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 General ^rotestant Jflspital, 
 
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 OFnOfiSS, MEMBERS, PATIENTS AND SBHVANT8 
 
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 ,! Pamd an the Twenty-eighth day of February^ IS5%, 
 * and tince Revued and Amended, 
 
 TO WHIOB IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A COPT Or 
 TBB OHABTBB OF INCOBPORATION, A LIST CF TEB OFFICB 
 
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 Mude. ettab^ihidf and otdaiMd by the Pre$i40raf riet^Frfi^ 
 ^ aenff and Binctqrs of the- County of CktrUt6n Oeimd 
 . Protestant HoxpUdl^ for^ the better government of the 
 Officer* f Member 8^ Patients and Servants *of the said 
 Hospital^ passed on the 29th day of February^ in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and J\fty' 
 ilPO*.giid,ai^e^mcd aud ^mmd^d, 
 
 Be it made,, established and ordained, by tbo President, 
 Vice-Preai^ent, aiid Directors of the County of Garlc^n 
 General Protestant Hospital^ this day assembled by virtue 
 of, and under the authority bt an Act of the Provincial 
 Parliament of Canada, passed in the 13th and 14tl) years 
 of the. reign of Victoria, entitled • An Act to incurporato 
 the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital,** a^d ' 
 it is hereby made, established and ordained by the autho- 
 rity of the saine, that the following shall bo the By*Iiaw§. 
 Regulations and Statutes of the said Hospital : — 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
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 Of the ^ualMcatlon of Men&beni of tlie CorpoKmtioHu 
 
 1. Every person subscribing and paying annually towards 
 the funds of the Hospital, Ten Shillings currency, shall be- 
 come a member of the Corporation, and shall bo entitled to 
 vote at the election of Directors. 
 
 2. Every person who has contributed to the erection of 
 the Hospital, or who siiall hereafter contribute to its funds, 
 twenty-five pounds currency, or upwards, and shall pay 
 annually towards its support, a contribution of one pound 
 jSve shillings, like currency, shall be a Director for life. 
 
 3. There shall be twelve other Direclocs ]^bo Cfhall be 
 annually elected, in manner hereinafter prescribed, from 
 among those subscribers Who hav^f contributed, or who shuU 
 
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 K^fl'aft^t contribute annually ,tb Ihe * Ih8titutH>D, titidfr 
 tWenty-fivc pounds currency, and not less than one pound 
 cufrency. ,u.), 
 
 ^4. Six of the saidDirectow, elecfod at tlie'Ant^shnuar 
 Bpceting of the subacribera, shall remain in office three yeAiv, 
 three for two years, and the remaining three foron^ year, 
 fii)m the date of holding said first annual meeting. The 
 three Directors last elected shall go out first ; the six Direc- 
 tors first elected shall go out after three years, and Ibe 
 the three Directors elected next after the said six Direeton ^ 
 shall go out at the expiration of two years, and so on. 
 
 5. The annual subscription year shall commence on tbo 
 first day of January in each and erery year, the subscripti(wi» 
 of persons subcribing th<*reafter, sUall become payable in 
 quarterly instalments from that date. 
 
 6. No subscriber or contributor onall have a right to rote, 
 dr be elected, at any annual election, who lias not paid up 
 bis subscription or donation, at least one month previous to 
 the holdiiig of such annual election. . 
 
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 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Of the ^lectlou of IMrectoM* 
 
 "l. Notice of the hour and place for the election of Direc- 
 tors slinll be given by any five 1* ruatees 6f the Hospital, in 
 
 , one or more of the newspapers published in the County of 
 Carleton, at least one month previous to such meeting. 
 
 2. The nutiiber of votes to which any subscriber or con- 
 tributor shall be entitled, at all meetings for the election of 
 Directors, shall be as follows : A subscriber who shall an- 
 nually pay ten shilling-!, shall l>e entitled to one vote: a 
 Subscriber paying thirty shillings, two votes ; a subscriber 
 paying fifty shilling;^, three votes ; a subscriber paying fivie 
 pounds, four votes; a subscriber paying ten pounds, five 
 
 . votes ; a subscriber paying fifteen pounds, six votes; and »• 
 subscriber paying twenty pounds annually shall be entitled 
 to seven votes. 
 
 3.' The annual meeting of the subscribers for the election 
 of Directors, shall be held on the first Tuesday of February, 
 in each and every year, in the Directors* Room in said Hos* 
 pital, at the hour of 12 o'clock, P.M., at which meeting two 
 subscribers present is^aU bo appointed to Inspck^t <3)e bdlQif 
 
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 and CTcrv iMrsdn rotiog at eliid election sbati personally And 
 then and there appear, and deliver to the aforesaid Inspec- 
 tors a ballot, containing the names of the persons he is de* 
 niroos of voting for as Director?, and the number of votes he 
 gives to each candidate ; and tiie Inspectors shall deposit in 
 a box all ballots so delivered, and shall insert the names of 
 the persons so voting in n poll-list, kept b}' them for tlio 
 purpose ; and when the poll of such election shiiU be closed, 
 tli9 Inspectors shall count the said lallots, and shall ojtenly 
 declare to the meeting the names of the persons who sliall 
 be found to have been elected hy the majority of the votes, 
 and shall deliver a certificate thereof to the Secretary, who 
 diall forthwith communicate the same to the persons elected. 
 
 4. The Secretary shall immediately after the election give 
 notice in writing to the Directors elected, and to the Directors 
 for life, requiring them to meet on the first Monday of the 
 following month in the Directors' Room in said Hospital, at 
 the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., and at the first meeting thus 
 held ui^der the charter, the Directors present shall choose 
 from among themselves a i'resident, Vice-President, a Sec- 
 retary and a Trcasui^er. who shall resfiectively remain in 
 oflSce for the period during which, according to the order of 
 retirement they shall be entitled to remain in oilice as Direc- 
 tors ; provided alwaiys that any such President, Vice-Presi- 
 (lent, or Director, Secretary, or Treasurer, shall be eligible 
 for re-electi(m at the expiration ot his term of office ; 
 provided also that the said Secretary or Treasurer may be 
 removed, hefore the expiration of their term of office by the 
 votes of a majority of the said Directors, for n)isconduct or 
 tb"? unsatisfactory discharge of their duties. . , 
 
 6. At the meeting thus held, (after each annual meeting,) 
 the Dircolors shall fill up any vacancy or vacancies that 
 raay have occurred in any of the aforesaid offices, and also 
 appoint the Medical Officers for the current year. .^ 
 
 0. The Directors elected shall declare, either at their first 
 neeting after their election, or by letter addressed to the 
 Secretary, at least one day previous to such meeting, 
 whether or not they ore willing to act in their office, otiier- 
 wise their election shall be void. 
 
 Y; In case the number of the elected Directors shall at 
 any timei by death, resignation, ab^o,^iC<^tw« monthly 
 
joeetbgs and not aprearing at the third (o account for scch 
 absence, ne^ii^lect of duty, or refusal to act iu their office, b« 
 less than twelve, the deficiency shall be made up at tho 
 following monthly meeting after such vacancy as aforesaid, 
 by the vote of the Directors for the time being. 
 
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 CHAPTER m. 
 
 Of tito Direetors* 
 
 1. A monthly meeting of the Doard shall bo held in tk« 
 Directors' Room in the Uus] ito), on the tiist Monday in cacti 
 and fVery month, at tho hour cf 10 o'clock, A.Al., except 
 the month of Pebruarv in eaih year, Hud on special ocoa* 
 sions when notified by the Secmiury. Five uiemberd,^ include 
 ing the President or Vice-President shall constitute a legal 
 meeting, and shall be competent to transact all business 
 relative to the Institution, in as far as they arc authoristd 
 by the Charter of Corporation. 
 
 2. The Directors for life, together with those elected, shall 
 bn the first Monthly Meeting held by tnem, utter the Annual 
 Meeting i n each and nf er year, choose b> ballot out of their 
 number, a Committee on Finance, to consist of three mem- 
 bers, wnose duty it \sill be to audit, inspect, and approve aU 
 accounts coming before the Board for payment, the Secre- 
 tary to be eX'Ojficio a member thereof. 
 
 3. Every President, Vice-President, Director, Treasurer, 
 an.l Secretary of the Corporation shall,, as soon as conve- 
 nient after their election, and before they act in their 
 respective offices, take th*^ oath hereinafter prescribed, to bo 
 to them administered by the Piesidertt or Vice-President 
 for the time being or for the preceding year, fur the faithful 
 and due execution of the duties of their respective offices, 
 donng their continuance in the same. 
 
