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NICHOLAS STREET 1872. i \. * I THE BY-LAWS OF TH> ▲8 AMENDED AND FINALLY PASSED BT THB GOVERNORS AND APPROVED BTT THE CORPO- RATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE MONTF IAJm GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON THE 21st MAT, 1872, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A COPV OF THE ORIGINAL AND OF THE AMENDED CHARTER. PRINTED BY JOHN LOVISLL, ST, NICHOLAS STREET. 1872. ■e/t-;. %tiV6: .'-i I A.'Mr.- ' i? I •vfT ''■'"^> :, fi','-"* '•- ■•■Jj' .'!■', if^;i({;i >|.(;; -iM, THE CHARTER, -Granted 30th January, 1823. /^ ■ s, . I ; 1 > DALHOUSIE, Governor, '- ' ' GEORGE the FOURTH, by the Grace of God of ''' the United Kingdom of Great Britain and * ■ Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. ,' To all to whom these Preseuts shall oome, Greet- ing: -■■:. -,,:...,,..;.:.,„ ...'r V, J-.'---. ^.;- "{<,.:: .'"■f' »-;• '?•'• WHEREAS our loving subjects, John Richard- petition or son, William McGillivray, and Samuel ardson, Gerrard, Esquires, of our City of Montreal, by McGi?Hyray their humble Petition presented to our Right (femrd^'** Trusty and Right Well Beloved Cousin, George, ^i«*'«'»' Earl of Dalhousie, our Captain-General and Gov- ernor in-chief in and over Oar Province of Lower Canada, and read in Council for the said Province, * on the ninth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, did, among other things in substance set forth that there had been a subscription set on oot by them for the purpose of erecting a General Hospital in our said City of Montreal ; and that sundry public spirited persons, influenced by principles of benevolence, have liberally subscribed towards the same ; that, from the manifest utility of such an Hospital, further contributions and donations may be expect- ed, if there be an assurance of permanency to the Institution, and means provided for the manage- ^C^'L'X ment of its concerns ; that very considerable progress has been made towards tlie object in con- templation, by the purchase of a spacious lot of ground in a central situation, in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of the said City, whereon is erected a large building, for the body or centre part of the said Hospital, and susceptible of extension hereafler by wings upon a regular plan, which building is now in a state of advancement towards completion, that promises eventual success if a Charter of Incorporation be obtained; and, therefore, the Petitioners humbly prayed for Oor Letters Patent forming a Corporation for the purposes aforesaid : Which in NOW WE taking into our Royal consideration, the S?"i't?b™neflcifti t)eneficial tendency of such an Institution, within tendency, i» q^xt said City, calculated for relieving the distresses of the indigent, and preserving the lives of many useful members of the community, are graciously pleased to grant the said humble request of our said loving subjects: KNOW YE, therefore, that We, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and grtated. mere motion, have willed, given, granted, ordained, constituted and appointed, and, by these presents, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do will, give, grant, ordain, constitute and appoint, that Thomas the CorporaiioB Naters, John Molson, John Richardson, William McGillivray, Samuel Gerraid, John Forsyth, Fre- derick William Ermatinger, David Ross, Thomas Phillips^ Thomas Torrance, John Try, George Garden, George Auldjo, Thomas Thain^ Robert Gillespie, Benaiah Gibb, John Molson the younger, Thomas Molson, William Molson, Isaac Winslow Clarke, William. Hutchinson, Daniel Fisher, Henry McKenzio, Charles William Grant, James Millar, Archibald Norman McLeod, Alexander Skakel, John Torrance, Joseph Chapman, Thomas McCord, Angus Shaw^ Jam£s Leslie^ George Moffatt, James Reid, Bobert Froste, William M. Porter, Charles Brooke, Reverend John Bethune, David David, John Fleming, Samuel Gale, Bichard McGinnia, James Stuart, Alexander Thain, Charles B. Ogden, Thomas Busby, Abner Bagg, Charles F. Bancroft, John Blain, Joseph Beoket, William Caldwell, Henry Corse, Jacob DeWitt, Jabez DeWitt, Reve- rend Henry Essou, Horatis Gates, Frederick Oonnerman, John Jones, William Kayes, Adam L. McNider, James B. Prime, Andrew Shaw, Isaac Shay, John Wragg, James Woolrich, Zabdiel Thayer, William Stemm, James Dunn, John G. Beek, Alexander Henry, Francis Metzler, William Lunn, Charles Willard, Peter McGill, Kenneth Dowie, James Logan, Beverend James Somervilh, David Handyside, Joseph Shuter, Henry Loedel, Levy B. Boruck, Hoyes Lloyd, Nahum Mower, Peter Mcintosh, Alexander Mabbut, Andrew Malcolm, Bobert McGinnis, John McKenzie, Joseph Nickless, Cornelius Oakes, Jason C. Pierce, George Pyke, Donald Bobertson, Michael Scott, Stephen Sewell, John Spragg, William Spragg, F. D. Stro- thers,';; Luther Sawtell, Henry Solomon, John Sim- mons, Herman Seavers, Ralph Taylor, John JeflFrey, Arthur Webster, Albert Ware, George Wurtele, Oliver Wait, Andrew White, Charles Wagener, Guy Warwick, Edward Woolrich, Benjamin S. Solomon, T. B. Willard, Kenneth