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 BY-LAWS, 
 
 REGULATIONS AND STATUTES, 
 
 MADE AND ESTABLISHED 
 
 BY THE 
 
 PRESIDENT AND GOVERNORS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
 
 FOR THE GOVERNMENT 
 
 OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PATIENTS AND SERVANTS 
 OF THE HOSPITAL, 
 
 PASSED ON THE 6th DAY OF APRIL, 1823. 
 
 REVISED AND AMENDED AND FINALLY PASSED ON THE 4th 
 
 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 185L 
 
 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
 SECRETARY ; AND TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX CON- 
 TAINING A COPY OF THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION, A 
 LIST OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BUILDING, THE GOVER- 
 NORS AND MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
 
 ^ritiUH &s ^^^^^ ^^ tljp <Salicrnar£(. 
 
 MONTREAL : 
 PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 
 
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UP 
 
 
FIHST ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOVERNORS 
 
 or THE 
 
 MONTREAL GENERAL JIOSPITAL, 
 
 AFTER THE RECEPTION OF THE ROVAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION : 
 
 Embracing in substance that of the Committee appointed to superin- 
 tend the building, also that of the Cmnmittee of Management, mth 
 some particulars respecting the origin of the Institution, 
 
 In laying before the Members of the Corporation, the first An- 
 nual Report of the proceedings of the Governors during the twelve 
 months just ended, it may not be improper, for the information of 
 some of them, to state as briefly as possible the circumstances 
 which led to the erection of the Hospital. 
 
 From the increase of the population of Montreal, the Hotel 
 Dieu Nunnery was found to be inadequate to the reception of the 
 indigent sick. This inconvenience was still further augmented by 
 the great influx of Emigrants from the United Kingdom, some of 
 them labouring under fevers of a contagious nature, and other dis- 
 eases, that were not admissible into that Hospital. To remedy 
 this, a subscription was made, in the year 1819, for hiring a house 
 to serve as an Hospital. Though this was only on a small scale, 
 the good which was effected by it was, after one year's trial, so 
 evident, that it was deemed an object highly desirable to erect a 
 building, which might give permanency to the establishment. 
 
 To further this design, the Hon. John Richardson, the Hon. 
 William M'Gillivray, and Samuel Gerrard, Esquire, in the month 
 of August, 1820, purchased on credit, (which, jjy a notarial deed 
 executed by them, was declared to be in trust for this purpose,) a 
 lot of ground in the St. Lawrence Suburbs, as a site for the intend- 
 ed Hospital, well adapted to the purpose, both from its proximity 
 to the town, and the salubrity of its situation. 
 
 A plan of the building to be erected, and an estimate of its 
 probable expense, were ordered to be made, and laid before the 
 Directors for tiioir conisitieralion. The plan submitted consisted 
 of a centre building 7G loot by -tO, capable of containing 72 pa- 
 
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 lients, and, on an emergency, 80, and two wings of 70 feet by 30, 
 to cross tlie centre building, and to project 15 feet on eacii side 
 of it, each capable of containing nearly a like number of pa- 
 tients. 
 
 As funds for the erection of the whole of this building could 
 not, even by the most sanguine, be expected to be procured, it 
 was determined to erect, for the present, the centre building only ; 
 the expense of which, exclusive of the furnace for warming it with 
 heated air, cupola, double windows, furniture, and out-buildings, 
 was estimated to be £2,200. A subscription to raise this sum was 
 therefore opened in the month of December of the above-men- 
 tioned year. By the exertions of those employed to procure sub- 
 scriptions, and theliberality of the public, such a sum was subscribed 
 by the end of the month of January, 1821, that the Du'ectors re- 
 solved that a Committee, to consist of the Hon. John Richardson, 
 the Rev. John Betlume, Dr. William Robertson, John Molson, 
 David Ross, John Try, and Alexander Skakel, Esquires, should 
 be appointed to make contracts for the execution of the work, and 
 to superintend the building. 
 
 Those gentlemen, in consequence, entered upon the discharge 
 of the duty committed to them. They contracted with the seve- 
 ral workmen ; and had the satisfaction to witness, on the 6th June, 
 the corner-stone laid with masonic ceremonies, and to see the 
 building covered by the end of the year, and fit for the reception 
 of patients in the month of May following. 
 
 During the progress of the work, it was deemed highly expe- 
 dient to follow the method adopted in the Derbyshire Hospital in 
 England, to warm the building by air heated by a furnace placed 
 in the basement story. Even though no saving should arise from 
 this method, the convenience of supplying the fuel, the cleanliness, 
 the small risk of fire being communicated to the building, were 
 considered a sufficient reason for its adoption, and they will be, it 
 is hoped, an adequate compensation for the money expended in 
 its construction. A cupola was also added, to serve as an orna- 
 ment to the building, and to give light to an operation room. The 
 latter of these objects, from the distribution of the interior, could 
 not be affected. It was found indispensably necessary to erect 
 some out-buildings. Instead of the wooden house which former- 
 ly surrounded the ground, it was thought proper to enclose it on 
 two sides with a stone wall, and on the front with an iron rail- 
 ing erected on a foundation of stone. 
 
 To give a detailed account of the money expended in complet- 
 ing those works, would extend this Report far beyond its due length : 
 an abstract only shall therefore be given. It is as follows : 
 
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 Dr. The Montreal General Hospital, to Samuel Gerrard. 
 
 1823. 
 May Ist. To amount of accounts paid, as per de- 
 tailed account, £4,556 8 
 
 To cost of the land purchased from 
 
 Marshal, 1,300 
 
 Cost of the Hospital, 5,856 8 
 
 1823. Cr. 
 
 May Ist. By subscriptions received to this date,...je2,167 10 
 
 Due the Treasurer, 3,688 18 
 
 This sum has been advanced, in equal shares, by the Hon. 
 John Richardson, the Hon. William McGillivray, and Samuel 
 Gerrard, Esq. 
 
 In addilion to the above-mentioned cost of the building, there 
 were subscribed by Mr. Thomas Phillips, jGdO, allowed him for 
 superintending the work, and by John Molson,Esq., was presented 
 an iron railing for the front of the Hospital, valued at JG75, mak- 
 ing, with his former subscription, a donation of £100. 
 
 Though the Hospital has cost much more than the estimate 
 mentioned above, it is to be remembered that many additions 
 have been made to the original plan, which were not at first 
 contemplated ; and that that estimate was merely for the building 
 itself, exclusive of any apjiendages. Those capable of judging, 
 who have seen it, consider it to have been erected at a very cheap 
 rate. 
 
 To estimate the good that will arise from this Institution^ it is 
 only necessary to notice that which has already been done by it, 
 even when cramped in its utility by want of funds. This will 
 appear from the following statement : 
 
 The number of patients admitted from May 1st, 1822, to 
 May 1st, 1823, with those brought from the temporary " 
 Hospital, is 421 
 
 The number of patients that have received advice and me- 
 dicine as out-patients for the same period, is 397 
 
 The total number of patients who have received benefit 
 from the Hospital during the last twelve months, is 818 
 
 This great number of indigent human beings have, in their 
 sickness, been carefully attended, and everything in the power of 
 human means done for their recoverj^ The consciousness of 
 having contributed to alleviate the sxifierings of so many fellow 
 creatures, is alone no small return for the simi annually bes- 
 towed by each indiviiiual for llic su])p()ri, of the Hospital. But this 
 is not all. Several of those, according to ihe Physician's report 
 
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 in AuguBt last, were labouring under typhus fever. By uioaim of 
 the HoHpital, tliis chsorder was prevented front spreading among 
 the inhabitants. The alarm that was excited, about twenty-four 
 years ago, by the arrival of a regiment infected with this disease, 
 must still be in the recollection of many. In 8ui)porting the Hos- 
 pital, therefore, we not only relieve the distresses of suffering 
 humanity ; but we use the best means to prevent tliose distresses 
 from reaching ourselves. 
 
 The expenditure of the Hospital, taken from the 
 Treasurer's Account, from May 1st, 1822, to 
 May 1st, 1823, amounts to ^£1,036 1 6 
 
 From this is to be deducted, on account of debts 
 contracted during the time of the temporary 
 Hospital, 203 15 3 
 
 Expenditure for the last twelve months, 832 6 3 
 
 Drawn from the Treasurer as above jCl,03G 1 6 
 
 Received from pay-patients, j£ 31 4> 6 
 
 Annual subscriptions, 4il3 7 
 
 Two old boilers, &.0 6 
 
 Sundry public coUecli^s, 127 
 
 Sundry donations, 4<7 17 3 
 
 Funds received by the Treasurer 
 
 from May 1st, 1822, to May 1st, 
 
 1823, je623 12 8 
 
 Due the Treasurer on account of the current ex- 
 penses of the Hospital, £410 8 
 
 To this add the amount contracted on account of 
 
 the building 3,688 18 
 
 Total debt of the Hospital, 4,099 6 10 
 
 The Legislature granted, on the recommendation of His Excel- 
 lency the Governor-in-Chief, llie sum of ^2850 towards the support 
 of the Hospital for the year 1823. But to extinguish the debt 
 already contracted, will demand the most strenuous ami persever- 
 ing exertions of the Members of the Corporation and of the friends 
 of the Institution. An appeal must be made to the pui)]ic ; and 
 an appeal to the public of Montreal, in the cause of sullering 
 humanity, it is hoped, will never be made in vain. 
 