 FORM OP TUB OATH. 
 
 I do swear, that I will faithfully and duly execute the 
 office of of the Corporation of the County of Carleton 
 
 General Prot;:slant Hospitiil, iu accordance with the truo 
 meaning of its charter, during my conti nuance in the same 
 to the best of my ability, so help me God' 
 
 4. Tlie Directors, at their first meeting as aforesaki, in 
 ?4Ch azid every year, shall elect, by vote and not by l;ail«t, 
 
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 ,..-p — r-'Medical officers, to bo the Attending Phy.iici«n8 for 
 the )^oa.i*, which eieciion shall be conducted In the followlfifg 
 manner, viz, — the Prcaidentj or in his absence the Vict- 
 President, slmll openly propose the names of — Medical 
 
 ' officers, whose election shall be decided by the majority of 
 the votes of ttiose'present. . . (,t 
 
 5. The Directors shall have the power at any Monthly or 
 Special Meeting called for that purpose, to apj>oint by ballot 
 or otherwise, such ofticer or oflficers, and fix their salaries, as 
 they (may at any 4;inie find necossary fur the inunagenieQt of 
 the Hospital. 
 
 > 0. They shall also appoint a Steward, and a Matron pr 
 House-keeper, and fix their salaries, who shall respectively 
 remain in ollice during pleasure, or so long as they continue 
 
 ' to discharge properly and satisfactorily the duties thereof. 
 
 iTA 7. The President, or in his absence the Vice-PresideUjl, 
 
 'and the Secretary, glial 1 and may, or at the request of two 
 Directors, Buniiuon and eajl together (lj»y letter from tke 
 
 i Seci;6tftry, at any time to be appointed by him) the Direc- 
 tors of the (Corporation for the time being, giving them ;;it 
 least one day's notice thereof, and intiuuiting the purpobca 
 of the meeting. 
 
 Mr 8. Two of the Directors shall, ip rotation, visit the 
 Hospital at least twice a week, and shall enter their naui^ti 
 in a book, with such observations relating to the Institution 
 as they slmll think necessary. 
 
 Q. If any otlicer, tlje Steward or the Matrop, shall at any 
 time become unfit to perform the duties of his or her office, 
 or shall misdemean himself pr herself in his or her otRcc, it 
 shall be the duiy of any Director or olticer of the Institution 
 acquiring a knowledge tJiereof, to make known the same in 
 
 ^ form pf. a compjaint to the President, or in his absence il^e 
 
 ' Vice-President, who shall cause the Secretary to summon a 
 meeting of the Direptors, at a time to bd appointed by hitij, 
 and to give notice to the party or parties complained of, 
 with a copy of the charge or complaint, and to the party or 
 parti'»s complaining ; and the Directors shall, at such meet- 
 ing after hearing bolli tiarties, remove by ballot or other- 
 wise, if they find sufficient cause, the person or pergoiis 
 complained of, and until the complaint is thus examlne^i 
 int'» and disponed of as aforeaaid, the Visiting Director* fiT 
 
the week iu which sueh complaint shall have been preferred, 
 
 shall have power to suspend the Steward or Matron, th* other 
 
 servrants frotn thd exercise of his or her office if they deem it 
 
 fi^sseiitlftlly necessary. ,j; i i jiT I 
 
 2 10/ It sliall be tlie duty of the Director^ at^ oa^tf of their 
 
 oil onthly Meetings, to enquire strictly into the dotncsiic 
 
 economy of ihc house, to order all tlhings requisite for the 
 
 «(inm'e, to enquire into the conduct of the officers, Steward, 
 
 «4lntron and servants, and to enforce nil necessary attention 
 
 to economy, cleanliness, and good beliaviour, to order all 
 
 ^repairs, to oversee and coutroul everything connected with 
 
 Ktlio management of tlie Hospital, and to order payment bf 
 
 nocountsthat b^ve been audited by the Finance Committee, 
 
 which shall be done by checques on the Treasurer, signed by 
 
 fcthe ivesident, or in his ribseneo the Vicc-Presideht, and one 
 
 'JDircctor, and countersigned by the Sect etcry. \ { 
 
 «^ 11. They shall in like manner sign all orders given to the 
 
 >: Steward oV Medical oilicers, for the purchase of stores or 
 
 -imedicines, &c., required for the Hospital. 
 
 » 12. Every elected Director shall during his term of office, 
 
 tpay annually, not less than twenty shillings towards the 
 
 f fumls of the Institution. 
 
 CHAPTER IV.. 
 
 jra^4 Ui Ot tlic President and Viec«Prrsidelit« 
 
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 1. I'he President, or in his absence tlte Vice-President, 
 shall preside at all meetings of the Directors of the Corpo- 
 
 , ration. 
 
 2. At all meetings of the Directors every person slml), in 
 1 speaking, stand up and address himself to the President, 
 
 who shall propose all qnest4ons ; and if a difference of 
 o[)inion shall arise on any question, such question shaH be 
 fairly stated by the Presiuent, and shall then be determined 
 by ballot (if two Directors require it) ; ,and if iu any case 
 
 ^iho- votes be equal, the President shall have, the cafjting 
 
 t vote. 
 
 * 3. The President shall-not refuse to propose r^ny question, 
 
 *'nor shall he dissolve or adjourn any meeting without th« 
 consent of a majority of the eaid meeting: tatil the l^usinc^^ 
 thereof be finished. . .1.^ ,^... 
 
CHAPTER Y, 
 
 Of the Treasurer* 
 
 1. The Treasurer shall give inch security as maj be 
 reifutred by the Directors for the due nccouniing for, and 
 payment of the money which he shall from time to tino 
 veceive for the use of the Hospital. 
 
 2. He shall have the custody of all bonds, title deedii| 
 documents and other papers relating to the property of ibd 
 Corporation. 
 
 3. He shall also receive all monies belonging to tbo 
 Corporation, and pny out the whole or any part thereof, on 
 written checques as already provided for, but not other* 
 wise.v 
 
 4. He shall grant receipts for all monies deposited in big 
 hands for the use of the Hospital, which receipts wiien 
 amounting to ISs and upwards, the parties receiving them 
 will deliver to the Secretary, either at the time of receiving 
 them, or when they wish to present an indigent sick non* 
 pny patient for admission into tiie Hospital, and in return 
 the Secretary will grant them a docrment certifying the 
 amount thns paid, and the nuniber of non-pay patients such 
 subscriber is entitled to recommend for admiasion. , 
 
 5. He shall keep his accounts in such manner us he shall 
 from time to time be instrutled so to do by the Directors. 
 
 6. Ho shall deliver to the Secretary six days at least 
 previous to the Annual Meeting of the Sub.^cribcis, held on 
 the first Tuesday iil February iu each and every year, a full 
 statement of all bis ace >unts, with the Vouchers for the 
 preceding year, to be laid before said Annual Aieeting ; ho 
 will also present a statement of I is receipts, » nd dis- 
 bursements at each and every monthly meeting of the Board 
 fcr the preceding month. 
 
 CHAPTER VT. 
 
 Of the ^Secretary* 
 
 1. The Secretary shall attend at all meetings of the 
 Directors, Trustees, and Annual Aleetinga of the Subscribers, 
 take Minutes of the proceedings of each of those meetings, 
 aud transcribe the same into a book. 
 
 2. He shall at each meeting aa aforesaid read the proceed- 
 ings cf the former meeting. 
 
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3. Through hhn all oommnnio^iions, of whatsoever 
 DAtnrc, shiill be made to the Directors and Trustees, and by 
 him from the said Directors and Trustees, to the public, or 
 any department of the Hoaf)ital. 
 
 4. He shall furnish the Directors at the Annual Heetiog 
 of the Subscribers, a report of their proceedings during the 
 past year. 
 
 5. One day previous to each and every meeting of the 
 Directors or Trustees, it shall be bis duty to send notice of 
 the tmie and place of such meeting to each Director or 
 Trustee, stating tlie purpose of the meeting. 
 
 6. He shall summou the Directors or Trustees to meet as 
 aforesaid when be deems it necessary. 
 
 7. If an extraordinary meeting be appointed to consider 
 of any charge or complaint against any Director or otiicer, 
 or the Steward or Matron, he shall give notice thereof in 
 meriting, with a copy of the said charge or complaint to the 
 party or parties complained of, and to the party or parties 
 complaining. 
 