Walker, Andrew Allan, Robert Armour, William Annesley, Thomas Blackwood, John Brown, James Brown, Stanley Bagg, Abraham Bunbury, William Binley, William Bent, J. T. Barret, James Clark, John Clarke, James E. Campbell, James Carsuel, Benjamin Clamp, James A. Dwight, George Davies, Peter W. Dease, Robert Drummond, John Fellows, John Finley, Thomas French, Archibald Ferguson, James Forster, William Forbes, James C. Grant, •,7> 9 What contri- bution shall constitute • Member. And Incor- porated. Ksnie. To hare perpetual •uccession. Capable to sue sad be sued. To hold estates, William Gray, Christian C. Gunlack, Henry Griffin, Nahum Hall, Benjamin Hart, Alexander Hardie, Robert Harwood, John Harwood, James Henry, Rukard Hurd, James Hughes, John P. Hogg, Charles Hoofstetter, Benjamin Hall, Isaac Jones, Nathaniel Joner, Nicholas Kurczyn, and ail such other persons who have contributed, or shall here- after contribute to the Institution, by a donation, respectively 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 support 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 j and We will, give, grant and orduin, 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 de- fended, 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 lawful ways and means whatsoever ; and that they and their successors, by the same name, shall forever hereafter be persons capable and able in the law to purchase, ta'ke, hold, receive and enjoy to them and their successors any messuages, tenements and real estate whatsoever, and all other hereditaments of whatso- ever quality they may be, in fee simple, for term of life or lives, or in any other manner howsoever ; and also any goods, chattels and personal estate whatso ever j proyided 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 'ju.Tgr Canada, ahove all out- goings, and reprise, and that they and their succes- sors, by the same name, shall have full power and authority to give, {^rant, 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 shall judge to be most beneficial and advantageous for the good and charitable ends and purposes above men- tioned ; and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors, f^^evej hereafter, to have a common Seal to serve for the causes and business of them and theii; successors ; and the same seal to change, alter, 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 general donations of the benevolent, or otherwise, have sufficient funds, they shall complete the present building and offices, erecting in the said Saint Lawrence Suburbs for the said Hospital, and shall extend the same hy 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 for- ever 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 conveni- ence, any other house, houses or buildings whatso- ever ; but not for other purposes than those of the said Hospital ; and for the better carrying into ex- ecution the purposes aforesaid, our royal Will and pleasure is, and We do hereby for Us, our Heirs provided tba olear yeuiy ▼alue doM not exoMd XIOOO ourrenoy. To leuM aad ■eU( To hftTO a Mai. The Cor tion shai> complete the prenent building, which will be called " The MontiMl General Hospital." 8 ' and successors, give and grant to " The Society for ' ( ' the Montreal General Hospital," and their succes- sors for ever, that there shall be forever hereafter, belonging to our said Corporation, as many GoTernonfor Governors for life of the sai(? Hospital, aa lift, those who ,, , n , , , mi oontributfl £26 there shall be persons who have contributed, pay annually £3 or shall contribut<» thereto, by donation respect- ively, twenty-fi\e pounds, or upwards, lawful money of ovir said Province with an annual payment each oi three pounds, or more, like mo- elected, these ney ; and thero shall be thirteen other Governors less than jE26, thereof, whc shall be annually elected, in manner and not under , • «. -i. j /• ^i £10, and pay herematter prescribed, irom among those persons more. ' who have contributed, or shall contribute to the In- stitution, under twenty-five pounds, money above said, and not less than ten pounds, with an annual payment thereto of two pounds, or more, like money, which persons so contributing, and paying, are hereby declared qualified to be elected Governors ; 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 other- wise, one Treasurer and one Secretary, and shall conduct and manao^e the affairs and business of the said Hospital and Corporation for the ensuing year, in manner as hereafter is declared and appointed and for the more immediately carrying into execu- of the Corpora- tion our Royal will and pleasure herein, We do hereby assign, constitute and appoint the aforesaid Thomas Naters, John Molson, John Richardson, William McGillivray, Samuel Gerrard, John Forsyth Frederick William Ermatinger, David Ross, Thomas Phillips, Thomas Torrance, John Try, George Garden, George Auldjo, Thomas Thain, Bober Gillespie, Benaiah Gibb, John Molson the youngerj Thomas Molson, William Molson, Isaac W. Clark Alexander Skakel, Daniel Fisher, Henry McKenzie* A President and Vice- President. A Treasurer and Secretary. 