 Through the favourable representation and the patronage of His 
 Excellency the Earl of Dalhousie, (lOVCrnor-in-Chiof, Ills Majesty 
 was pleased to grant a Charter of Tncori)orafioii, under the (irc;u 
 Seal of the Province. This will give, not only respectability, but 
 permanency, to the Institution. 
 
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 iring 
 
 This Charter, among other things, appoints that every one 
 who has contributed to the funds of the Hospital, or who shall 
 contribute, £5 or more, and who shall pay annually £1 or more, 
 shall be a Member of the Corporation, and have a right to vote 
 at the annual election of Governors. Every one who has con- 
 tributed, or shall contribute, jE2f> or more, and who shall pay 
 annually £3 or more, shall be a Governor for life. Every one 
 who has contributed, or shall contribute, £10, and less than £25, 
 and who shall pay annually £2 or more, may be elected a 
 Governor. There diall be, for the present, of Governors annually 
 elected, thirteen ; but as soon as the Governors for life shall be 
 less than thirteen, then a greater number of Governors shall be 
 elected, so that the whole number of Governors, including those for 
 life, resident in Montreal, shall not be less than twenty-six. The 
 votes shall be in the ratio of the sum contributed, that is, one vote 
 for every J£5, eo that no one have more than ten votes. 
 
 The Directors (who by the Charter are called Governors), 
 before the patients were removed from the temporary Hospital, 
 appointed a Committee to draw up Rules and Regulations for 
 the better government of the Members, Officers, Servants, and 
 Patients. These Rules, after being submitted to the Directors, 
 were appointed by them to be the Rules and Regulations for the 
 Hospital. These continued in force until the Charter was obtain- 
 ed, when another Committee was appointed to revise them, and 
 to make such alterations in them as experience might point out, 
 and conformity with the Charter might require. The Rules and 
 Regulations, so revised, were laid before a meeting of the Gover- 
 nors duly convened for that purpose, on the 26th of April last, 
 and, after being approved by them, were established and ordained 
 to be the By-Laws, Regulations and Statutes of the Corporation 
 of the Montreal General Hospital. 
 
 In conclusion, it is highly satisfactory to be able to state, both 
 from the Reports of the Committee of Management and from the 
 observations of the Visiting Governors, that the Medical Officers 
 have shown the greatest zeal and assiduity in everj'thing relating 
 to their department ; that the wards have at all times been found 
 neat and clean, and evciy attention given to the comfort of the 
 patients. The Committee of Management has sincerely endea- 
 voured to promote the good of the Institution : how it has suc- 
 ceeded, it is not for the writer of this Report to decide ; wherein 
 it has failed in the discharge of the important duties devolved 
 upon it, the candid will no doubt admit, as an excuse, its inexpe- 
 rience, and the difficulty attending the organizing a new institu- 
 tion. 
 
 All which is reepecfuUy submitted. 
 
 AL. SKAKEL, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Montreal General Hospital, May f'lh. 1f^2.S. 
 
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 BY-LAWS, REGULATIONS, 
 
 AND 
 
 STATUTES. 
 
 Made, rutabflnhcd and onldincd by the President, Vice-President and Oovcr- 
 nors of the M«).ntuical (Ienkuai. noai'iTAL,/«r the better government of the 
 OJficrra, Members, Patients and Servants of the said Hosjntal, passed 
 on the twenty-sixth day of Ajiril, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 eight hundred and twenty-three. 
 
 REVISED AND AMENDED, 4tu FEBRUARY, 1851. 
 
 liE it made, established and ordained, by the authority of the 
 President, Vice-rresident and (loveniors of the Montreal Gene 
 rnl Hospital, that the following By-Laws, Regulations and Statutes 
 be, and they are hereby made, established and ordained to be the 
 By-Laws, Begulations and Statutes of the said Hospital. 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 Of tJic Qiialijications of Members of the Corjwration. 
 
 1. Every person who has contributed, or who shall hereafter 
 contribute towards the funds of the Hosj)ital, five pounds, Hali- 
 fax currency, or more, and shall pay annually, one pound, like 
 currency, or more, towards its support, shall become a member 
 of the Corporation, and shall be entitled to vote at the election of 
 Governors. 
 
 2. Every person who has contributrj to the erection of the 
 Hospital, or who shall hereafter, contribute to the funds of the 
 Hospital, twenty-five pounds, Halifax currency, or upwards, and 
 shall pay annually towards its support a contribution of three 
 pounds, like currency, shall be a Governor for life. 
 
 3. There shall be thirteen other Governors who shall be annually 
 elected, in manner hereinafter prescribed, from among those 
 persons who have contributed, or who shall hereafter contribute 
 to the Institution, under twenty-five pounds, Halifax currency, 
 and not less than ten pounds like currency, with an annual pay- 
 ment thereto of two pounds, or more, like currency. 
 
 4. Whensoever the number of Governors for life, resident at 
 Montreal, shall Ijc under thirteen, then such an addition shall be 
 made to the number, so to lie elected Governors, as to make the 
 whole number thereof (those «(> resident inclusive) Iwcnty-six. 
 
f>. No new contributor shall have a right to vote at ony dec 
 tlon of Governors, unless he shall have paid his contribution or 
 donation at least three months previous to the said election. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 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 of the contributions, 
 (that is, one vote for every five pounds contributed, provided that 
 no person shall, in any case, have more than ten votes.) 
 
 3. The annual election of Governors shall be held on the first 
 Tuesday of May, in each and every year, in the Committee Room 
 of the Hospital, at two o'clock, P. M., and continued until three 
 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 containing 
 the names of ihirteen persons, or more, as the case may be, as 
 Governors for the ensuing year ; 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 ihem 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 the votes and shall deliver a certificate 
 thereof to the Secretary who shall forthwith communicate the 
 same to the persons so elected. 
 
 4. The Secretaiy for the preceding year 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 Tues- 
 day next ensuing, to choose a President, a Vice-President, a 
 Secretary, a Treasurer, a Committee of Management, and Medical 
 Officers, for the ensuing year. 
 
 5. The Governors elected shall declare, either at their first 
 meeting after their election, or by letter addressed to the Secre- 
 tary, at least one day previous to such meeting, whether or not 
 they are willing to act in their office, otherwise their election shall 
 be void. 
 
 6. In case the number of Governors shall at any time, by death, 
 resignation, absence, neglect of duty, or refusal to act in their 
 office be less than thirteen : or in case, by any of those causes, 
 
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 the whole number of Governors shall be less than twenty-six, the 
 deficiency shall be made up, within thirty days after such vacancy, 
 by the vote of the Governors for the time being, at a meeting to 
 be convened for the purpose. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 Of the Governors. 
 
 1. A quarterly meeting of the Governors shall be' held in the 
 Committee Room of the Hospital, on the first Tuesday in 
 August, on the first Tuesday in November, en the first Tuesday 
 in February, and on the last Tuesday in April, in each and every 
 year, at two o'clock, P. M. 
 
 2. The Governors for life, together with those elected, shall 
 choose by ballot, out of their number, on the second Tuesday in 
 May, in each and every year, one President and one Vice-Presi- 
 dent: and out of their number or otherwise, one Secretary and 
 one Treasurer ; and also out of their number, they shall nominate 
 and appoint by vote, a Committee of Management, consisting of 
 five, of whom three, including their Chairman, shall he a quorum ; 
 all of whom shall remain in office one year from the date of their 
 appointment. 
 
 3. Every President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer and 
 Secretary of the Corporation, shall, as soon as convenient after 
 their election, and before they act in their respective offices, take 
 the oath hereinafter prescribed, to be to them administered by 
 the President or Vice-President for the time being or for the pre- 
 ceding year, for the faithful and due execution of the duties of 
 their respective offices during their continuance in the same. 
 
 Form of the Oath. 
 
 I do swear, that I will faithfully and duly execute the office 
 of of the Corporation of the Montreal 
 
 General Hospital, during my continuance in the same, according 
 to the best of my ability, so help me God. 
 
 4. The Grovernors, at their meeting on the second Tuesday in 
 May in each and every year, shall elect, by vote and not by bal- 
 lot, eight Medical Officers, to be the attending Physicians for the 
 year, which election shall be conducted in the following manner, 
 viz : the President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall 
 openly propose the names of eight Medical Officers, whose 
 election shall be decided by the majority of the votes of those 
 present. 
 
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 5. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall 
 and may, or at the request of two Governors, summon and call 
 together (by letter, from the Secretary, at the Comiiittee Room 
 of the Hospital, at any time to be appointed by him) the Gover- 
 nors of the Corporation for the time being, giving them at least 
 one day's notice thereof and intimating the purpose of the meet- 
 ing. 
 
 6. Seven or more Governors, convened according to the By- 
 Laws of the Corporation, of whom the President or Vice-Presi- 
 dent shall be one, shall constitute a legal meeting of said Corpora- 
 tion and shall be competent to transact all business relative to the 
 said Corporation in as far as they are authorized by the Charter. 
 
 7. The Governors shall have power, at any quarterly or extra- 
 ordinary meeting to ai)point by ballot or otherwise, such Officer 
 or Officers, and fix their salaries, as they may at any time find 
 necessary for the management of the Hospital. 
 
 8. They shall also appoint a Steward, and a Matron or House- 
 keeper, and fix their salaries, who shall respectively remain in 
 office as long as they continue to discharge properly the duties 
 thereof. 
 
 9. 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. 
 