 8. On the first Monday in January in each and every 
 year, the Secretary shall send the fullowing monitory letter 
 to each and every person, whose subscription shall then be 
 found to be in'arrear: — 
 
 Frotsstart Hospital, 
 
 Bytown, day of 185 . 
 
 i^jr,—!!!!!! to acquaint you that it oppeurs by the Collector's List, 
 that your Subia^cripiioii of hais nut been paid for the pu«t year j 
 
 it is therefore the rcqueist of the JJireclor^ ihut vou will please to |:ay 
 the same to , nur Collector, aiul excuse this application, whiclk 
 
 is only incaiit to uiform you that yonr sulscriptiou is uow in arreaf} 
 as ia usually done bv otht^r IlospitHls m like cases. 
 By order of the Director?, 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 9. He shall, seven days before the Annual Meetitig of the 
 Subscribers for the election of Directors, hang up a notice 
 in their Hall, stating therein the names of ; t, person;? 
 qualified to be elected, as well as of those who arc qiialilicd 
 to be the electors. 
 
 10. The Secretary shall lay on the taMe in the Directors* 
 Rootu at the monthly meetinjr?', tlio jixinuils or niiiiiitcGi (.f 
 their proceedings, the case book of the Attcudir.t? J.Usiical 
 officer, or Sargcca if there ba one, the book coulainii.g U:q 
 
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 i; inkmie^ 'Jt the WeelUjTiVwtt lag, Directors, and other docu- 
 
 ' iheiita relative to the ft^irA^fif the Corporation which thtty 
 
 ii\»y t^qiiire. , i Im ■ ♦ 
 
 11. Me tihall receive the neceipts granted by the Treasurer 
 t4» iMtts^ribers for inoQej)^ paid him for the use of the lios- 
 pit^l, aud in lieu thejecl, he Fill deliver to the Subscriber a 
 blank form of admission for indigent non-])ay patients, fill- 
 ing up the hrst blauk therein, with the amount paid by such 
 Subscriber, and slating the number of non-pay patients such 
 Subscriber is entitled to recommend for admission. 
 
 X^H \PTKR VII. 
 
 Of the Stetvard* 
 
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 1. The Steward shall purchase, under the direction of the 
 Directors, fuel, provisions, and all other stores for the use of 
 the Hospital, except medicines and medical stores, and shall 
 be accountable for the same. 
 
 2. He shall keep in I*ass-booka, into which shall be enter- 
 ^. ed all articles purchased from those tradesmen vith whom 
 
 ' the Directors may open accounts ; and for all other articles, 
 he shall obtain bills of parcels: all of which he shall lay 
 ^ before the Directors at each of their monthly meetings. 
 
 3. He shall keep iu Books ])rovided for that puri)Ose, an 
 acco.int of all stores brought into the Hospital, and shall not 
 
 , deliver any stores under his charge, unless on a requisition 
 
 • from the Matron, entered by heriu a book provided for that 
 \ purpose. 
 
 « 4 Ife shall keep a book in which he shall enter each 
 
 ♦ PatitMil's name, with the diets and other extras furnished him 
 or her, while in the Hospital, and then transfer the same to 
 n general account to be opened in said book against the 
 Director-^, and furnish the lioard monthly with a copy 
 then'* f, togeiher with all monies received by him during 
 
 , the previous month from patients, or from any other source 
 
 . for the use of the Hos[)ital. 
 
 6. He shall also, hi a book provided for tliat purpose, 
 enter the names of the Pay-patients, charging ihem witjithe 
 weekly rHtcs to be j aid for board, lodging, medicines, 
 medicj'l atienriance, and extras, collect the same, and fur- 
 nish {in nccoiint thereof to tlie Board at each monthly meet- 
 ing, and shew his books when required. 
 
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 6. He shall give timely notice in writinp:, to the Directors 
 whep'iBTiy of the stdreF are nearly expended. 
 
 7. He shall on the (ulmUaion of a Patient take an inven- 
 tory^ in a book to be kojtt rfor -that purpose, of his or her 
 f.lothea and other effects, — shall order the clothes to bo 
 purified, if niBG^Bsary,*«-^AuU shaAl be accountable for the safe 
 delivery Of the same to the patient on leaving the Hospital, 
 
 f or in case of death,, to aiiy person whpm the Directors, 
 <throii{(h the Secretary, shall Authorise to receive the same, 
 
 • providied that if the ol^ihep of any. patient be in such a state 
 rts to render it necessary that tlwey should bc burned, it shall 
 
 f be done, il sUnclipned by the Attending Medical officer. 
 : 8. He ahikli keep* in a bQok for. the purpose, an account of 
 the servants' time and wages, and pay the same when or- 
 , dered by the I? irQ(j lor*» 
 
 9. ItslmU be hif ^utf to take care that every part of the 
 . premise^! without^ ajiul within the Hospital, be kept in proper 
 "order. ; ■ :; ;{,,;:;..-.:' 
 
 • 10. jH^: shall kjpep tlio keys qf the outer doors and gates, 
 and look them at 10 o'clock, P.M., and open them at i>, 
 A.M., from the First of May to the First of November, apd 
 lock them at 8, P.M-, and open thi^rn atV, A.M., duriug the 
 rest Qf the year^ uulyss ordered olherwise by the Directors, 
 or in Ciisc of emergejicy, t\)r the service of the patients. 
 
 11. In cascvs; of an urgent nature, he shall immediat6!y 
 .summon the Att(.eiiding Mcdic.il officer, or if ho cannot be 
 found, he shall call upon the nearest member of the Medical 
 Board. 
 
 lli. He shall hang up in the Directors' Room, the names 
 of the Weekly Visiting Directors, and shall on tlie Saturday 
 preceding their week of attaidauce, give Ihcm notice ia 
 writing thereof; ho shall ^Iso deliver to the Directors', 
 Trustees, and qilyjr gfticvrs, all communications trom ^e 
 Secretary. y^..,?.^ ;?/. ,^ 
 
 13. Ho shall report to the Weekly Visiting Direciof«, 
 *ftnd to the Directors at their 'Manihly Meetings, any mi^- 
 
 louduct or irregniarit\ that may come under his notice. 
 
 14. He shall give reasonable security to the Directora for 
 bis fidelity - 
 
 15. As soon as the body of ft Pftti^nt, dykig in th« lJo»- 
 :^i^ M Uid oul in the dead ho:»se, it sbiail be tbetlu^ of 
 
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 the Steward to see that the body be mfely kept there, uatil 
 delivered for interment, or to such authorified party as the 
 law may direct, and he shall be retponsibic fur the faithfal 
 execution of his duty. 
 
 16. Svery Patient admitted into the Hospital shall be cob- 
 Ridcred as being placed in the sole elmrge of the Clergyman 
 cf the Denomination to which he or she belongs ; at the 
 lime of their admission, the Steward shall, when requested 
 by any Patient, :jend immediately in writing for such Pro- 
 testant Clergyman as he or she may desire. 
 
 17. He shall be responsible for tiie afhxing the names and 
 other j)art!cular3 ot all the Patients at their beds-head, and 
 he shall enter in th& Register of Patients, under the direc- 
 tion of the Attending Medical officer, the name, sex, age, 
 Piotestant denomination belonging to, country born in, 
 place of residence, disease, and time of admission of every 
 Patient receited into the Hospital; and also Uie name oif 
 Ihe person or association of persons, by whom the Patient 
 has been recommended for admission^ whether as a destitute, 
 sick, non-pay, or a^ a pay-patient; it the latter, the rate per 
 week to be paid for his or her board, &e., exclusire of extras, 
 and the time and manner in which every Patient leaves the 
 Bospital. 
 
 18. He shall not absent himself from the Hospital, except 
 on duty, without the permission of the Attending Medical 
 oflBcer. 
 
 19. He shall not employ aay in-door servant other than a 
 " Protestant. 
 
 20. He .shall not admit any Non-pay Patient, or Patients 
 into the Hospital, unless the certificate of admission is sign- 
 ed by the Secretary, certifying tliat the parly recommending 
 is a paid up Subscriber, and entitled to recommend such 
 Non-pay Patient for admisdiou ; this clause not to apply to 
 Emigranis of less than one year's residence in the country, 
 or to cases of cmer^ncy. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Of the lUeclieftl Boaril* 
 
 '' "H. The Medical Board of the County cf Carleton OenemI 
 Protestant Hos^uta), eball consist of the Ccnsuitiog, and 
 
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 AUendlng Medical Oi!icers, and Surgeons. 
 
