission of Pay-Patients. Montreal, day of , 186 Sir, — I recommend , who has resided in the parish of for to be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital as a pay-patient, at the rate of per week, if be thought a fit object for admission, and I undertake personally to pay to the Hospital the sum or sums which shall become due on such admission at the rate aforesaid. To the attending Medical Officer of the Montreal General Hospital. ! t CHAPTER XII. OF VAOOINATION. 1. On any of the days appointed by the Medical Board for inoo- dating the poor, gratis, any person or persons, without the rooom< mendation required for the admission of patients to the Hospital, may present their ohildren for inoculation. 2. The person or persons who shall inoculate any children or ot- her persons, on any ot the above stated days, shall register in a book belonging to the Hospital, kept fbr that purpose, the ntuue, age, sex, and religion of each and every individual so inoculated; the part of the body on which the inoculation has been performed ; the date, progress and termination of each and every case. 3. Each and every person bringing a child or children for vac- cination, shall deposit two shillings and six pence, as a pledge of returning once at least with the child or children on a day fixed by the inoculator, that the appearance may be noted. Non-compliance with this rule will incur the forfeiture of the deposit ; but, upon due compliance with it, it will be returned. CHAPTER XIII. OF THE PENALTY OF BEOEIVINa ANY FEE OR REWARD. 1. No Governor, officer, or other person connected with the Mon- real General Hospital, shall at any time presume, under any pre- tence whatever, on pain of expulsion, to give to, or take from any tradesman, patient, servant, or any other person or persons, any fee, reward of gratuity of whatever kind, directly or indirectly, for any Bervices done or to be done, or proposed to be done, on account of or relative to the said Hospital, except in the case of Physicians to the Institution, who, for the accommodation of their private par tients, may bring them into the pay-wards of the Reid's wing, when it does not interfere with the objects of the Institution. s 4 Ur ' 28 moo- ooom- bspital, CHAPTER XIV. When a pauper dies in the Hospital (if the body bo interred), the Steward shall give notice thereof to the clergyman to whoso congregation or church he or she may belong; and the Porter shall, if necoessary, assist the Sexton at the interment. Emigrant paupers of less than twelve months' residence in the country, who die in the Hospital, shall have their f\inerals defrayed from the money received from the Emigrant funds. With regard to other paupers, the Committee of Management are authorised to request the different religious communities to which they may have belonged, to provide for the funerals of such, unless the bodies are otherwise disposed of by law. If any vacancy either Medical or otherwise, occur at any time in the Hospital, said vacancy shall be filled up at the ensuing quarterly meeting of the Governors, or at a special meeting of the Governors called for that purpose. I CHAPTER XV. OF ALTERING AND REPEALINQ BT-LAWS. No additional By-Law shall hereafter be made, nor shall any of those already existing be in any way altered or repealed, except a special motion for such alteration, repeal, &o., be made and received at one of the quarterly meetings of the Governors, and passed at the next quarterly meeting, before being submitted to the Corpora- tion. i