 10. If any Officer, the Steward or the Matron, shall at any time 
 become unfit to perform the duties of his or her office, or shall 
 misdemean himself, or herself, in his or her office, it shall be the 
 duty of any Governor or Officer of the Corporation acquiring a 
 knowledge thereof, to make known the same to the Committee of 
 Management, who shall have power to suspend the Steward or 
 the Matron from the exercise of his or her office, if they think 
 proper, until a meeting of Governors can be obtained, with as 
 little delay as possible ; to take cognizance of the charge or charges 
 which may be brought against them, or either of them, and in 
 case of complaint against any Governor or Officer, they shall 
 examine into the case and report thereon to the President, or in his 
 absence, to the Vice-President. And in default of attention 
 thereto, by the Committee of Management, the Governor or 
 Officer aforesaid, shall lay his complaint before the President, or 
 in his absence the Vice-President, who shall cause the Secre- 
 tary to summon a meeting of Governors, at a time to be 
 appointed by him, and to give notice to the party or parties com- 
 plained of, with a copy of the charge or complaint, and to the 
 party or parties complaining: and the Governors shall, at such 
 meeting, after hearing both parties, remove by ballot or other- 
 wise, if they find sufficient cause, the person or persons complained 
 of. 
 
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 CHAPTER IV. 
 Of the President and Vice-President, 
 
 1. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall 
 preside at all meetings of the Governors of the Corporation. 
 
 2. At all meetings of the Governors every person shall, in 
 speaking, stand up and address himself to the President, vsrho shall 
 propose all questions ; and if a diiference of or<inion shall arise on 
 any question, such question shall be fairly stated by the Presi- 
 dent and shall then be determined by ballot (if two of the Gover- 
 emors require it :) and if in any case the votes be equal, the Pre- 
 sident shall have the casting vote. 
 
 3. The President shall not refuse to propose any question nor 
 shall he dissolve or adjourn any meeting w^ithout the consent of 
 a majority of the said meeting until the business thereof be 
 finished. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Oftlw Treasurer. 
 
 1. The Treasurer shall give such security as may be required 
 by the Governors for the due accounting for, and payment of the 
 moneys which he shall from time to time receive for the use of 
 the Hospital. 
 
 2. He shall have the custody of all bonds, title deeds, docu- 
 ments and other papers relating to the property of the Corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 3. He shall also receive all moneys belonging io the Corpora- 
 tion, and pay out the whole or any part thereof, on receipt of a 
 written order from the Committee of Management, but not other- 
 wise. 
 
 4. He shall deliver to the Secretary, three days at least pre- 
 vious to the general Annual Meeting held on the first Tuesday of 
 May, in each and every year, a full statement of all his accounts, 
 with the vouchers for the preceding year to be laid before the 
 said meeting. 
 
 5. No moneys extorted under the pretext of Charivaris shall 
 be received. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Oftlie 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. 
 
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 2. He shall at each meeting of the Governors read the pro- 
 ceedings of the last meeting. 
 
 3. Through him all communications, of whatsoever nature, 
 shall be made to the Governors, and by him from the said Gov- 
 ernors to the public, or any department of the Hospital. 
 
 4. He shall immediately after the election of the Governors or 
 other Officers of the Hospital, give notice thereof in writing to the 
 different persons so elected. 
 
 5. He shall furnish to the Governors at their Annual Meeting, 
 a report of their proceedings during the past year. 
 
 7. One day previous to each and every meeting of the Gover- 
 nors, it shall be his duty to send notice of the time and place of 
 such meeting to each Governor, stating the purpose of the meet- 
 ing. 
 
 8. If an extraordinary meeting be appointed to consider of any 
 charge or complaint preferred against any Governor or Oflicer, or 
 the Steward or the Matron, he shall give notice thereof in writing 
 with a copy of the said charge or complaint to the party or par- 
 ties complained of, and to the party or parties complaining. 
 
 9. He shall, seven days before any election of Governors, hang 
 up a notice in the Committee Room of the Hospital, and shall 
 state therein the names of the persons qualified to be elected, as 
 well as those who are qualified to be the electors. 
 
 10. He shall keep the necessary books for entering all the 
 transactions of the Governors. 
 
 11. On the first Tuesday of April, in each and every year, the 
 Secretary shall send the following monitory letter to each and 
 every person, whose subscription shall then be in arrear : 
 
 Montreal General Hospital, 
 day of 
 
 185 
 
 Sir, — I am to acquaint you that it appears by the Collector's 
 list that your subscription of , 
 
 has not been paid for the present year ; it is therefore the request 
 of the Governors that you will please to pay the same to 
 
 , our Collector for your district of 
 the City and excuse this application which is only meant to in- 
 form you that your subscription is now in arrear, as is usually 
 done by other Hospitals in like cases. 
 
 By order of the Governors, 
 
 12. The Secretary shall lay on the table, in the Committee 
 Room, at every meeting of Governors, the journal or minutes of 
 their proceedings, the case book of the Medical Board, if there 
 be one, the book containing the minutes of the visiting Governors, 
 and any other document relating to the affairs of the Corporation 
 which they may require. 
 
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 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Of the Committee of Management, 
 
 1. They shall, at their first meeting after their appointment, 
 elect, by vote, a Chairman and a Secretary. 
 
 2. The Committee of Management shall meet at the Hospital 
 at least once a week, and shall have power, and it shall be their 
 duty to inquire strictly into the domestic economy of the house ; 
 to order all things necessary for the same ; to inquire into the con- 
 duct of the Governors, Officers, Matrons, Stewards and Servants 
 of the Hospital, and report thereon to the President as prescribed 
 by these B/-laws ; to order all repairs ; to oversee and control (as 
 far as they have authority for the same by the By-laws,) every 
 thing connected with the management of the Hospital ; to audit, 
 inspect, and approve all accounts, and to order payment of the 
 same ; and to report through the Secretary of the Corporation, a 
 statement of all their transactions, to each quarterly meeting of the 
 Governors. 
 
 3. They shall have the general charge and care of the property 
 of the Corporation and shall enforce all necessary attention to econ- 
 omy, cleanliness, and good conduct. 
 
 4>. They shall at their meetings make minutes of their proceed- 
 ings which they shall forthwith cause their Secretary to transcribe 
 into a book. 
 
 5. They shall have the power and it shall be their duty to en- 
 gage and discharge all servants of the Hospital, and fix their 
 wages. 
 
 6. The Committee of Management, shall at each quarterly 
 meeting of the Governors, report the state of the Hospital and the 
 state and the number of patients admitted and discharged during the 
 preceding quarter. 
 
 7. They shall insert or cause to be inserted in a book, to be 
 provided for the purpose, all orders to the Steward for the pur- 
 chase of the stores, and which orders must be signed by the 
 Chairman. 
 
 8. They shall lay on the tal)le in the Committee Room, at every 
 meeting of the Governors, the book containing the minutes of 
 their proceedings. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Of the Steivard. 
 
 1. The Steward shall purchase, under the direction of the Com- 
 mittee of Management, fuel, provisions, and all other stores for 
 the use of the Hospital, except Medicines and Medical Stores, and 
 shall be accountable for the same. 
 
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 2. He shall keep in books, provided for that purpose, an account 
 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 her in a book provided for the purpose. 
 
 3. He shall keep pass books into which shall be entered all 
 articles purchased from those tradesmen with whom the Commit- 
 tee of Management may open accounts ; and for all other articles, 
 he shall obtain bills of parcels ; all of which he shall lay before 
 the Committee of Management at each of their meetings. 
 
 4. He shall keep an account of the moneys due by the pay- 
 patients, and collect the same. 
 
 5. He shall present to the Committee of Management, every 
 three months, or oftener, if required, a statement of his accounts 
 and shall show his books when required. 
 
 6. He shall give timely notice, in writing, to the Committee of 
 Management, v^^hen any of the stores are nearly expended. 
 
 7. He shall immediately on the admission of a patient, take 
 an inventory, in a book to be kept for that purpose, of his or 
 her clothes and other effects — shall order the clothes to be purified, 
 if necessary — and shall be accountable for the safe delivery of 
 the same to the patient on leaving the Hospital, or in case of 
 death, to any person whom the Committee of Management shall 
 authorise to receive the same. Provided, that if the clothes of 
 any patient be in such a state as to render it necessary that they 
 should be burned, it shall be done, if sanctioned by the attending 
 Medical Officer. 
 
 8. He shall keep, in a book for the purpose, an account of the 
 servants' time and wages, and pay the same when ordered by the 
 Committee of Management. 
 
 9. It shall be his duty to take care that every part of the pre- 
 mises, without the Hospital, be kept in proper order. 
 
 10. He shall keep the keys of the outer doors and gates, and 
 lock them at 10 o'clock, P. M., and open them at 6, A. M., from the 
 first of May to the first of November, and lock them at 8, P. M., 
 and open them at 7, A. M., during the rest of the year ; unless 
 ordered otherwise by the Committee of Management, or in case of 
 emergency, for the service of the patients. 
 
 11. He shall report, *o the Committee of Management, any 
 misconduct or irregularity that may come under his notice. 
 
 12. He shall write the minutes, &c., of the Committee of Man- 
 agement when required. 
 
 13. He shall hang up in the Hall of the Hospital, the names 
 of the weekly visiting Governc rs, and shall on the Saturday pre- 
 ceding their week of attendance, give them notice thereof by 
 letter. 
 
 14". He shall lay his books of accounts on the table in the Com- 
 mittee Room at all meetings of the Governors. 
 
 15. As soon as the body of a patient, dying in the Hospital, is 
 
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 laid out in the dead house, it shall be the duty of the Steward to 
 see that the body be safely kept there, until delivered for interment 
 or to such authorised party as the Law may direct, and he shall be 
 responsible for the faithful execution of his duty. 
 