 ^. lib person shall be ol'igible to ib« offiae of ConsuUing, 
 or Attending Pb> gieian or tSurgeon, who is not a graduate: 
 of a University or College in the BritljUi domiBions, or a 
 Iiicentiate or Member of a College of PbyBic'uuis or Surgeons 
 of Great Britain and Ireland, or other Sa the British domi- 
 nions, of at hast three years standmg, and who is, mort- 
 over, not licensed to practice in this Province. 
 
 3. Any Attending Physieiau or Surgeon may, after hav> 
 insr acted in that capacity for seven years, become a Con-, 
 suiting Physician or Surgeon to the In^tution. 
 
 4. In all Surgical eases requiring operations (except in 
 emergencies where delay might be dangerous), and in Medi- 
 cal cases when desired, a consultation of the whole Medic^U 
 Board at the Hospital shall be summoned. 
 
 6. It shall bo tiie duty of the Medical Board to examine 
 all candidates for the sitimtion of House Surgeon^ and 
 Apothecary (when such officers are to be engaged for tht> 
 Hospital), communicating to the Directors in writing thiir 
 opinion of the candidates. 
 
 6. The visiting hour of the Medical Board shall be 12 
 o^elock, noon, of each and every day, Sundays excepted. ,,^,^ 
 
 -- CHAPTER IX. '%u 
 
 Of ll&c Attentling Medlca] OIBcciv 
 
 1. The visiting hour for the Attending Medical ofliecr 
 shall be 12 o'clock, noon, on each an! every day, Snndays 
 excepted, nnd also wlicn summoned by 4ihB^teward id 
 cases of an urgent nature, and shall on his daily visits enter 
 all the occupied wards. 
 
 2. Should the Attending Medical officer be nnable from 
 illness, or intended absence from town, to fulfil ti^e duties of 
 his office, he shall obtain the assistance of some other mem' 
 ber of the .Medical Boar^' . 
 
 3. The Attending Medical officer shall alone h«ft the 
 power to admit and dischnrge any patient; except in eases 
 of severe injuries, where the Steward (until a House Sur- 
 geon is engaged) shall admit at any hour of the day or 
 night, without reoommendatory letters. 
 
 4. Ho shall have the power to name his owo c^k a&l 
 dressei' ft<>m among the patients. 
 
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 5. He shallha'^* diarge of <^Il;.the Surgical Instruiltentfi, 
 (until the af)p^inlin6iH of a House Surgeon), and shal^ be 
 responsible fbi*4heeame» ill « Vo 
 
 <5. It wiUbb the duty of the Attending Medical offiifer to' 
 deliver to tlie Nnfscg of the respective wards, the diflbrent 
 medicines, ft e.,^ prescribed for the patients of each; the 
 directions for ^^ttich sliAll be lep^lbly written or printed, aiid> 
 affixed upon each phial, box or parcel. 
 
 7. He sbalf have dhnrge of the Dispensary or Apothecary's 
 Room (until ah Apothecary is appointed), and shall com- 
 pound and make up, or get compounded and made up under 
 iiis directions, all the medicines, tinctures, pill«, and prepa- 
 rations, reqnirdd to be kept on hand. 
 
 8. The Attcndipg Medical officer shall regulate the dietg 
 of the patients; ''*" 
 
 '9. It shall be his duty to ndtify the members of the Medi-- 
 cal Board whenever a consultation is required. 
 
 10, tie ^irtil draw up a monthly report of the state and' 
 number .01 the patients admitted and discharged during the' 
 preceding month, and lay the same before the Directoi'S at 
 tlieir monthly meetings. ^ ' ^; * w ; ' a ^itowitra 
 
 11. He shull also draw out a similar Annual Report for 
 tlie preceding: year, to be laid before the Subscribers at their 
 Annual meetings in each and every year. ^ 
 
 12> Jt shall be the duty of the Attending Medical officer 
 to notify the Steward of the dismissal of all patients. 
 
 13. That for the purpose of Pathological investigations, 
 ihe Attending Medical officer shall have the power of 
 examining p6st mortem, the bodies of patients deceased 
 wltl^nU^e Hospital at his discretion, and such examinations 
 shall only be made in the presence or by order of the same, 
 provided the relative of the deceased do not object to such 
 examination. . , 
 
 vjl4,.,.Ui all cases when it becomes necessary to notify thof 
 CbrcviQr of the sudden death of any individual within the 
 prefMucis of the Hospital, it shall be the duty of the Attend- 
 ing, Medical officer to give such notice, and on the holding 
 of the inquest, he shall be the Medical officer referred to* for 
 inCorn^ion bv tlmt fuuctionaryi and the jury summoned by 
 hirii, ana shall l>c entitled to the fees paid by the Coroner Ui^ 
 such cases. 
 
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 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Of tlie Stoclentc AltfcnjUnif the IIocpltlil>i ^ 
 
 1 No Student who has not prkviot|a1jr taken a ticket| for 
 attendance in the Hospital, shal( on ^uy pretence \rl4atcjvcrp 
 be allowed to witness any ope^tioh or diagection^ or to 
 attend the Clinical Lectnves. I j 
 , 2. The fee for a Student's Aniiual ! 
 
 Ticket shall be ; . . . . .£2 \- 
 
 SixMonths.. |...... 15 ^ 
 
 Perpetual. ..;.... w . .u ..,;.. 3 • ^ 
 
 3. Students following thie Attending Medical Officers 
 during the visits are to l^hare With decency and propriet}', 
 keeping their hats off at al| titnes^ and the.y mast avoid 
 <i0!ng anything that may tend to disturb physicians^ clei^s 
 or patients. I 4 
 
 4. Every Student mu^ keep his liat off while he is in the 
 operating Theatre, both that he may not obstruct the view 
 of others, and as a mofrk of respect ; and all noise and 
 changing of seats must be avoided, as unpleasant to tha 
 operators and hurtful to the patients. 
 
 5. Students when visiting the wards, are on no account 
 to offer any advice, or express any opiuion, unless when 
 requested so to do by the Attending Medical officer. {<* , K'^ 
 
 6. No Student shall enter the wards at any time, except 
 the visiting hour, unless by permission <tf the Attending 
 Medical oflScer. 
 
 7. Any Student infringing any of the above regulations, 
 ishall forfeit the benefit of his ticket and the pnvilego of 
 attending the Hospital. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Ckftlte Matron* 
 
 I . The Matron shall visit the wards of the Hospital eveiy 
 morning from the First day of May, to the First day of 
 November, at 7 o'clock, A.M., and during the rest of the 
 year at 8 o'clock^ A.M., every afternoon at 1 o'clock. P.M., 
 and every evening at 5 and 8 o'clock, P.M., and oftener 
 when re<tah:ed ; at these vimts she shall see that the wards 
 ftre pfoperly attended by ttie Nurses, (and nntil Notses aro 
 eoqiloycd she shall attend to it herself,) and that all the 
 
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 pftiients are in their re^pectire wardiL and report to the 
 Attendifiz lledical oflBcer, the mpkan of such patients as are 
 •Iiseqt wUhon^ leave. 
 
 ^ 2. She shall OTersee the conduet of the patients, and ser- 
 vants, and take care that the wards, apartroenU, beds, 
 clothes, linen, kc, are kept clean and in good order. 
 ' 3. She shall have charge of all the fnmiture, beds, bed- 
 ding, and dresses, belonging to the Hospital, as fkr as 
 regards her department. 
 
 4. She shall report any misconduct of the patients, or 
 servants, or anv other irregolsrity occurring in the house, 
 to the Attending Medical officer, to the Weekly Visiting 
 Directors, and to the Directors at tneir Monthly Meetings. 
 
 5. She shall prevent anything being taken into the wards 
 except that which is ordered. 
 
 6. She shall not admit any person or persons to see any 
 patient or patients, except at the hour appointed by the 
 Attending Medical officer. 
 
 7. She shall superintend the preparing of the diet of the 
 patients, and be particular that the same diet, in the quan- 
 tity, and at the time prescribed, be given and nothing else ; 
 she shall also keep a diet list, with the number of patients 
 on each diet. 
 
 8. She shall not absent herself from the Hospital without 
 leave of the Attending Medical officer. 
 
 9. She shall not employ Nurses or other in^loor servants 
 who are not Protestants. 
 
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 yi CHAPTER XII. 
 
 O f t ]& e N u r « e a • 
 
 1. When a patient is admitted Into the Hospital, the 
 Nurse of the Ward to which such patient may be ordered, 
 shall immediately wash his or her face and hands, neck and 
 arms, feet and legs, with tepid water ; she sbnli give him or 
 her (if he or she have none,) an Hospital shirt and night 
 cap, and shall deliver without delay, his or her clothes, after 
 an inventory of them has been taken, to the person ordered 
 by the Steward to receive them. 
 