9 or 5S- 3t- Charleg W. Grant, Archibald N, McLeod, John Torrance, Joseph Chapman, Thomas McCord, James Reid, Angus Shaw, James Leslie and George Mof- fatf * be the present Governors of the said Hospital and Corporation, whereof the aforesaid John Rich- ardson to be the President, and the aforesaid John Molson to be the present Vice-President, the afore- said 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-Pres' lent. Governors, Treasurer and Secretary, shall hold, possess, and enjoy their said respective offices, 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 Succes- sors, establish, direct, and require of, and give and grant to the said Society of the Montreal General Hospital, and their Successors forever, that on the said first Tuesday in May now next ensuing, and yearly, and every year forever thereafter, on the same day, (whereof public 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 Mem- bers of the said Hospital and Corporation, contri- buting and paying as afore said, shall meet at the said Hospital, or at some other conve- nient place, in our said City of Montreal, to be fixed, and ascertained by some of the By-laws or Regula- tions of our said Corporation, and there by the ma- jority 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 First President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary, named, who remain in Offloe until the 1st Tuesday iu May, 1828. And for keep- ing up a succes- sion, the Society Is to meet for the election of Officers, on the first Tuesdav in May annually, of which notice to be given In the newspapers seven days : the votes to be in the ratio of the contribu tions by ballot, or otherwise ; xo The Governors eluding those for life, not to be less than twenty-8ix. Out of the Governors, a Frosident and Vice-President to be ohosen. Gov'SSsf*"" Corporation shall have more than ten votes, shall by ballot, or in such other manner and form as shall "n™?*'in- ^® clirected by any of the By-laws or Regulations of our said Corporation elect and choose thirteen of their members, qualified as aforesaid, to be Gover- nors, or whensoever the number of Governors for life, then resident at Montreal, shall be under thir- teen, 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 Cor- poration, so qualified and elected, shall be Governors to *ente7^npon of our said Hospital and Corporation for the ensuing Satfiyr ind year, and with the President and Vice-President, by lor^one yea^f or ^^^^ appointed, shall immediately enter upon their chosen'ln their respective offices and duties, and hold, exercise, and stead. 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 ac- cording to the Laws and Regulations aforesaid ; and in case any of the said persons so elected, and ap- pointed to the respective offices above said, or who shall be hereafter elected and appointed thereto, In case of the gjiall die, or be removed from such offices respec- death, removal, ' , '^ refii«ai, or ne- tivelv before the time of their respective ser- glect of officers, •' n i • others to be vices shall be expired, or refuse or neglect to act in chosen in their ,«./. i.ii i .ni and execute the office lor 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 Corpo- ration shall appoint a member or members thereof, duly qualified, in the place and stead of him or them so dying, removed or refusing or neglecting to act, within thirty within thirty days next after such contingency, who SSnuSjIncr'' sl^all serve until, the first Tuesday in May next following : and we do hereby will and direct, that stead by the Guvernors, 11 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 r* uire that every Every ofBoer, President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer and act, must take Secretary of our said Corporation, to be elected and laithfui diJ appointed by virtue of these presents, shall,before they dutfia! °^ ^' act in their respective offices take an oath, to be to them 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 respective offices during their continuance in the same respectively ; and further, our Royal will and pleasure, is and 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 the President The President, '^ ' or in his absenoe for the eaid Corporation for the time beiner, and in the Vice- c • *i 'J a: • i?!.- President, may case 01 a vacancy m the said omce, or m case of his summon the . , , 1 fT. T» •!