 16. He shall give reasonable security to tne Governors for 
 his fidelity. 
 
 17. He shall not absent himself from the Hospital, except on 
 duty, without the permission of the House Surgeon. 
 
 18. When any patient shall wish it, the Steward shall send 
 immediately, in writing, for such Clergyman as the patient may 
 desire. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Of the Medical Board. 
 
 1. The Medical Board of the Montreal General Hospital shall 
 consist of the consulting and attending Physicians and Surgeons. 
 
 2. The number of the attending Medical Officers shall be eight, 
 who shall make such arrangements among themselves, that the 
 Hospital be visited once every day at least by two of them. 
 
 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of attending 
 Physician or Surgeon, who is not a Graduate of a University 
 or College in the British dominions, or a Licentiate or Member 
 of a College of Physicians or Surgeons of Great Britain and 
 Ireland, or other in the British dominions, of at least three 
 years standing, and who is, moreover, not licensed to practice in 
 this Province. 
 
 4. Any attending Physician or Surgeon may, after having acted 
 in that capacity for twelve years, become a consulting Physician 
 or Surgeon of the Institution. 
 
 5. The visiting hour for the attending Medical Officers shall be 
 12 o'clock (noon) of each and every day, Sundays excepted. 
 
 6. Should any one of the Medical Officers be unable from ill- 
 ness, or intended absence from town, to fulfil the duties of his 
 office, he shall obtain the assistance of some other of the Physi- 
 cians or Surgeons for the time being. 
 
 7. In all surgical cases requiring operations (except in emer- 
 gencies where delay might be dangerous) and in medical cases 
 when desired, a consultation of the whole Medical Board of the 
 Hospital shall be summoned. 
 
 8. The attending Medical Officers shall have full power, at all 
 times, to visit and examine the Apothecary's shop. 
 
 9. It shall be the duty of the Medical Board, to examine all 
 candidates for the situation of House Surgeon and Apothecary. 
 
 10. The Medical Board shall communicate to the Governors, 
 in writing, through their Secretary, their opinion of the candi- 
 dates. 
 
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 11. Any Member of the Medical Board may recommend 
 patients for admission, in like manner as Governors. 
 
 12. The attending Medical Officers shall alone have the power 
 to admit and discharge any patient ; except in cases of severe 
 Injuries, where the House Surgeon shall admit at any hour of the 
 day or night, without recommendatory letters. 
 
 13. The Medical Board shall regulate the diet of the patients. 
 14<. The attending Medical Officers shall have the power to 
 
 name and appoint their own Dressers and Clerks from among the 
 Students. 
 
 15. That for the purposes of Pathological investigation, the 
 attending Medical Officers of the Hospital shall have the power of 
 examining, post mortem, the bodies of patients deceased within it, 
 at their discretion ; and such examination shall only be made in 
 the presence or by the order of the same. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Of the House Surgeon. 
 
 1. No person shall be eligible as House Surgeon, unless he be 
 a Graduate or Licentiate of some University or College in the 
 British dominions, and a Licentiate of this Province ; and further, 
 imless he submit to the Governors, satisfactory testimonials of hia 
 moral character, and of his having been approved of by the Medi- 
 cal Board and having attained the age of 21 years. 
 
 2. The House Surgeon shall visit all the occupied wards in the 
 Hospital at least once every morning and evening and oftener when 
 required so cO do by the attending Medical Officer ; he shall also 
 be prepared to report to the attending Medical Officers, the state 
 of the patients since the last visit. 
 
 3. In any case of an urgent nature, the House Surgeon shall 
 immediately summon tlic attending Medical Officer, and if he 
 cannot be found, he shall call upon the nearest Member of the 
 Medical Board. 
 
 4. He shall not absent himself from the Hospital during the 
 visits of the attending Medical Officers, and when at any time he 
 goes out, he must leave word where he is to be found during his 
 absence. 
 
 5. He must always be in the Hospital at a seasomible hour in 
 the evening, and never sleep out of the building, unless with the 
 permission of one of the attending Physicians. 
 
 6. He shall have charge of all the surgical instalments belong- 
 ing to the Hospital, and shall be responsible for the same ; he 
 shall also superintend the making up of all tinctures, pills, pre- 
 parations, &.C., &.C., roquiicd to be kept on hands, and shall make 
 
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 wards. 
 
 7. He shall insert in the case book under his charge, an 
 account of all operations performed in the Hospital, and by whom 
 performed. He shall be responsible for the affixing of the names, 
 and other particulars of all the patients at their bed's head, and 
 he shall enter in the register of patients the name, sex, age, reli- 
 gion, country, place of residence, disease, and time of admission 
 of every patient received into the Hospital ; also the name of the 
 person by whom the patient has been recommended, whether a 
 pauper or a pay-patient, and the rate per week ; and the time 
 and the manner in which every patient leaves the Hospital. 
 
 8. It shall be his duty to notify the Members of the Medical 
 Board whenever a consuUation is required. 
 
 9. He shall draw up a quarterly report of the state »nd number 
 of patients admitted and discharged previously to the meetings of 
 the Governors, and the Committee of Management. 
 
 10. It shall be his study to certify the regular attendance of 
 each student of the Hospital. 
 
 11. He shall notify the Steward of the dismissal of all pa- 
 tients. 
 
 12. In all cases when it becomes necessary to notify the Cor- 
 oner of the sudden death of any individual within the precincts of 
 the Hospital, it shall be the duty of the House Surgeon to give such 
 notice, and on the holding of the inquest, he shall be the Medical 
 Officer referred to for information by that functionary, and the 
 Jury summoned by him, and shall be entitled to the fees paid 
 by the Coroner in such cases. 
 
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 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Of the Apothecary. 
 
 1. No person shall be eligible as Apothecary, until he shall 
 have laid before the Governors satisfactory proofs of moral char- 
 acter, and of his having been examined and approved of by the 
 Medical Board. 
 
 2. He shall compound, and make up, under the superinten- 
 dence of the House Surgeon, all the Medicines required to be kept 
 on hand ; he shall take charge of such wards as are assigned to 
 him by the attending Medical Officer. 
 
 3. He shall visit these at least once every morning and even- 
 ing, and oftener, when required so to do by the attending Medical 
 Officer ; and in the event of his observing any great or sudden 
 change in any of the patients in his ward, he shall immediately 
 notify the House Surgeon to that offi-c-t. 
 
 
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 from the Hospital witho^'t the knowledge of the House Surgeon. 
 
 5. He shall deliver to the nurses of his wards, the different 
 Medicines, &c., ordered for the patients of each, the directions for 
 which shall be legibly written or printed, and atUxed upon each 
 phial, box or parcel. 
 
 CHAPTER Xn. 
 
 Of the Students attending the Hospital. 
 
 1. No student who has not previously taken a ticket for atten- 
 dance in the Hospital, shall on any pretence whatever, be allowed 
 to witness any operation or dissection or to attend the Clinical 
 Lectures. 
 
 2. The fee for a Student's annual 
 
 Ticket shall be £9, 10 
 
 Six months 1 10 
 
 Perpetual 4 
 
 3. Students following the attending Medical Officers during the 
 visits, are to behave with decency and propriety, keeping their 
 hats off at all times, and they must avoid doing any thing that may 
 tend to disturb physicians, clerks or patients. 
 
 4. Every Student must keep off his hat, while he is in the ope- 
 rating Theatre, both that he may not obstruct the view of others, 
 and as a mark of respect, and all noise and changing of seats must 
 be avoided, as unpleasant to the operator, and hurtful to the 
 patient. 
 
 5. Students when visiting the wards are on no account to offer 
 any advice, or express any opinions unless when requested so to 
 do by the attending Medical Officer. 
 
 6. No Student shall enter the wards at any time, except the 
 visiting hour, unless by permission of the attending Medical 
 Officer. 
 
 7. Any Student infringing any of the above regulations shall 
 forfeit the benefit of his ticket and the privilege of attending the 
 Hospital. 
 
 CHAPTER XHI. ^ 
 
 Of the Matron. 
 
 1. The Matron shall visit the wards of the Hospital every 
 morning at eight, every afternoon at one, and every evening at 
 eight o'clock, and oftetier if necessary ; at these visits she shall 
 see that the wards are properiy attended by the Nurses, and 
 that all the patients are in their respective wards, and report to 
 
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 the House Surgeon the names of such patients as are absent 
 without leave from their respective vvurds. 
 
 2. She shall oversee the conduct of the patients and servants 
 and take care that the wards, apartments, beds, clothes, linen, 
 &c., are kept clean and in good order. 
 
 3. She shall have charge of all the furniture, beds, bedding, 
 and dresses belonging to the Hospital, as far as regards her 
 department. 
 
 4). She shall report any misconduct of the patients or servants 
 or any other irregularity occurring in the house, to the attending 
 Physician or Surgeon ; or in his absence to the House Surgeon, 
 and to the Committee of Management. 
 
 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 hours appointed by the Medical Board 
 of the Hospital. 
 
 7. She shall superintend the preparing of the diet of the patients 
 and be particular that the same diet, in the quantity, and at the 
 lime 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 the 
 leave of the House Surgeon. 
 
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 1. When a patient is admitted into the Hospiial, the Nurse 
 of the ward, to which such patient may be ordered, shall imme- 
 diately wash his or her face and hands, neck and arms, feet and 
 legs, with tepid water ; she shall 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, at the next visit, state to the attending 
 Physician or Surgeon such circumstance or circumstances as 
 may tend to throw light on the case, ami shall be ready to do 
 the same if required, at each succeeding vit'it. 
 