 2. The Nurse shall ist the next visit, state to the Attend- 
 ing Medical officer, such circumstance or circumstances as 
 may tend to throw light on the case, and shall be ready to 
 
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 do the same atd&cb 3ucc66djag 7Mit. 
 
 3. In tliq ovent of, any patient bein^ seized wItU violent 
 or aiarmingf symptoms, she shall give immediate notice 
 thereof to the House Surgeon if there be on^, if hot to the 
 Steward, in order tliat the Attending Medical officer may at 
 once be sent for. 
 
 4. The Nurse when ordered by the Matron, shall change 
 tiie patients' linen, bed-linen, and bedding. 
 
 5. She shall receive no medicines sent from tlie Apothe- 
 cary's shop to the wards, unless labelled and directed. 
 
 6. When a death occurs, the Nurse of the ward shall 
 immediately give information to the Steward. 
 
 7. They shall clean their respective wards, 4bc., at 8, A.M, 
 from the First May to the First November, and at 9, A.M. , 
 the remainder of the year. t\ 
 
 8. The Nurses shall be diligent in complying with the 
 orders of the Medical officer, Surgeon and Matron, and Ihey 
 shall behave with tenderness to Uie patients. 
 
 9. They shall pay particular attention to the patients, 
 and as often as necessary supply them with the drink pre- 
 Hcnbed, and assist them when they are unable to assist 
 
 r^ themselves, and when they are able, shall place the vessel or 
 vessels containing their drink, commodiously within their 
 reach, and take care that they never remain empty. 
 
 10. They shall see that the patients take their medicines 
 as prescribed. 
 
 11. They shall never, on any account, allow anything to 
 be brought into the wards, or given to the patients, except 
 that which is ordered. 
 
 13. They shall give immediate notice to the Steward, 
 Matron, or Attendin^^ Medical officer, when any patient or 
 patients shall have violated any of the By-laws of the Hos- 
 pital. 
 
 13. They shall always keep themselvo;; clean and decently 
 clothed. 
 
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 J CHAPTER XIII. ^^ 
 
 *.' Of the Admlasiim oT Pati«nt«. 't ^ 
 
 » I. That no patient other than a Protestant shall be 
 .admitted into the Hospital. 
 
 That the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Aj^d any 
 
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 two of the Directors shall havo the power of granting ticket<i 
 cif admission to indigent sick residentt^, strangers and 
 emigrants, without being held responsibly for Hospital dues. 
 
 3. Individual SubscriMrs, Clergymen (making collection^ 
 'in their chorches), Municipal Corporations, and litodgji^s, 
 subscribing and paying for the current year, the sum of 
 fifteen shillings, will bo entitled to recommend one indigent 
 sick non-pay patient for admission into the Hospital ; sub- 
 scribing and paying forty shillings, will be entitled to 
 recommend two ; subscribing and paying sixty sbilliag^, 
 .will be entitled to recommend three ; subscribing and pay- 
 ing tlve pounds, will bo entitled to recommend mur, and so 
 5>n in proportion. 
 
 4. That any person giving a donation of twenty-five 
 pounds, shall be considered a Life-Subscriber, and shall be 
 entitled to present one non-pay patient annually, or shall 
 be considered for the some amount, an Annual Subscriber, 
 with the privilege to present ten patients for admission dur- 
 ing that year. 
 
 5. In all such coses, it shall be the exclusive prerogative 
 pf the Medical officer to judge if the person or persons, so 
 presented or recommended, be labouring under such disease 
 MS is admissible into the Hospital, according to the By-laws 
 of the Corporation. 
 
 6. Subscribers residing at a distance from Bytown, desi- 
 rous of recommending non-pay patients for admission into 
 the Hospital, will require (in addition to the Secretary's 
 certificate,) to got a certificate from a Clergyman, Physi- 
 cian, Reeve, Deputy Reeve, or Magistrate of the Township, 
 Town, or Village, in which the intended patient is resident, 
 certifying that the patient is personally known to sucli 
 Clergyman, &c., and is in indigent circumstances, and una- 
 ble to pay any sum per week, for board, lodging, and medi- 
 cines, while in the Hospital, that would be otiierwisfe 
 charged. ■fi.t (<i>vj'!i>, « . • ■ ,* 
 
 7. In any case of an urgent nature, where delay may be 
 <langerous, the Steward (until the appointment of a House 
 Surgeon,) shall have the power to admit patients ; and lie 
 Khali immediately give information of the same to the 
 Attending Medical officer, or in bis absence from Town, to 
 )tny other of the Medical Board. 
 
 ^^ ,^8. No patient shall be admitted into the Hospital whose 
 
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 f Mtt sluiU be considered iaenrable, or who is insane, nor 
 whose oMCi does not require the benefit of in-door practice. 
 ^. Stieh patients as are unable to par for their malnte* 
 nance, shall be received as paupeis ; Buch as are able to pay, 
 shall be adinitted into the Hospit<il aspaj^patients, and none 
 of these at less than seven shillings and sixpence pirr week, 
 pajable weelcly in advance, eiclusive of wasbinr, wine, 
 porter, spirits, and other extras ; for the payment of which, 
 the person or association of persons recommending such 
 patient shall be responsibla. ' 
 
 10. The person or association of persons recommending 
 any patient or patients, eheAl mention in the certificate for 
 Admission, if the patient or patients be indigent siclc, and if 
 not the sum they are to pay per week. 
 
 11. Subscribers and others recommending pay or indigent 
 Bon-pay patients for admission into the Hospital, will be 
 held responsible for twenty shillings for the fhneral expen- 
 ces, should such patient or patients die while In the Hospi' 
 tal ; and also for the washing and other extras ordered by 
 the Attending Medical officer, to be given to such patient or 
 patients during their stay in the Hospital. But as special 
 cases may happen when a deviation from this By-law may 
 be necessary, the Visiting Directors for the week, in eon- 
 junction with the Secretary, are hereby authorised to dls* 
 pense with it in such cases. 
 
 12. The foregoing shall not apply to emigrants, not resi- 
 dent over one twelve months in the country. ! 
 
 13. A Male and Female ward shall be devoted to Lock- 
 ward cases ; patients shall' not be admitted into the Lock- 
 wards as non-paying, but each and every Lock-ward patient 
 shall pay not less than fifteen shillings per week, payable 
 weekly in advance, exclusive of extras as aforesaid ; and if 
 not specified in the certificate of admission that he or she 
 be a Lock-ward patient, then the Attending Medical ofHoer 
 shall send back such patient to the person recommending 
 the same, with the word " Lock-ward" written on the certi- 
 ficate; and if the person recommending shall renew the 
 recommendation, he shall be responsible for the Hospital 
 dues for such patient. No Lock-ward patient shall be 
 admitted into the common wards. 
 
 14. Two beds (one in the men's ward and one hi the 
 women's ward) shall be kept in reserve to feoeive such 
 
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 pAiients OS maj from tadd«B accideai be in need of Imme- 
 diate relief. 
 
 15. The applicants for admiseion ehall attend at the Iioe- 
 pital dailT, at the Iiour of 12 o'clock, nopn| and wait the 
 arrival of the Attendbg Medical officer. 
 
 Form of Certificate for the admUtion of Non^y PatitntB. 
 
 Feeretary*s Offiu^ 
 ProtMlaiit Hoflpiial, dajr ti 
 
 I hereby certify that cf the of hat paid to on 
 
 account of the County of Cwleton General Protentant Horpital, the 
 sum of pounds ahilMngii, and haa lodged the receipt with 
 
 me, which Hunienlitlea to recommend and present indigout 
 
 sick non-p&y p atient for admissioa into the Hospital. 
 
 To the President and Director*, } —_—_——. 
 
 Protestant Hospital, Bytown. ( Secretary. 
 
 itol 
 
 the 
 ach 
 
 Day of 285 
 
 Gentlemen, — I cfecoinmend and present a native of he- 
 
 longing to the Church, aged years, by occupation a who 
 
 has resided in the of for the last years, to be admitted 
 
 into the Hospital as an indigent sick non-pay patient, if be thought 
 A fit object for admission, agreeing and promising to pay all extras 
 required by , and also the sum of twenty shilHngsfor the funeral 
 
 expenses, should die in the Hospital. 
 
 To the President and Directors, ) I am, Gentlemen, &c., 
 Protestant Hoapital, Bytown. \ • 
 
 A Subscriber. 
 