• 1 11 1 Governors to Sickness or absence, the Vice-l^resident shall, and meet, may from time to time, as occasion may require, summon, and call together, at such places, within our said City of Montreal, as by any By-law shall be appointed 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 one day's notice thereof; and We one day's notice. do hereby require them to meet accordingly, and •^ \ . , n ^ Seven Of the give, grant, ordain that any seven, or more, oi the Governors, of Governors of our said Corporation, being so con- President or . Vice-l'rpg'.dent vened together, of whom the President, or in case always to "be „ . . , • 1 n» ii • 1 one.snall consti- 01 a vacancy in the said omce, or the sickness or tute a quorum ; absence of the President, the Vice-President for the time being shall always be one, shall, for ever here- 12 have power to adjourn, and transact the business of the Corporation, except the choosing of Governors, unless upon vacancies between feneral elee- ions and except lands, &c., for a longer term than one year. None of the estate of the Corporation to be disposed of but by the eonsent of the majority of all the Governors. The Governors in legal meeting may, under the seal after, be a legal meeting of the said Corporation, and they, or the major part of them so met, shall have full power and authority to adjourn from day to day, or for any other time, as the business of our said Corporation may require ; and to do, execute, transact, manage, and perform in the name of our said Corporation, all and every act and thing whatsoever, which our said Corporation are, or shall » by virtue of these our Letters Patent, be author- ized to do, transact, manage, and perform, in as full and ample manner, as if all and every the Gov- ernors and Members of the said Corporation were present and consenting thereto ; saving and except- ing always, the electing of Governors, unless upon vacancies, as aforesaid, happening in the inter- mediate 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 Corporitiou, and the leasing, demising, or dispcsing of any of the lands, tene- ments, hereditaments, real or , \e6i 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 con- currence 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 further, 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 Governors 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 C ti I g o ti fi 8 a I ion, ihall day 18 of do, liame 18 • Corporation to make, establish, and ordain, from Jj^n**® ^u'^"'** time to time, and at all times hereafter, such By- by-^aws, Laws, Regulations, and Statutes, for the better government of the Officers, Members, and Servants of the said Corpora4ion, and of the Patients, from time to time, admitted into the said Hospital ; tor the place and » . J .••.11 f X- If t'niP* of meet- fixing and ascertaining the place oi meeting ot our ing of eiectionF, said Corporation, on the days and times of election lating the'**''*" above mentioned ; and ,for regulating the mode and management of 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 chari- table and beneficial designs of the said Corporation ; and the same or any of them, to alter, amend, or jo alter and repeal, from time to time, as they, or the major bl^faws^^pro- part of them, so met as aforesaid, shall judge most b^**not"ontr^Ty conducive to the benefit of the said charity ; provided ortheiaw"!?'^' such Laws, Regulations, and Statutes, be not repuo- t^^ Province, nant 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 sole power and authority for ever after, by the majority of their voices, from time to time, yearly, and every vear, to nominate such and so many Physicians, phy^fdans, Sur- Surgeons, and Apothecaries, as they shall judge Sl','^^"*''®" necessary to attend to the said Hospital, and the sick and diseased patients, from time to time, ad- mitted therein ; and to appoint and designate the respective powers, authorities, business, trusts, and duties"/"* *^*^ attendances of the said Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries; and also to appoint a Steward, a steward"*Bnd » 14 ' to displace the Steward, Ma Matron, and Matron, a Nurse, or Nurses, and all other, servants other servants, / Mid their wages and attendants upon the said Hospital, with their respective powers, authorities, business, trusts, and attendances, with the allowances thai; shall be found necessary from time to time, to be made and paid to any of the persons above said for their attendance and services respectively in the said Hospital ; and to displace and discharge any Steward, Matron, •ervant!' °* *' Nurse, servant, and attendant, from the service thereof, and to nominate and appoint other, or others, in their places or stead : and We do further grant and ordain, that when, and as often, as any vice-President,' President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer, ^«urer' Secretary, Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary, of Ph"^idan' ^^^ ^^^^ Corporation, shall become unfit or incapable Surgeon, or ^ execute their said offices respectively, or shall Apotliecary _ _ *^ . becoming unfit misdemean themselves in their said offices respectively, or misdemean- , r ji ing himself, contrary to their duty, and to any of the By-Lawa and Regulations of our said Corporation, or refuse Ci neglect the execution thereof, and thereupon a charge or complaint in writing shall be exhibited against him, or them, by any member of our said Corporation, at any legal meeting, of the Governors thereof, as aforesaid, that it shall, and may be law- ful for the President, or Vice-President, and Governors, or the major part of them then met, or at any other Legal meeting of the said Corporation, from time to time, and upon examination and suffi- su^c'ient'proof, Cent proof, to suspend or discharge such President, from'his^Xce, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer, Secretary, Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary, from their offices respectively, although the yearly, or other time of their respective services shall not be expired, any- thing in these presents before contained to the con- trary in any wise notwithstanding; provided al- ways, that none of the said Officers so complained against be suspended or discharged at any meeting, 15 or of any- without the conourrenoe and approbation of the **"* ""* without ^ the consent of a majontv of the whole number of the Governors of mHjority of all 1 . 