 3. In the event of any patient being seized with violent or 
 alarming symptoms she shall give immediate notice thereof to 
 the House Surgeon or Apothecary. 
 
 4. The Nurses when ordered by the Matron, shall change 
 the patients' linen, bed-hnen, and beddinc. 
 
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 5. She shall receive no medicines sent from the Apothecary's 
 shop to the wards unless labelled and directed. 
 
 6. When a death occurs, the Nurse of the ward shall imme- 
 diately give infonnation to the Steward. 
 
 7. They shall clean their rewpective wards, &c., at 8, A. M., 
 from the first of May to the first of November, and at 9, A. M., 
 the remainder of the year. 
 
 8. The Nurses shall be diligent in complying with the orders 
 of the Medical Olficers, Surgeon and Matron, and they shall behave 
 with tenderness to the patients. 
 
 9. They shall pay particular attention to the patients, and as 
 often as necessary supply them with the drink prescribed, and 
 assist them when they are unable to assist 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 any thing to be 
 brought into the wards, or given to the patients, except that which 
 is ordered. 
 
 12. They shall give immediate notice to the attending Physi- 
 cian or Surgeon, or in his absence to the House Surgeon, or to 
 the Matron, when any patient or patients shall have violated any 
 of the By-laws of the Hospital. 
 
 13. They shall always keep themselves clean and decently 
 clothed. 
 
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 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Of the Admission of Patients, 
 
 1. Every Governor and Medical Officer of the Hospital, and 
 tlie Clergj'men belonging to the congregations of this city, may , 
 recommend patients to be admitted into the Hospital, in the 
 manner and form hereinafter prescribed ; but it shall be the ex- 
 clusive prerogative of the attending Physician or Surgeon, as the 
 case may be, to judge if the person so recommended be labouring 
 under such disease as is admissible into the Hospital, according 
 to the By-laws of the Corporation. 
 
 2. In any urgent case, when delay may be dangerous, the 
 House Physician or Surgeon shall have power to admit patients, 
 and he shall immediately give information of the same to the 
 attending Physician or Surgeon, as the case may be, or if he 
 cannot be found, to any other of the Medical Board of the Hos- 
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 shall bo considered incurable, or who it) insane, nor whoso case 
 does not require the particular benefit of in-door practice. 
 
 4. No woman in advanced pregnancy, shall be admitted as an 
 in-door patient. 
 
 5. No children under six years of age, except in cases where 
 the greater operations arc to be performed, shall be admitted into 
 the Hospital. 
 
 6. Such patients as are unable to pay for their maintenance 
 shall be received as paupers, such as are able to pay, shall be 
 admitted into the Hospital as pay-patients and none of these at 
 less than five shillings per week, for the payment of which the 
 person recommending such patient shall be responsible. 
 
 7. The person recommending any patient or patients shall 
 mention, in the certificate for admission, if the patient or patients 
 bo paupers, and if not, the sum they are to pay per week. 
 
 8. No patient shall be admitted into the Hospital as a pauper, 
 excepting emigrants from the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
 and Ireland, or other indigent persons passing through the town, 
 who do not reside in the city or parish of Montreal, and the 
 person or persons who shall recommend any patient or patients, 
 who do not reside in the city or parish aforesaid, shall become 
 responsible for the payment of the Hospital dues for such patient 
 or patients, which shall not be less than seven shillings per week j 
 and in case of his or her death, he shall also be bound to defray 
 the expenses of the funeral, which shall not exceed twenty-two 
 shillings and sixpence ; but as special cases may occur when a 
 deviation from this By-law may be necessary, the Committee of 
 Management are authorized to dispense with it in such cases, and 
 shall report the same to the Governors at their next meeting. 
 .Seamen presenting themselves for admission with a recommen- 
 dation from the Commanding Officer, shall be admitted, so long as 
 the Statute William IV., especially Section 2, Chapter 35, shall 
 remain in force. 
 
 9. A male and a female ward shall be devoted to lock-ward 
 cases. Patients shall not be admitted into the lock-wards as 
 paupers, but each and every lock-ward patient shall pay seven 
 shillings per week; and if it be not specified on the ticket of 
 admission that he or she be a lock-ward patient, then the attend- 
 ing Medical Officer shall send back such patients to the person 
 recommending, with the words "Lock-ward" written on the 
 ticket j and if the person recommending shall renew his recom- 
 mendation, he shall then be responsible for the payment of the 
 Hospital dues for such patient. No Lock-ward patient shall be 
 admitted into the common wards. 
 
 10. Two beds (one in the men's and one in the women's 
 wards) shall be kept in reserve to receive such patients as may, 
 from sudden accident, be in need of immediate relief. 
 
 
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 o'clock, A. M., till one o'cUn\k, P. M. 
 
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 Montreal, day of 
 
 Sir, — I recommend 
 who has resided in the parish of for io 
 
 be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital as a pauper, 
 if be thought a fit object for admission. 
 
 To the attending Medical 
 
 Ofiicer of the Montreal 
 
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 Montreal, day of 18 
 
 Sir, — I recommend 
 who has resided in the parish of for 
 
 to be admitted into the Montreal General Hospital 
 as a pay-patient at the rate of per week, 
 
 if be thought a fit object for admission. 
 
 To the attending Medical 
 
 Officer of the Montreal 
 
 General Hospital. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 Of the Patients. 
 
 1. No patient shall smoke in the house or on the galleries, 
 make use of obscene or profane language, nor leave the ward in 
 which he or she shall have been placed, without permission from 
 the attending Physician or House Surgeon, or unless required by 
 him to give assistance. 
 
 2. The patients shall not play at cards or dice ; or any other 
 game. 
 
 3. They shall conduct themselves with due respect to the Ma- 
 tron, Nurses and Servants of the Hospital. 
 
 4. No male patient, under any pretence whatsoever, shall enter 
 the apartments or wards for females, unless required by the Phy- 
 sician to give assistance, nor shall a female patient enter the 
 apartments or wards for males. 
 
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 6. No patients shall allow their friends to bring to them nor 
 shall they use, any thing whatsoever, except the diet prescribed, 
 without permission from the attending Physician or Surgeon. 
 
 6. Every patient shall retire to bed at nine, P. M., from the 
 first of May to the first of November ; at eight, P. M., from the 
 first of November to the first of May ; and those who are able 
 shall rise at seven, A. M., during summer, and at eight, A. M., 
 during winter. 
 
 7. Such 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 
 as the attending Physician or Surgeon may direct. Any patient 
 or patients not conforming to the By-laws of the Corporation, 
 shall incur the penalty of expulsion. 
 
 8. When any patient is discharged from the Hospital for irre- 
 gular conduct, the Steward shall give notice thereof by letter, in 
 the form and manner following, to the person who shall have 
 recommended such patient : 
 
 
 ,:(M 
 
 m 
 
 Montreal General Hospital, 
 
 day of 18 
 
 Sir, — ^I am directed to inform you that A. B., recommended 
 by you, has this day been discharged from the Hospital, for irre- 
 gular conduct, by Dr. , attending 
 
 Steward. 
 
 9. The body of any patient dying in the Hospital, shall not be 
 removed for interment until twenty-four hours in summer, and 
 thirty-six in winter, shall have elapsed after the death of the 
 patient, without a written permission from either the attending 
 Medical Officer or House Surgeon. 
 
 CHAPTER XVn. 
 
 Of the Out-ratictits. 
 
 1. They shall attend in the place at the hour appointed by the 
 Medical Board, for giving advice and medicines to the poor, gra- 
 tis ; and if any of them neglect to attend twice in succession, with- 
 out leave from the attending Physician or Surgeon, he or she shall 
 not be entitled to any further advice or medicine. 
 
 2. The names of the out-patients shall be entered in a book 
 kept fi>r the p\iriK<so, with tlioii ape, complaint, rcli;^ioiis per' 
 
 ii ; 
 

 them nor 
 prescribed, 
 •geon. 
 , from the 
 , from the 
 o are able 
 lit, A. M., 
 
 assist the 
 le patients, 
 other work 
 Lny patient 
 orporation, 
 
 tal for irre- 
 )y letter, in 
 shall have 
 
 PITAL, 
 
 18 
 
 jommended 
 al, for irre- 
 [ling 
 
 Steward. 
 
 3hall not be 
 immer, and 
 oath of the 
 le attending 
 
 suasion, the time of admission, and the termination of tiic disease 
 as far as it can be ascertained. 
 
 3. Medicines and advice will be given to the poor, at every 
 visit of the attending Physician or Surgeon. All out-patients shall 
 provide their o\^^l phials. 
 
 4. No out-patient shall loiter about the Hospital gate, or pre- 
 mises adjoining ; they shall come directly to the place appointed to 
 receive them, and as soon as they have received the advice and 
 medicines, which may be considered necessary for them, they 
 shall immediately leave the Hospital. 
 
 5. Any out-patient or patients who shall violate any of the 
 rules or regulations of the Hospital, shall incur the penalty of 
 dismissaU 
 
 CHAPTER XVIll. 
 
 Of Vaccination. 
 
 1. On any of the days ap})ointed by the Medical Board for 
 inoculating the poor, gratis, any person or persons, without the 
 recommendation required for the admission of patients to the Hos- 
 pital, may present their children for inoculation. 
 
 2. The person or persons who shall inoculate any children or 
 other persons, on any of the above stated days, shall register in 
 a book belonging to the Hospital, kept for that purpose, the name, 
 age, sex, and religion of each and every individual so inoculated, 
 the part of the body on which the inoculation has been performed, 
 tlie date, progress and termination of each and every case. 
 