 Day of 
 Gentlemen,— I hereby certify that the above is personally 
 
 known to me, and that is in indigent circumstances and unable 
 
 to pay anything per week for support, should b« admitted into 
 
 the Hospital. 
 
 To the Plresident and Directors. \ • " 
 
 Protestant Hospital, Bytown, ( Clergyman, Physician, Reeve, 
 
 Deputy Reeve, or Magistrate. 
 
 Bytown, day of 
 
 Oentleiaen,— I hereby ecriify that I have emBiuedithie above 
 and find a fit object for admission into the Hts|iital. 
 To the President and Directors, 1 . . ■■ * * . m -■ 
 
 Profsaiaat Ifoapital, Bytown, I Attending MedioaHM&cer. 
 
09 
 
 Bytown, day ui '', 
 
 Sir,— \Ve do herehy authorise you to admit mto the Hospital th«* 
 above as aii iiidigeta sick iipn'-pay patient, and to furuish 
 
 daity with auch dieii», &c., as the Attending Medical Uflicer niay 
 prescribe, charging to and collecting from the above recommending'' 
 .Subscriber, the Hospital charges for extras furnished , and n.hff 
 
 I he sum of 20s forihe funeral expenses, ehould die while in the 
 
 Hospital. 
 
 To the Steward, i 
 
 frutesiant Hospital, [ . . •. ^-^ .^ .vr-; ^t 
 
 -*•■• . Byiowu. ^ 4t"^ ^.1 -^^^Ar^^V. rirectoM?^ 
 
 Fo.*m of Certificate for the Jidmissian of Pmj-PatUni$,^'^^ 
 
 Cay ol 185 . 
 
 (ieinlenien, — I recommend n native of belonging lo 
 
 the Chnrch, aged jears, by occupation a who has 
 
 lesidedinthe of for the last years, a;« a pay patient, 
 
 at the weekly rate of shillings pence, paj'able weekly iu 
 
 iidvance. (agreeing and promising to pay the said weekly rates, a* 
 Tvellasthe charges for extras, thj sum of twenty shillings for th.4 
 ^uiieral expenses, should die while in the Hospital.) if L«| 
 
 thought a ni object for admission. , 
 
 To the President and Directors, ^ I arn, Genilomen, ,^ , ., . 
 
 o..^<<.o..,..* n^«»:.»i f Your obd't set vM. f*, jH^ 
 
 Protestant Hospital, 
 Mvtown. 
 
 
 By town, day of 180 . yf 
 
 Gentlemen,— I hereby certify that I have examined the above 
 Hiid hitd a fit object fur admission into the Hospital, 
 to the President and Directors, > 
 
 Protestaui Hospital, Byiown. \ Aitt-nding Mtd. OJuvm 
 
 . Bytown. day ol 185 . 
 
 Sir,— We do herr.by authorise you lo admit into the Hospital tht» 
 jibuve us a pay patient, at tlie weeltif rale of shilli.iij.'! 
 
 a:id pence, payal)le weekly la advance. coUcclin!» from ih« 
 
 .ibovc the patty recommending, the weekly rates and charges 
 
 tjr extras, (unless paid by said putie\it.) and should die whib: ia 
 
 the Hospital, the sura of twenty sbiliinj;.'' i-^i the iuncral c.tpen^e.s. 
 
 To the Steward, 
 ProtestaiU Hospital, 
 
 Bytown.) Directoi«. 
 
 P. S.— Extras mean washing, spjiits, wine, ale, or in fact, anythiuij 
 Ikft yo»d the ordinary aUnwanre for, <Jlci5,anJ medi?it'.ei kept i.; Ih'j 
 H^spit?!. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 I Of the Patients* 
 
 1. No patienl shall smoke in the house or ou the galleries, 
 make use of obscene or profane language, nor leave the 
 wards in which he or she shall have been placed, without 
 permission from the Attending Medical officer or Steward. 
 
 2. The patients shall not play at cards, or dice, or an/' 
 other game. 
 
 3. They shall conduct themselves with due respect to the 
 Matron, Nurses and Servants of the Hospital. 
 
 4. No male patient, under any pretence whatever, sbail 
 cnt«r into the apartments or wards of the females, unless re- 
 quired by the Attending Medical officer to give assistance ; 
 nor shall a female patient enter the departments or wards 
 for males. ^ 
 
 5. No patient shall allow their friends to bring to them, 
 nor shall they use, anything whatsoever, except the diet 
 prescribed, without permission from the Attending Medical 
 Officer. ^ 
 
 6. Every patient shall retire to bed at 9 o'clock, P.M.,« 
 tVom the first of May to the liist November; at 8 o'clock,*^ 
 P.M., the remainder of the year ; and those who are able 
 shall rise at 7, A.M., during the summer, and at 8, A.M., 
 during the winter. ^ 
 
 7. Such non-paying patients as shall be considered able, 
 shall assist the Nurses and other servants of the Hospital, in 
 nursing the patients, making the beds, cleaning the wards, 
 and doing such other work in and about the premises as the 
 Attending Medical officer may direct. 
 
 8. Any patient or patients, not conforming to the By-laws 
 of the Corporation, shall incur the penalty of expulsion. ^ 
 
 9. When any patient is discharged from the Hospital for 
 irregular conduct, the Steward shall give notice thereof by 
 letter, in the form and manner following, to the person or 
 association of persons, wlio shall have recommended .such 
 patient : — ;* 
 
 , V, ^^ Prot(;9t«ni Hospilal, ^' 
 
 *i /V Byiown, day of , 
 
 Sir,- I am directed to i.iiorm you Utat A. H.. recommended by yon, 
 haw jhi3 day teea disc harjjcd frym the llodpiiai, i'oi irrt»sfu!ar coiuiuci.. 
 
 f Hin. Sir, v\ ".. 
 
 To Mr. CD.:- ■ — ■- -< ■ p; J. -•';-; ^-- -^- , 
 
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 Of tike €H|t»lloor Patienta* 
 
 1. They shall attend at the Hospital on the davs and 
 houTB appointed b^ the Attending Medical officer, for giving 
 advice and medicines to the poor, (gr^itis,) and if any of 
 them neglect to attend twice in succession, without leave 
 from the Medical officer, he or she shall not be entitled to 
 any further advice or medicines. * . ,;:^ 
 
 2. The names of ihe Out-door Patients shall be cnteria^ 
 into a book kept for that purpose, with the age, sex, Protes- 
 tant Denomination belonging to, country born in, place of 
 residence, and complaint, the time of admission, and the 
 termination of the disease as far as can be ascertained. 
 
 3. Medicines and advice shall be given to the poor (gratis) 
 at the HospitHl, on such days and at such liours as may be 
 appointed by the Attending Medical officer, — all out-door 
 patients shall provide their ov/n phials. 
 
 4. No out-door patient shall loiter about the Hospital 
 gate, or premises adjoining; they shall come directly to the 
 room in the Hospital appointed to receive them, and as soon 
 OS they have received the advice and medicines, which may 
 be considered necessary for them, they shall immediately 
 leave the Hospital. 
 
 5. Any out-door patient or patients, who sliall violate any 
 of the rules or regulations of the Hospital, shall incur the 
 penalty of dismissal. , , , 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 Of Vaccination* 
 
 1. On any of the days appointed by the Attending Medi' 
 cal officer for inoculating the poor, (gratis,) any person or 
 persons, without the recommendation required for the 
 admission of patients to the Hospital, may present their 
 children for inoculaliou. 
 
 2. The Medical officer, or other person who shall inoco- 
 late any children or other persons, on any of the above seated 
 days, shall register in a book belonging to the Hospital, 
 (kept for that purpose,) the name, age, sex, Protestant deno- 
 mination belonging to, country born in. and place of posi- 
 dcnce, of each and every iadividuid so inoculatedi the part 
 
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 of the body on which the inoculation has been performed, 
 the date, progress, and termination of each and erery case. 
 3. Each and every person IxringiBg a child or children for 
 vaccination, shall deposit one shilling and three 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 for* 
 feiture of the deposit, but on a due compIianc<^ with it, will 
 be returned. j\ 
 
 •;t.v i:5 i".»v: CHAPTER XVII. ■^^c^fh'rf:.fft{'tft4 
 
 ' ^Phe Penalty of Receiving any Fee or R«w«fdU H 
 
 1. No Director, or other person connected with the County 
 of Oarleton General Protestant 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 or reward, or gratuity 
 of whatever kind, directly or indirectly, for any service 
 done or to be done, or proposed to be done on account of, or 
 relative to t^ said Hospital. 
 