1 /-» . • 1 1 • /. *''® (Jovernore, the said Corporation, nor without having a copy of ""d having a the complaint or charge against him at least six days obarse »\x days, before such examination, and an opportunity to be in Lis defence, fully heard in his defence. And our will and plea- sure further is, that the said Governors of the said Corporation and Hospital tihall, from time to time, when thereunto required by the Governor, Lieute- When required ^ \, 1 . . . , « by the Gover- nant-Governor, or Jrerson administering the Go- nor &o., of the Province the vemment of our Province of Lower Canada, give uovemow are an account, in writing, of the several sums of money account of the by them received and expended, by virtue of these and expended, presents or any authority hereby given, and of the management, application, and disposition of the re- venues, donations and charities aforesaid, to such person or persons as the said Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, or Person Administering the Government, shall from time to time, appoint to receive and audit the said accounts : And further, We do, by these presents, for Us, our Heirs or Successors, give and grant unto the said " Society of the Montreal General Hospital," and their successors for ever, that this our present Charter shall be deemed, ad- The Charter to . Ill 1 • 11 n 11 \ n ^^ construed judged and construed, m all cases, tavorably, and for in favor of the the benefit and advantage of our said Corporation, and for promoting the good of this charitable Insti- . . . tution ; and this our present grant being entered on SP*®""®^ *•? Record, as is hereinafter expressed, shall be, for ever effectual in law. hereafter, good and effectual in the Law, according to our Royal intent and meaning hereinbefore de- clared ; and without any other license, grant or in- formation from Us, our Heirs or Successors, herein- after by the said Corporation to be had or obtained, notwithstanding any misrecitals, not naming or mis- naming, of any of the aforesaid Offices, Franchises, Privileges, Immunities, or other the Premises, or 16 Society. j 5 |f any of them ; and although no writ of ad quod dam- nuni, or other writs, inquisitions, or precepts, haa been, upon this occasion, had, made, issued or pro- secuted, any statute act, ordinance or provision, or other matter and thing, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding : provided further, and Our will and pleasure is, that the said Society and Corpo- ration of the Montreal General Hospital s hereby constituted, made, erected and created with the ex- press reservation and con^iition that our Letters Patent relating thereto may be hereafter altered and M^ be altered amended in such manner and form, and with such aa the™Gover- additions, diminutions, extensions arid explanations nor, Ac, as our Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person ^ftheExe*utive administering the Government of our Province of Council, shall Lower Canada, by and with the advice and consent "oo^of the ° of our Executive Council of our said Province, shall judge best for the general good of the said Corpor- ation, and for the more eflFectually pronjiotiiig the charitable and beneficial designs of the sfi!d Society, according to the true intent and meaning of the con- tributers thereto. > In testimony whereof. We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our Province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered of re- 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 Be- loved Cousin, George, Earl of Dalhousie, our Captain-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. (Signed,) Ls. Montizambert, D., Acting Provincial Sec. G' 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. "TTTHEREAS the Society of the Montreal Prcambio, Vt General Hospital by their petition to the JSryfffi."' Legislature, have 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 qualificacion of the Governors thereof, — the quorum of Governors for the transaction of business and the extent of their powers of administration, are found in practice to be highly inconvenient; and that they therefore * pray for amendment of their said Charter ; And Who shall be members of tho Corporation. What real estate thu Corporation mav acquire and hold. : Who shall be life Governors. 