 3. Each and every person bringing a child or children for 
 vaccination, shall deposit two shillings and sixpence as a pledge 
 of retAu-ning once at least with the child or children on a day fixed 
 by the inoculator, that the appearance may be noted ; non-com- 
 pliance with this rule will incur the forfeiture of the deposit, but 
 upon due compliance with it, it will be returned. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 nted by the 
 e poor, gra- 
 jssion, with- 
 er she shall 
 
 1 in a book 
 ^ligious per- 
 
 Of the Penally of Receiving any Fee or Rcimrd. 
 
 1 . No Governor, Oflicer, or other person connected with the 
 Montreal General Hospital, shall at any time presume, under any 
 j)retence whatever, on pain of expulsion, to give to, or take from 
 any tradesman, ptitient. ^-ervant, or any ot!\er f)pro;>., or persons, 
 any tl'e, reward or ';i amity of whatever kind, directly or iiid;iect'v 
 
1i ': 
 
 t 
 
 !i,. 
 
 '('I' I: 
 
 26 
 
 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 
 ol'Physicians tt) the Institution, who, for the accommodation of their 
 private patients, may bring them into the pay-wards of the Reid'a 
 Wing, when it does not interfere with the objects of the Institu- 
 tion. 
 
 '^ 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 When a pauper dies in the Hospital, (if the body be interred,) 
 the Steward shall give notice thereof to the Clergyman to whose 
 congregation or churcii he or she may belong ; and the Porter 
 shall, if necessary, assist the Sexton at the interment. Emigrant 
 paupers of less than twelve months' residence in the country, who 
 die in the Hospital, shall have their funerals defrayed from the 
 money received from the Emigrant funds. With regard to other 
 paupers, the Committee of Management are authorized to request 
 the diiferent religious communities to which they may have be- 
 longed, to provide for the I'unerals of such, unless the bodies are 
 otherwise disposed of by law. 
 
 If any vacancy, either Medical or otherwise, occur at any time 
 in the Hospital, said vacancy shall be filled up at the ensuing quar- 
 terly meeting of the Governors. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 Of Altering, Repealing ami MaJdng Rcgnlotions and Statutes. 
 
 No additional By-law, Regulation 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, (fee, be made and received at one of the quarterly meet- 
 ings of the Governors, and passed at the next quarterly meet- 
 ing. 
 
27 
 
 lone on 
 lie case 
 
 of their 
 le Reid's 
 
 Institu- 
 
 intcrred,) 
 to whose 
 le Porter 
 Emigrant 
 ntry, who 
 Vom the 
 li to other 
 to request 
 have be- 
 jodies are 
 
 t any time 
 uing quar- 
 
 l Statutes. 
 
 [ hereafter 
 I any way 
 alteration, 
 erly meet- 
 erlv meet- 
 
 I 
 
 Petition of 
 Joliii Rich, 
 ardson, 
 William 
 Mc(jillivray, 
 and Samuel 
 Gerrnrd, 
 Esquires. 
 
 DALHOUSIE, Governor. 
 
 GEORGE the FOURTH, by the Grace of God of the 
 United Khiffdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, 
 Defender of the Faith. 
 
 To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting : 
 
 Whereas our loving subjects, John Richardson, Wil- 
 liam McGillivary, and Samuel Gerrard, Esquires, of our 
 City of Montreal, by their humble Petition presented to our 
 Right Ti'usty and Right Well Beloved Cousin, George, 
 Earl of Dalhousie, our Captain-General and Governor- 
 in-chief in and over Our Province of Lower Canada, 
 and read in Council for the said Province, on the ninth 
 day of April, in the year of Our Loid one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-two, did, among other things in 
 substance set forth that there had been a subscription set 
 on foot by them for the purpose of erecting a General 
 Hospital in our said City of Montreal ; and that sundry 
 public spirited persons, influenced by pnnciples of be- 
 nevolence, iiave lilieraliy subscribed towards the same ; 
 that, from the manifest utility of such an Hospital, further 
 contributions and donations may be expected, if there be 
 an assurance of permanency to the Institution, and 
 means provided for the management of its concerns ; that 
 very considei'able progress has been made towards the 
 object in contemplation, by the purchase of a spacious lot 
 of ground in a central situation, in the Saint Lawrence 
 Suburbs of the said City, whereon is erecting a large 
 building, for the body or centre part of the said Hospi- 
 tal, and susceptible (k extension hereafter by wings upon 
 a regular plan, which building is now in a state of ad- 
 vancement towards completion, that pi'omises eventual 
 success if a Charter of Incorj)oration be obtained : and, 
 therefore, the Petitioners humbly prayed for Our Letters 
 Patent forming a Corporation for the purposes aforesaid : 
 NOW WE taking into our Royal consideration, the 
 beneficial tendency of such an Institution, within our 
 said City, calculated for relieving the disti'esses of the 
 indigent, and preserving the lives of many useful mem- 
 bers of tlie community, are graciously pleased to grant 
 the said humble request of our said loving subjects : 
 KNtJW YE, therefore, tliat We, of our esjiecial grace, 
 certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, given, 
 granted, ordained, constituted and appointed, and, liy grantcJ. 
 tliese i)i'es(Mits, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do will, 
 give, grant, ordain, constitute, and appoint, that Thomas Mombersor 
 Naters, John Molson, John Richardson, William NcGil- ti.e coii.-i- 
 
 AVlifcli, in 
 coiisiilera- 
 tioii ot its 
 beneficial 
 teudoucy, is 
 
 L 
 
^ ' 1 ,! 
 
 %i: 
 
 1 
 
 
 r I 
 
 i hi 
 
 ration 
 named. 
 
 28 
 
 livray, Samuel Gerranl, John Forsyth, Frederick Wil- 
 liam Ermatingor, David Ross, Thomas Phillips, Thomas 
 Torrance, John Try, George Garden, George Anldjo, 
 Thomas Thain, Robert Gillespie, Benaiah Gibb, John 
 Molson the younger, Thomas Molson, AVilliam Molson, 
 Isaac Winslovv Clarke, William Hutchinson, Daniel 
 Fisher, Henry jNTcKenzio, Charles W illiam tlrant, James 
 Millar, Archibald Norman McLeod, Alexander Skakel, 
 John Torrance, Joseph Chapman,. Thomas McCord, 
 Angus iShaw, James Jjeslie, George MolTatt, James Reid, 
 Robert Froste, William M. Porter, Charles Brooke, 
 Reverend John Bethune, David David, John Fleming, 
 Samuel Gale, Richard McCiinnis, .Tames Stuart, Alexan- 
 der Thain, Charles R. Ogden, Thomas Bushy, Ahner 
 Bagg, Charles F. Bancroft, John Blain, Joseph Becket, 
 William Caldwell, Henry Corse, Jacob DeWitt, Jabcz 
 DeWitt, Reverend Henry Esson, Horatio Gates, Fre- 
 derick Goniierman, John Jones, William Kayes, Adam 
 L. McNider, James B. Printe, Andrew Shaw, Isaac 
 Shay, .Tohn Wragg, James W'oolrich, Zabdiel Thayer, 
 W^illiam Stemm, James Dunn, John (t. Beek, Alexan- 
 der Henry, Francis Metzler, William Lunn, Charles 
 Willard, Peter McGill, Kenneth Dowie, James Logan, 
 Reverend James Sonierville, David Handysi<lc, Joseph 
 Shuter, Henry Loeilel, Levy B. Boruck, lloyes Lloyd, 
 Nahum Mower, Peter Mcintosh, Alexander Mabbul, 
 Andrew Malcolm, Robert McGinnis, John McKenzie, 
 .Joseph Nickless, Cornerms Oakes, Jason C. Pierce, 
 George Pyke, Donald Robertson, Michael Scott, Ste- 
 phen Sewell, John Spragg, William Spragg, F. D. Stro- 
 thers, Luther Sautell, lieniy Solomon, John Simmons, 
 Herman Seavers, Riil|)h Taylor, Joh.n .FelTrey, Arthur 
 Webster, AllKTt Ware, George W'urtele, Oliver Wait, 
 Andrew White, Cliarles Wagener, Guy Warwick, Ed- 
 ward Wooirich, Benjamin S. Solomon, T. R. Willard, 
 Kenneth Walker, Andrew Allan, Robert Armour, Wil- 
 liam Annesly. 'i'homas Blackwood, John Brown, James 
 Brown, Stanley Bagg, Abraham Binibiiry, William Bin- 
 ley, William .li(Nit, J. T. Barret, James Clark, John 
 Clarke, James E. Campbell, James Carsiiel, Benjamin 
 Clamp, .Tames A. Dwijrht, Geortre Davies, IVter W. 
 Deasc, Ilo!)ert Dninunond, John Fellows, John Finlay, 
 Thomas French, Ai-cliibald T'\'rguson, James Forster, 
 William Forbes, James C Grant. William Gray, Chris- 
 tian C. Gunlack, Henry (rriilin, Nalnnn Hall, 13enjamin 
 Hart, Alexander Hardie, Roliert Harwood, John Har- 
 ;voo(l, ,Tames Henry, Rukard Hurd. .lames Huiihes, 
 John I'. ITocir, Charles HoolVtetter. Benjamin Hall. 
 