 %i CHAPTER XVIII. < 
 
 Of tlie Disposal of the Dead* 
 
 1. When an indigent non-paying patient dies in the Hos- 
 pital, (if the body he interred,) the Steward shall give notice 
 thereof to the nighest relatives of the deceased, if there be 
 any, and also to the Clergyman to whose congregation he or 
 she may belong, and the Steward shall assist the Sexton at 
 the interment. 
 
 2. Emigrant indigent non-paying patients of less than 
 twelve months residence in the country, who die in the 
 Hospital, shall have tiie'ir funerals defrayed from the funds 
 of the Institution, unless the same is provided for out of the 
 Emigrant Fund, or unless the bodies are otherwise disposed 
 of by law. 
 
 3. Other indigent non-paying patients having no relatives 
 in this Town or neighborhood, or when their bodies are not 
 taken away by friends for interment, an appeal will be made 
 to the different religioui communities to which they may 
 
 
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 have belonged, to provide for iUeir fiip^^ral^, unless tbi^ 
 bodies are otherwise disposed of by law. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIX 
 
 Of illtsiingy Repcallnffy and Maklns Kegulatloii» and 
 
 Statutes* 
 
 No additional By-laws, Regulations or Statutes, 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 Monthly Meetings of the Directors, and passed at the 
 tbllowing Monthly Meeting. 
 
 (Signed.) JOHN McKINNON, \^.^ 
 
 RODERICK ROSS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 President. 
 
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 oVtv-CAP. xxxiii. 
 
 ,frt' .l^i fV Incdrporate the Cotintu of Caileiori (Je/i.i>r-'ii 
 Protcdrnt Etospital, passed 2nj jiugust^lH^A. ;.••?■* 
 
 VVuEREAS John McKinnon, George Putterson, I' irib!-; 
 Williiira Stewart, Hamnett Hill, Archibald Fos- 
 ter, Roderick Ross, Robert Hervcy the younger, 
 .lames McCracken, senior, Francis Abbott, 
 fhornas Langrell, Thomas H&nton, Richard 
 ^Stethem, George B. Lyon, William IJarte I'homp- 
 ?on. the Honorable Thomas McKay, Jolin Thoni 
 son, Edward Malloch, James Peacock, George 
 flay, Alexander Mc. P. Grant, William Porter, 
 lleury McOoi-raack, John Porgie, fid ward Arm . 
 
 strong, Ja3. Rochester, Carter A. Burpee, Edwarcl^jJ' ^^^;'^, 
 Hhervrood, Dawson Kerr, Thomai G. Burns, and 
 others, inhabitants of the County of Carletoii, 
 hav^e by their petition to the Legislature repre- 
 sented, that from their position they arc constantly 
 called npon to supply the necessities and relic \'^i 
 the condition of sick and destitute emigrant^?, 
 and other transient persoua, and that with the 
 assistance of other charitably disposed Protes- 
 tants in the said County, they have raised fundo 
 and erected an Hospital on land granted to tl^em 
 by the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ojd 
 uance, and made other provision for the support. 
 of the said Hospital, and have praj'ed that they 
 aud their successors in oflfice, with the officer.-- 
 I.'ereinafter mentioned, may be incorporated un 
 the Trustees of the County Carleton General 
 Protestant Hospital; and whereas it is expedierrl- 
 that the prayer of the said Petitioners sliould m 
 granted : Be it therefore enacted by the Quecn'-v i- ..» ^ ^ i 
 Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advico^i^?;**^*-!^ 
 aud consent of the Legidativc Council and ^^ ' ''^J^ 
 the Legislative Assembly; of the Province oC 
 Canada^ constituted and assembled by viiiue 
 of and under the authority uf aa Act passed in 
 th2 ParliaiEcnt of G:ea*. iiritain acd IreUni »-'-J 
 
 .»v:jwoi5 
 
 .*f'l>^«Tl 
 
 
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 pomted. 
 
 I*!i^ 
 
 intituled, Jhi ji<;t to re-itnite the Provtneu cf 
 Upper and Lm/fer Canada^ and for the GovermMnt 
 of ^arauUtt and it is hereby enacted by the 
 C«rtaiu per- authority of the same, That the said John McKiri- 
 ISS.iS*^®^* non, Ckorge Patterson, William Stewart, Ham- 
 '^^'* nett Hill, Arcfatl»kld Foster, Roderick Ross, 
 
 Robert fiervey the younger, James McCracken, 
 senior, Francis Abbott, Thomas Langrell, Thomas 
 Hunton, Richard Stethem, George B. Lyon, 
 William E[arte Thompson, the Honorable Thomas 
 McKay, John Thomson, Edward Malloch, James 
 Peacock, 6eorge Hay, Alexander Mc. P. Grant, 
 William Porter, Henry McCormack, John Forgio, 
 Edward Armstrong, James Rochester, Carter A. 
 Burpee, Edward Sherwood, Dawson Kerr, and 
 Thomas G. Burns, and their successors being 
 y^^^P'^^'^*® Protestants, shall be a body corporate, by the 
 """"* on ^^^^ ^f ^jjg Trustees of the County of Carleton 
 General Protestant Hospital ; and as such shall 
 have perpetual succession and a common seal 
 and have and hold all such land as is now attach* 
 ed to or appropriated to the purposes of the said 
 Hospital, and shall and may be capable of receiv- 
 ing and taking from Her Majesty, or from any 
 other person or persons, or any body corporate or 
 politic, by grant, devise or otherwise, any lands 
 or interest in lands, or any goods, chattels, 
 moneys or eflfects, which Her Majesty, or any 
 such person or persons, body corporate or politic, 
 may be desirous of granting or conveying to 
 them or their successors in oiiice, for the use and 
 support of the said Hospital or the endowment 
 thereof: Provided always, that the annual reve- 
 nue of the said Hospital shall not exceed the sum 
 of Three Thousand Pounds in any one year. 
 
 PreEont H. And be it enacted. That until the first 
 '^^5®*^-*° meeting of the subscribers of the snid Hospital, 
 reit^^ are ^ ^ ^^^^ *" ***® manner hereinafter provided, 
 eJ.' )d. fbr the election of Directory the said Trustees 
 shall be invested with tite whole management 
 and control of the ftald Hospital ; Provided al- 
 
 name 
 powers. 
 
 Property. 
 
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 irAjs, that after the election of the said Director?. Powers of 
 tl^e general management and control of the said '^ r u ■ t e e s 
 Hospital shall ct^ase to vest in the said trustees, tTcfJcciora 
 and shall ^>e transferred to the said Directors, when eUct 
 unless any Trustee shall be elected a Director, ed,&c. 
 la which case he shall act in both capacities; 
 and in the event of a vacancy occurring in the 
 offico of Trustee, by death, resignation or other- 
 wise, the said vacancy $hall be filled by any sub- 
 scriber who shall be chosen to fill the vacancy by 
 a majority of the Trustees present at a meeting 
 to be held by them for that ptirpose, at which 
 meeting, and at all other meetings of the said 7t < t'V> , 
 Trustees, nine ShaU form a quorum, and any per- > h •( .7 ' 
 Son so appointed shall be a member of the Cor- 
 poration to all intents and purposes, but no such 
 vacancy shall a£fect the validity of the proceed- 
 ings of. the remaining Trustees; Provided also, 
 that no subscriber other than a Protestant shall Proviso 
 be elected a Trustee or a Director. > 
 
 III. And be it enacted, That the first annual Firft meet, 
 meeting for the election of Directors, shall be '!>?/<»' ^^^^ 
 held on the first Tuesday in February next, and^^ ' 
 on the same day in every year thereafter, notice 
 to that efiect having been previously given, by 
 any five of the said Trustees, in a newspaper pub- 
 lished in the County of Carleton, setting forth 
 the day, hour and place, and the object of tho 
 said meeting; and the majority of subscribers 
 present at the said meeting shall choose from 7^- 
 among their number twelve persons to be Direc- 
 tors for tile general management and control of 
 the affairs of the said Hospital ; six of thcr said Term of of 
 Directors shall remain in office three years, three ^*** 
 for two years, and the remaining threr for one 
 year from the period of their election, the order 
 of retirement being as follows : the three Direc- 
 tors last elected shall go out first; the six Direc- 
 tors first elected shall go out after three years, 
 and^he three Directors elected next after the 
 said six Directors, shall go out at the expiration 
 
 tioa of 12 
 ireetoia. 
 