19 whereas it is expedient to grant their said prayer u Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature 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 thou8a,nd eight hundred and fifty-nine, shall have contributed to its funds five dollars or more, are hereby declared to bo members of the said Corpor- ation: 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 yeai . 2. The said Corporation may acquire and hold, by any legal title whatsoever, 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 19 id Elected GoTer> nors i— by vote of the Board of Governors fco have ceased so to be, if at any time two years in arrear for such contribution ; and any other personu who shall have contributed by donation to its funds one hundred dollars or more, may be constituted such like 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 vote of the said Board to have ceased so to be, if at any time two years in arrear for such further contribution. 4. The present elected Governors of the said Hospital 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 there- at, 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 tixpedient, 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 j 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 disquali- vacancies fication of any elected Governor, it shall be in the oSmnonf"'*** 20 Freflident and VIoe-President, election, of term of office, drc. Vacancies in the office. Govemorsmay appoint and remove offlcers and sorvants ot tlie Corpora- tion, &o. Board of Gover- nors to adminis- ter the affairs of the Corporation, Proviso ; as to investment of property sold. disorotion of the Board of Governors to name another qualified member of the said Corporation, to serve in his stead for the unexpired remainder of the term for which he was elected. 6. There shall continue tc be elected by the Board of Governors, from among themselves, as soon as conveniently may be after each annual election of Governors, a President, and Vice-Presi- dent of the said Corporation, who shall have such powers and discharge such duties as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained^ and shall serve for the term of one year and until their successors shall be elected ; and in case of the death, resignation, or disqualification of such President or Vice-President, the said Board, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, shall elect another of themselves to serve as such for the unexpired remainder of his term of oflBce ; and the said Board 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, emolunent and otherwise, as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained, and may remove all such officers and all such servants, in their discretion, subject only to such restrictions as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained. 7. The said Board of Governors shall in all other respects have full power to administer the affiiirs of the said Corporation, subject only to such restric- tions 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 Corpor- ation ; Provided always, that all moneys from time to time to be received from them on account of pur- chase money of any real estate by them alienated or to be alienated, or on account of the capital of any I 21 ground rent, or otherwise than by way of contri- bution not made for investment, shall be dealt with as capital only, and not as income, and shall bo promptly invested either 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 securities of the Province. 8. So much of the said Charter as provides that every President, Vice-President, Governor, Trea- surer, and Secretary of t' ^ said Corporation shall take an oath of office, is h' .by repealed. 9. The Quorum of the Loard of Governors for the transaction of all business, is hereby reduced to Jive ; and the presence of the President or Vice- President shall net be necessary to constitute such Quorum. 10. The present By-laws of the said Corporation, in 60 far as tUey may not be contrary to any pro- vision 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 By-law, from time to time, for any changes which may be deemed ex- pedient as to the time prescribed by the said Charter for holding the annual meetings 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 meet- ings 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 description of business, as may President, ko., not to take an oath of office. Quorum of Governors five. Present By-laws continued. Board ofGover- nor» may make By-laws for certain pur- poses, and may repeal or amend them. m 1 '; ! I i \ 22 be deemed expedient, and generally for all other matters and things whatsoever appertaining to the affairs of the said Corporation ; and they may re- peal or amend all such By-laws : ProTiso. 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. Se^retlrSsS ^^' "^^^ ^^^^ Corporation shall at all times, when the Legislature, 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 information, as the Governor or either branch of the Legislature may require. Public Act. 13. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. f hi '■ ii •Nvv- other to the ay re- repeal until of the 'eeting when either of its )ts and details either THE BY-LAWS OF THE ontxtnl }^tnttul mosiffitKl, AS AMENDED AND FINALLY PASSED BY THE GOVERNORS AND APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON THE 21ST MAY, 1872. CHAPTER I. OF THE ELECTION OF GOVERNORS. 1. Notice of the hour and place of meeting, for the election •of Governors, shall be given by the Secretary in one or more of the newspapers published in Montreal, at least seven days previous to such meeting. 2. The votes shall be given in the ratio o" he annual contri- butions; that is, one vote for every five dollars contributed. The Life and elected governors shall hav-^ five votes in addition to those they are entitled to by their annual contribution, but in no case shall the votes exceed ten. 3. The annual meeting of the Corporation for the election of Governors and other business shall be held on the third Tuesday cf May, in each and every yeai, in the Gove; aor's Eoom of ti:e 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 preceding year shall be appointed to inspect the ballots : and every person voting at said election shall personally and then and there appear and deliver to the aforesaid Inspectors a ballot 24 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 and count the said ballots, and shall openly declare to the meeting the names of the persons who shall be found to have been elected by the majority of •' ? 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 OflScers, for the ensuing year. CHAPTER II. It OF THE GOVERNORS. 1 . A quarterly meeting of the Governors shall be held in the Governor's Room of the Hospittil, 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 Wednesday in February ; and on the last Wednesday in April, — in each and every year, at throe 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 ten in addition to the President, Vice-President and Treasurer, who shall be members ex officio. Three members of the Committee of Management shall form a quorum. i^smiMw "■ 25 3. The Governors, at their meeting on the first Thursday after the annual meeting in each and every year, shall elect (by vote and not by ballot) eight Medical Officers, to be the attending Physicians for the year. 4. 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, after ten '^'''vs' notice shall have been given to the Governors in the usual . ■ 5. The President, or in his absence the Vice-^-'resident, shall and may, or at the request of seven Governors, summon and call together (by letter from the Secretary, at any time to be appointed by him) the Governors of the Corporation for the time being; giving them (except in the case specified in the foregoing rule) at least three days' notice thereof, and intimating the purposes of the meeting. 6. Five or more Governors, convened according to the By- Laws of the Corporation, shall constitute a legal meeting of said Corporation, and shall be competent to transact all business relative to the said Corporation, in as far as they are authorized by the charter. 7. Two of the Governors shall, in rotation, visit the Hospital at least twice a week ; and shall enter their names in a book, with such observations relating to the Institution as they shall think necessary. 8. The Governors may make such House Regulations, affect- ing 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. or 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 Chairman ^ro tempore shall be appointed by the meeting. r (f^! I i !fil 26 « 2. At all meetings of the Governors, every person shall, in speaking, address himself to the Chairman, who shall propose all questions ; and if a difference of opinion shall arise on any question, such question shall be fairly stated by the Chairman, and shall then be determined 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. 3. In selling or acquiring real Estate, and in accepting and discharging mortgages on real Estate, the President or in his absence the Vice-President, the Treasurer and the Secretary shall together act in behalf of the Corporation as its legal representatives. 4. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, together with the Treasurer shall have custody of all bonds and securities, title-deeds and other papers relating to the property of the Corporation. CHAPTER IV. OP 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 Hospital. 2. He shall also receive all monies belonging to the Corporation, and deposit the same in one of the chartered banks of the city ; and all payments shall be made by cheque to be signed by the chairman of the Committee of Management, and countersigned by the Treasurer. 3. He shall deliver to the Secretary, three days at least previous to the General Annual Meeting in each and every year, a full statement of all his accounts signed by the auditors, to be laid before the said meeting. shall, in jropoae all Je on any [Chairman, I Governors Chairman spting and or in his •etary shall isentatives. President, bonds and property of 30 required lent of the the use of orporation, f the city ; ned by the ntersigned 'S at least )very year, iditors, to 27 CHAPTER V. OF THE SECRETARY. 