I 
 
 ick VVil- 
 Thomas 
 Auldjo, 
 )h, John 
 Molson, 
 Daniel 
 nt, James 
 Skakel, 
 McCord, 
 Ties Reid, 
 Brooke, 
 Fleming, 
 Alexan- 
 fy, Abner 
 •li Becket, 
 '^itt, Jiibez 
 ates, Fre- 
 'cs, Adam 
 aw, Isaac 
 3I Thayer, 
 :, Alexan- 
 n, Charles 
 les Logan, 
 dc, Joseph 
 lyes Lloyd, 
 r Mabb'ul, 
 McKenzie, 
 C. Pierce, 
 Scott, Ste- 
 ^.D. Stro- 
 i Simmons, 
 ey, Arthur 
 liver VVail, 
 rwick, Ed- 
 R. Willard, 
 mour. Wil- 
 )un, James 
 illiam Bin- 
 Mark, John 
 , Benjamin 
 Peter W. 
 ohn Finlay, 
 K's Forster, 
 rray, Chris- 
 1, Benjamin 
 John Ilar- 
 ^s 1 luiihes, 
 jamin Hail, 
 
 Wbnt rnn- 
 triliution 
 hIiiiII (;oTi8ti- 
 tiito a 
 Member, 
 
 And incor- 
 porated. 
 
 Name. 
 
 To have 
 
 perpetual 
 
 succession. 
 
 Cnpalile to 
 sue mid he 
 sued. 
 
 29 
 
 Isaac Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Nicholas Ivurczyn, and 
 all such other persons who have contributed, or .shall 
 hereafier contribute to the Institution, by a donation n;- 
 spectively of five pounds, current money of the Province 
 of Lower Canada, or upwards of five poiuuls, and who 
 shall regularly continue to pay annually towards its sup- 
 port not less than one poiuid of such money, shall be and 
 l)eiome members of the Society and Corporation hereby 
 erected, and forever hereafter shall, by virtue of these 
 presents, be one Body Politic and Corporate, in deed, 
 fact and name forever; and We will, give, grant and 
 ordain, that they and their successors, '• The Society of 
 the Montreal (General Hospital," by the same name shall 
 and may have perpetual succession, and fhail and may 
 by the same name, be persons capable in the law to sue 
 and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer anil be 
 answered unto, defend and be defended, in all Courts 
 and elsewhere, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, 
 jileas, causes, matters and demands whatsoever, as fully 
 and amply as any other of Our liege Subjects of Our 
 Province of Lower Canada may or can do by any law- 
 ful ways and means whatsoever ; and that they anil their 
 successors, by the same name, shall forever hereafter be 
 persons capable and able in the law to purchase, take, 
 hold, receive and enjoy to them and their successors any 
 messuages, tenements and real estate whatsoever, and all 
 other hereditaments of whatsoever quality they be, in 
 fee simple, for term of life or lives, or in any other 
 manner howsoever ; and also any goods, chattels and 
 jiersonal estate \\ hatsoever ; provided always, that the 
 clear yearly value of the said real estate doth not, at any 
 time, exceed the sum of one thousand pounds lawful 
 money of oiu- Province of Lower Canada, above all out- 
 goings, and reprise, and that they and their successors, 
 by the same name, shall have full power and authority 
 to sive, grant, sell, lease, demise and dispone of the said 
 real estate and hereditaments whatsoever, for lite, or 
 lives, or years, or torevcr; and also all goods, chattels 
 and personal estate whatsoever, at their will and pleasm-e, 
 as they shall judge to be most benellcial and advanta- 
 geous for the good and charitalde ends and purposes above 
 mentioned ; and that it shall and may be lawtiil lor them 
 and their successors, forever hereafter, to have a Com- 
 mon Seal to serve for the causes and business oC them 
 and their successors; and the same seal to change, al- 
 ter, break and make new, I'rom time to time, at their 
 will and pleasure ; and our Uoval will and pleasure is, tiio corpo- 
 that, when our said Corporation hereby erected, shall. col,','!"cic'''"' 
 
 To hold es- 
 tates, 
 
 provided tU« 
 clear yearly 
 value docs 
 not exceed 
 XI' 00 cur- 
 rency. 
 
 To lease and ' 
 sell estates. 
 
 To Iiavo a 
 seal. 
 
m^ 
 
 A. 
 
 tliti jirpseiit 
 buililiiig, 
 
 m 
 
 which will 
 be culled 
 " The Munt. 
 reul General 
 Uuspitul." 
 
 GoTemors 
 for life, 
 those who 
 contribute 
 ^25 or more, 
 and |j»,v aii- 
 inially X3 or 
 more. 
 
 Governors 
 
 elected, 
 those wlio 
 contribute 
 less than 
 ^25, and not 
 under j£W, 
 and pay 
 annually 
 j£2 or more. 
 
 A President 
 and Vice- 
 President. 
 A Tiea.iurer 
 .ind Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 Fir-t Gover- 
 niirs of the 
 Corporation. 
 
 30 
 
 by tlie generous donations of the benevolent, or otlier- 
 wise, have suHicient lands, they sliall complete the pre- 
 sent building and ofliceiJ, erecting in the said &iint 
 Lawrence iSiiburlis for the said llospilal, and shall ex- 
 tend the same by wings, or othenvise, so as to render 
 tiie said (General Hospital in all respects as perfect as 
 may be, for the purposes of the Institution, which We 
 will shall forever hereafter be called " The Montreal 
 Cieneral Hospital ;" and that it shall and may be lawful 
 for our said Corporation, from time to time, and at alt 
 times hereafter, to erect, for their use and convenience, 
 any other house, houses or buildings whatsoever; but 
 not for other pui'poses than those of tlur said Hospital ; 
 and for the better carrying into executimi the purposes 
 aforesaid, our royal Will and pleasure is, and We do 
 hereby for Us, our Heirs and successors, give and grant 
 to " The Society of the Montreal General Iiosj)ital," and 
 their successors forever, that there shall be forever here- 
 after, belonging to our said Corporation, as many Go- 
 vernors for life of the said Hospital, as there shall be 
 persons who have contributed, or shall contribute there- 
 to, by donation respectively, twenty-five pounds, or up- 
 wards, lawful money of our saiil Province, with an an- 
 nual payment each of three pounds, or more, like mo- 
 ney ; and there shall be thirteen other Governors there- 
 of, who shall be annually elected, in manner hereinafter 
 prescribed, from among those persons who have contri- 
 buted, or sliall contribute to the Institution, under twen- 
 ty-five pounds, money above said, and not less than ten 
 pounds, with an annual payment thereto of two pound.s, 
 or more, like money, which persons so contributing, and 
 paying, are hereby declared qualified to be elected Go- 
 vernors; which Governors for life, and those so elected, 
 shall appoint, out of their number, one President and 
 one Vice-1'resident ; and also, out of their number, or 
 otherwise, one Treasurer and one Secretarj', and shall 
 conduct and manage the all'airs and business of the said 
 Hospital and Corporation for the ensuing year, in man- 
 ner as hereafter is declared and a]>pointcd ; and for the 
 more immediately carrying into execution our lloyal 
 will and pleasui'c herein. We do hereby assign, consti- 
 tute and appoint the aforesaid Thomas Naters, John 
 Molson, .lohn llichardson, William Mc(jlillivray, Sa- 
 muel (lerrard, .lohn Forsyth, Frederick William Er- 
 matinger, David Ross, Tbomr.s LMiillips, Thomas Tor- 
 rance, John Try, (.Jeorge (warden, (ieorge Auldjo, 
 Thomas Thain, Robert Gellespie, Jienaiah Gibb, John 
 Molson the younger, Thomas Molson, William Molson, 
 
 h 
 
31 
 
 )r otlier- 
 tlie pro- 
 id &iint 
 whall cx- 
 
 render 
 erfect as 
 licli We 
 Montreal 
 )e lawful 
 tid at all 
 ^eriionce, 
 VIM- ; but 
 tospital ; 
 purposes 
 
 1 We da 
 and grant 
 ital," and 
 vor here- 
 lany Go- 
 
 sliall be 
 ite there- 
 d, or up- 
 i\\ an an- 
 
 like nio- 
 i)rs therc- 
 loreinafter 
 vc contri- 
 ler tvven- 
 
 tlum ten 
 () poiuids, 
 utiiig, and 
 ;cted Go- 
 o elected, 
 dent and 
 inilier, or 
 and shall 
 
 tlie said 
 , in inan- 
 id for tlie 
 in- lloyal 
 II, consti- 
 ins, John 
 ■ray, Sa- 
 liani Kr- 
 nas 'J'or- 
 
 Auldjo, 
 hi), John 
 
 Molson, 
 
 Is-aac W. Clark, Alexander iSkakcl, Daniel Fisher, 
 Henry McKenzie, Charles W. Grant, Archibald N. 
 McLeod, John Torrance, Joseph Chajunan, Thomas 
 McCord, James Reid, Angus Shaw, James lieslie and 
 George Moll'att, to be the present Governors of the said 
 Hospital and Corporation, vvhcieof the aforesaid Jolm First Pro- 
 Richardson to be the President, and the aforesaid John ^2^"".*; \''^*" 
 Molson to be the present Vice-President, the aforesaid Treasurer, 
 Samuel Gerrard to be the present Treasurer, and the t^r'l'fiiain'ed, 
 aforesaid Alexander Skakel to be the present Secretary whorenmm 
 
 of our said Corporation, hereby erected ; which said 
 President, Vice-President, Governors, Treasurer and 
 Secretary, shall hold, possess, and enjoy their said re- 
 s[)ective olhces, 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 arc created Governors for life ; and for keeping up 
 the succession in the said offices, our Royal will and 
 
 in office until 
 
 the Ist Tues- 
 day ill May, 
 1823. 
 