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 30 
 
 .('I 
 
 li 
 
 )i 4:.; 
 
 •o1 
 
 ' f V 1 f .i"- oi two yeavj?, anil so ou : Provided always, tlmt 
 
 "'ri>S*2J^o'l*o»^<>'^^^^l^*'''^ elected a Director, unless be 
 ^^bWlbe an^Atiliual subscriber to the amotintpf 
 iTw^nty iShiftiftgs ; and if any person shall fcayo 
 subdcru><fed and paid or sbalf hereafter subscribe 
 and i^ay the sum of Twenty-^ve Pounds Crir- 
 Tcncj) and shall annually thereafter subscribe 
 and ^ay the sum of Twonty-five SUillings Cur- 
 rency to the said Hospital, such person shall be 
 a Life Director in addition to 'the twelve Durec- 
 tors to be elected as aforesaid. 
 
 dcm. &c. 
 
 Proviso. 
 Proviso. 
 
 "Mitt's 9'5i^ 
 
 tj leciora lo ^^' ^^^ ^ ^* enacted, That the said Directors 
 eil'ci a Pre- s^^i^ ^^ ^^^^' ^^^ meeting choose from amon<g 
 themselves a President and Vice-President, a 
 Secretary and a Treasurer, who slmll respective^ 
 remain in ofiBce for the period during which, 
 according t > the order of retirement above men- 
 tioned, they shall be entitted to remain in office 
 as Dir ctors : Provided tilwayS) that any sudh 
 I'resident, Yice-Presideot or Director, Secretary 
 or Treasurer shall be eligible for re-election at 
 the expiration of his term of oflSce : Provided 
 also, that the said Secretary and Treasurer may 
 be removed, before tlie expiration of their term of 
 office, by the votes of a majority of the said 
 Directors, for misconduct or the unsatisfactory 
 discharge of their duties. 
 
 V. And be it enacted. That the said Directors 
 
 shall have power to frame a constitution for the 
 
 Directors to said Corporation, and to alter the same when 
 
 taake By- they shall deem it expedient, and from time to 
 
 time to make such by-laws, rules and regutatioos 
 
 for the admission into, and interna) management 
 
 and regulation of the said Hospital, or for the 
 
 holding of Meetings of tiie said Directors, and the 
 
 proceedings thereat, and generally for all pur- 
 
 ^ ^. poses relative to the condiUet and well working 
 
 of tl}e said Corporation, s^d the management of 
 
 ^ the business and affairs thereof, as shall seem 
 
 \t\a to ap- '^^^ ^^^ expedient to thenib, and from time to 
 
 fx)int ofllccrs time Jto repeal, alter or amend such by-laws,, qr 
 
 law* for cer 
 tain pur 
 
;n 
 
 ,ttot 
 
 haro 
 scribe 
 I Cnr- 
 scribo 
 
 Cur- 
 tail be 
 Direc- 
 
 V. 
 
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 >vi.io 
 
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 any of them; and they shall also have power to' 
 apiioint 8acb Officers or Senrants for the propev 
 management of the said Hospital, as they shall 
 consfder proper, and to remore him, her or them 
 at pleasure, and appoint others ixi their places. 
 
 YI. And be it enacted, That the number of 
 votes to which any subscriber shall be entitled at ^ *^ '* 
 all meetings ior the election of Directors, shall be ^''^^''* 
 as follows : a subscriber who shall annually pay ' 
 Ten Shillings shall be entitled to one vote; a 
 subscriber paying Thirty Shillings, two votes ; a 
 subscriber Fifty Shillings, three votes; a sub- 
 scriber paying Five pounds, four voles ; a sub- 
 scriber paying Ten Pounds, five votes , a sub- 
 scriber paying Fifteen Pounds, six votes, and a 
 subscriber paying Twenty Pounds shall be enti- 
 tled to seven votes : Provided always, thai no Pro 
 subscriber for any amount shall be entitled to 
 vote or take part in the proceedings at any .such 
 meeting, who shall not have paid up bis auhual 
 subscription. 
 
 VII. And be it enacted, That it shall be the 
 d^tvofthe said Trustees to invest in good and juveg^^., ^ 
 sufficient securities, all monevs which may at account ?iig 
 any time eome into their hands for the use and f^^r money 
 support of the said Hospital, which may not be 
 required for the immediate expenditure of the" 
 same ; and from time to time, when required so 
 to do by the Governor in Council, to render an 
 account in detail of all moneys received by them 
 
 as such Trustees, specifying the sources from 
 which the same have arisen or have been receiv- 
 ed, and the manner in which the same have been 
 invested or expended, and all such particulars &b , 
 may be necessary to shew the state of the funds 
 or endowment, if any, of the said Hospital. 
 
 VIII. And be it enacted. That the said Trus- 
 tees, by the name aforesaid, shall have power to p .^^^ 
 
 sue or be sued, implead or be impleadea, in any g^p ^,. j \'^ 
 of the Courts in this Province having competent sue4 
 jurisdiction, for any cause of action touching the 
 
 
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 property ▼esliicll^' %lb Mitd%nit6e0, iti for to^ 
 moneys du« or j^iUile to tbem or their prede- 
 cesserg, for tbettim or rents of anylan^s or 
 buiidincs, oir o^ ^uiy accoujat whatever ; and to 
 act in ali matter^ touohing the collection or con- 
 trol of the ftinds of the said Hospital, and the 
 management and disposition of any lands be- 
 . longing to the same, as to them or a majority of 
 them snail appear most conducire to the interest 
 of this tmst. 
 Public Act . IX. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a 
 public Act. 
 
 >.'VW-^^ 
 
 Tom of a tegaoy 
 
 To the Society of the County of Carleton Qeneral ProUttemi 
 
 Aotpital. 
 
 Item.— I give and bequeath to the Society of the County 
 of Carleton Getieral Protestant' Hospital, Incorporated fay 
 Royal Charter, the sum of—— pounds, to be paid put of m} 
 ready money, or other personal proper^, and to be anpUra 
 towards carrying on the charitable puj^pose for wUch said 
 Society was inoorporated. 
 
 
 
Directors of the County of Carleton Oenerai 
 Protestant Hospital, Elected 6th Feb., IW6, 
 
 For Three Years. 
 
 i^BOBOiD Patterson, 
 AiiBx. Workman, 
 
 JOBN McElNNON, 
 
 W. H. Thompson, 
 Archibald Fobtbr, 
 Thomas Lanqrbll. 
 
 For Two Years^ from February ^ 1854. 
 
 Riohabd Stethem, G. a. Burpee, 
 
 Alex. Bryson. 
 
 For One Year. 
 
 JAma Peacock, D. M. Grant, 
 
 James Fitzgibbon. 
 
 liift Directorn* 
 
 Edward Mallogh, . Rodbrigk Ross, 
 
 Hon. Thomas McEat. 
 
 Office Bcarersk 
 
 Hon. Thomas McKay President j 
 
 W. H. Thompson .Vice-President^ 
 
 Albx. Workman ^ Treasurer ^ 
 
 Rodbrigk Ross Secretary^ 
 
 Hamnett Hill, M.D Attending Medical Officer 
 
 S. C. Sewell, M.D Con. Phystcan fy Surgeon, 
 
 Medical Board* 
 
 Hamnett Hill, M.D., 
 S. C. Sewell, M.D\ 
 

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OONTitNTS. 
 
 PAQB. 
 
 ^7-L»w8, Regulations, and Statutes 2 
 
 Of the Qualification of Members of the Corporation 2 
 
 Of the Election of Directors 3 
 
 Of the Directors 6 
 
 Of the President and Vice-President 7 
 
 Of the Treasurer 8 
 
 Of the Secretary 8 
 
 Of the Steward 10 
 
 Of the Medical Board 12 
 
 Of the Attending Medical OflBcer 13 
 
 Articles composing the dififerent Diets 1& 
 
 Of the Students Attending the Hospital 16. 
 
 Of the Matron IS 
 
 Of the Nurses It , 
 
 Of the Admission of Patients 18 
 
 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Non-pay Patients.21 
 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Pay-patients. . . .22 
 
 Of the Patients 23 
 
 Of the Out-door Patients 24 
 
 Of Vaccination 24 
 
 Of the Penalty for receiving any Fee or Reward 25 
 
 Of the Disposal of the Dead, .... 25 
 
 Altering.the By-laws w .26 
 
 Form of a Legacy to the Society 32 
 
 Office Bearers 33 
 
 Directors for Life 33 
 
 Directors £lecte;d 33 
 
 Medical Board 3$