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 Governors, and by him from the said Governors to the public, or any department of the Hospital, except in respect of such communications as may be more properly signed by the President. 4. He shall, immediately after the election of the Governors or other ofl&cers of the Hospital, give notice thereof in writing to the different persons so elected. 5. At least, one day previous to each and every meoting of the Governors, it shall be his duty to send notice of the time and pi . 1 ■ ', ' . ' '1 •i ! i ' ■ 1 |[, 1 w' il; 1 86 shall be kept in reserve to receive such patients as may, from sudden accident, be in need of immediate relief. 11. The applicants for admission shall attend at the place appointed 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 certificate to the attending Medical Officer : — Form of Certificate of the admission of " Ordinary'^ Patients. Montreal, day of ,187 Sir, — I recommend a resident of this City, to be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital as an *' Ordinary" Patient if be thought a fit object for admission. To the attending Medical Officer of the Montreal General Hospital. Form, of Certificate for the Admission of Paj-Patients. Montreal, day of ,187 Sir, — I recommend ,who has resided in the parish of for to be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital as a pay-patient, 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. To the attending Medical Officer of the Montreal General Hospital. CHAPTER XII. OF VACCINATION. 1. On any of the days appointed by the Medical Board for vaccinating the poor, gratis, any person or persons, without the rccomtiieiidation required for the admission of patients to the Hospital, may present their children for vaccination. 2. The person or persons who shall vaccinate any children or other persons, on any of the above stated days, shnll register in a 87 book belonging to the Hospital, kept for that purpose, the name, age, sex, and religion of each and every individual so vaccinated ; the part of the body on which the vaccination has been perform- ed ; the date, progress, and termination of ea<)h and every case. CHAPTER XIII. OF THE PENALTY OP RECEIVING ANY FEE OR REWARD. 1. No Governor, officer, or other person connected with the Montreal General Hospital, shall at any time presume, under any pretence whatever, on pain of expulsion, to give to, or take from any tradesman, patient, servant, or any other person or persons, any fee, reward or gratuity of whatever kind, directly or indi- rectly, for any services 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 patients, may bring them into the pay-wards of the Reid's wingj when it does not interfere with the o' jects of the Institution. CHAPTER XIV. When an ordinary patient dies in the Hospital (if the body is to be ini/crred), the Steward shall give notice thereof to the clergyman to whose congregation or church he or she may belong ; and the Porter shall, if necessary, assist the Sexton at the interment. Immigrant paupers of less than twelve months' residence in the country, who die in the Hospital, shall have their funerals defrayed from the money received from the Immigrant funds. With regard to other ordinary patients, the committee of Man- agement are ffUthorised to request the different religious com- munities to. which they may have belonged, to provide for the funerals of such, unless the bodies are otherwise disposed of by law. 88 CHAPTER XV. OF ALTERING AND REPEALING BY-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, &c., be made and received at one of the quarterly meetings of the Gover- nors, and passed at the next quarterly meeting, before being submitted to the Corporation. r:^;\'> CONTENTS. PAOB The Original Charter, 3-16 The Amended Charter — Preamble, 17 Who shall be members of Corporation, 18 What Real Estate the Corporation may acquire, 18 Who shall be Life Governors, 18 Who shall be elected Governors, and of vacancies among them, 19 Election of President and Vice-President, term of office, &c., 20 Governors may appoint Officers, administer aflfaurs of Corporation, 20 President, &c., not to take an Oath of Office, 21 Quorum of Governors, 21 Present By-Laws continued, 21 Governors may make By-Laws, repeal, or amend them, 21 Proviso, 22 Corporation to make Returns to the Legislature, 22 The By-Laws, 23 Of the Election of Governors, 23 Of the Governors, , 24 Of the President and Vice-President, 25 Of the Treasurer, 26 Of the Secretary, 27 Of the Committee of Management, 28 Of the Medical Board, 29-30 Of the House Surgeon, and Assistant House Surgeon, 30-32 Of the Apothecary 32 Of the Students attending the Hospital, 33 Of the Admission of Patitnts, 34-36 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Ordinary Patients, 36 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Pay-Patients, 36 Of Vaccination, 36 Of the Penalty of receiving any Fee or Reward, 37 Of the Interment of Ordinary Patients and Immigrants,... 37 Of Altering and Repealing By-Laws, 38 "rL ! f wmm Mnmi