 And for 
 kec'iiing up a 
 
 pleasure is, and We do, hereby, for Us, our Heirs, and the Society 
 Successors, establish, direct, and require of, and give for'iil^dec. 
 and grant to the said Society of the Montreal General tionofoffi- 
 Hoi^pital, and their Successors forever, that on the said first'Tuesday 
 first Tuesday in May now next ensuing, and yearly, and inMayuu- 
 every year forever thereafter, on the same day, (where- ^f ,,i!i'pii 
 of public notice of the hour, and place of meeting, shall notice to be 
 be given in one or more of the Newspapers published in ^ewaVapers" 
 Montreal, at least seven days before,) they and their seveud»i»; 
 successors, the Members of the said Hospital and Cor- 
 poration, contributing and paying as aforesaid, yhall 
 meet at the said Hospital, or at some other convenient 
 place, in our said City of Montreal, to be fixed and as- 
 certained by some of the By-laws or Regulations of our 
 said Corp(»ration, and there by the majority of such of 
 them as shall so meet, reckoning their votes in the ratio 
 of the contributions actually paid ; but so as that no 
 member of the Society or Corporation shall have more contribu. 
 than ten votes, shall by ballot, or in such other manner by boiiot, or 
 and form as shall be directed by any of the By-laws or otherwise; 
 Regulations of our said Corporation, elect and choose to elect tbir. 
 thirteen of their members, qualified as aforesaid, to be 
 Governors, or whensoever the number of Governors for 
 life, then resident at Montreal, shall be under thirteen, 
 then such an fiddition shall be made to the number, so to 
 be elected Governors, as to make the whole number The number 
 thereof (those so resident inclusive) twenty-six, which "fGoyer- 
 
 ■nir 1 •! 1- 1/-I • iwi n<'r«, inclu- 
 
 Mcmbers ol the bociety and Corporation, so qualified ding those 
 and elected, shal be Governors of our said Hospital and JoVf^ess"* 
 Corporation for the ensuing year, and with the President ti'an twenty. 
 
 the votes to 
 be in the 
 ratio of the 
 
 teen Gover- 
 nors. 
 
^ 
 
 i 
 
 82 
 
 and Vice-President, by them appointed, shall inuncdiatc 
 ly enter upon their respective oflices and duties, and 
 hold, exercise, and enjoy the same respectively, from the 
 time of such elections and appointments, for and during 
 the space of one year, and until other fit persons shall be 
 elected and appointed in their respective places accord- 
 ing to tlie Laws and Regulations aforesaid ; and in case 
 any of the said persons so elected, and a])pointed to the 
 respective offices above said, or who shall be hereafter 
 elected and appointed thereto, shall die, or be removed 
 from such offices respectively, before the time of their 
 respective appointed services shall be expired, or refuse 
 or neglect to act in and execute the office for which he 
 or they shall be so elected and appoii\ted, then our Royal 
 others to be ^''' ^^^ pleasure is, and We do hereby, direct, ordain 
 oiiosenin and require, that the other Governors of our said 
 
 their stead - - - ... 
 
 by the Gov. 
 
 eriior8, 
 
 'within tliirty 
 
 days after 
 
 suuh con> 
 
 Out of the 
 Guveriiurs, a 
 Preaident 
 and Vice- 
 President to 
 be chosen. 
 The Gover- 
 iiurs to enter 
 upon their 
 otflues im- 
 inediately, 
 and remain 
 in office for 
 one year, or 
 till others be 
 chosen in 
 their stead. 
 In c»se I if 
 tlie death, 
 removal, re- 
 fusal, or no. 
 t,'iect of oUi. 
 cerv, 
 
 tiDgency. 
 
 Every oflS. 
 cer, before 
 he can act, 
 must take 
 an oath foi 
 the faithful 
 discharge of 
 tiig duties. 
 
 The Presi- 
 dent, or in 
 his absence, 
 the Vice. 
 President, 
 inay sum- 
 mon the 
 Governors 
 to meet, 
 
 Corporation shall a])point a member or members thereof, 
 duly qualitied, in the place and stead of him or them so 
 dying, removed or refusing or neglecting to act, within 
 thirty days next after such contingency, who shall serve 
 until, the first Tuesday in May next following : and we 
 do hereby will and direct, that this methotl shall for ever 
 after be used for filling up all vacancies in the said offices 
 between the annual elections above directed ; and our will 
 and pleasure is, and we do hereby, for Us, our Heirs, 
 and Successors, direct, ordain and require that every 
 President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer and Se- 
 cretary of our said Corporation, to be elected and ap- 
 pointed by virtue of these presents, shall, before they 
 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 res- 
 pective offices during their continuance in the same respec- 
 tively ; and further, our Royal will and pleasure is, 
 and We do hereby for Us, our Heirs and Succes- 
 sors, ordain and appoint, and give and grant to 
 the said Society of the Montreal General Hospital, 
 that the President for the said Corporation for the time 
 being, and in case of a vacancy in the said office, or in 
 case of his sickness or absence, the Vice-President shall, 
 and may from time to time, as occasion may require, 
 summon, and call together, at such ))laces, within our 
 said City of Montreal, as by any By-Law shall be ap- 
 pointed for such meetings, and on such day and hours 
 as the President or Vice-President shall respectively 
 think proper, the Governors of the said Corporation and 
 
f 
 
 33 
 
 Hospital for tlie time being, giving them at the least 
 one day's notice thereof; and We do hereby require them 
 to meet accordingly, and give, grant, ordain that any 
 seven, or more, of the Governors of our said Corpora- 
 tion, being so convened together, of whom the President, 
 or in case of a vacancy in the said office, or the sick- 
 ness or absence of the President, the Vice-President 
 for the time being shall always be one, shall, for ever 
 hereafter, 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 
 Cor[)oration may require ; and to do, execute, transact, 
 manage, and perform in the name of our said Corpora- 
 tior. all and every act and thing whatsoever, which our 
 said Corporation are, or shall, by virtue of these our 
 Letters Patent, be aiithorizcd to do, transact, manage, 
 and perform, in as full and ample manner, as if all and 
 every the Governors and Members of the said Corpora- 
 tion were present and consenting thereto ; saving and 
 excepting always, the electing of Governors, unless 
 upon vacancies, as aforesaid, happening in the interme- 
 diate period between general elections ; and also saving, 
 and excepting the giving, granting, selling, or otherwise 
 aliening any of the estate, real or personal, of our said 
 Corporation, and the leasing, demising, or disposing of 
 any ol the lands, tenements, hereditaments, real or mixed 
 estate, of our said Corporation, for any longer time than 
 one year ; our Royal will and pleasure being, that no part 
 thereof be so sold, leased, or in any wise aliened for any 
 longer term or time, but by and with the concurrence 
 and apj)robation of the majority of the whole number of 
 the Governors of our said Corporation, for the time being, 
 first obtained at any legal meeting of the same ; and fur- 
 ther, We do, hereby, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, 
 ordain, and appoint, and give, and grant, to the said 
 " Society of the Montreal General Hospital," that at any 
 such legal meeting of any seven or more of the Gov- 
 ernors of our said Corporation, of whom the President 
 or Vice-President, for the time being, shall always be 
 it shall and may be lawful for them, in writing 
 
 gMag at 
 leaat one 
 day's notice. 
 
 Seven of the 
 Uoveniorg, 
 of whun. the 
 President or 
 Vii'e- Presi- 
 dent always 
 to be one, 
 sliall consti> 
 tute a 
 quorum; 
 
 have power 
 to adjourn, 
 and 
 
 transact the 
 business of 
 tlie Corpor- 
 ation, 
 
 except the 
 choosing of 
 Guvernorg, 
 unless upon 
 vacancies 
 between 
 general elec- 
 tions, and 
 except 
 grunting 
 lands, &c., 
 for a longer 
 term tlian 
 one year. 
 None of the 
 estate of the 
 Corporation 
 to he (linpos- 
 ed of, but by 
 the consent 
 of the majo- 
 rity of all 
 the Uover- 
 nors. 
 
 The Gover- 
 nors in legal 
 meeting 
 may, 
 
 one, 
 
 under the common Seal of our said Corporation, to make, 
 establish, and ordain, from time to time, and at all times 
 hereafter, such By-Laws, Regulations, and Statutes, for 
 the better government of the Officers, Members, and 
 Servants of the said Corporation, and of the Patient", 
 from time to time, admitted into the said Hospital ; for 
 fixing and ascertaining the place of meeting of our said 
 
 under the 
 seal of tlie 
 Corpora- 
 tion, make 
 by-laws, 
 
 and for fix- 
 ing the place 
 and times of 
 
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 84 
 
 ^f 
 
 ,i!!ir 
 
 ;i 
 
 meeting uf 
 
 elections, 
 and for re- 
 gulatlng the 
 iiiuiiiii'r, tliu 
 management 
 of the funda. 
 
 To alter and 
 rt*peal the 
 by-lii\vg, 
 prtividi'd 
 audi laws be 
 not contrary 
 to the Char- 
 ter, or the 
 laws uf the 
 Pi'ovlace. 
 
 To nominate 
 Fh.\ siciuns, 
 Surgeons, 
 A|iothe- 
 cariea ; 
 
 to appoint 
 their duties; 
 
 to appoint a 
 Steward, 
 and a Ma- 
 tron, and 
 otiier ser- 
 vants, and 
 their wages; 
 
 to displace 
 the Steward, 
 Matron, or 
 other ser- 
 vant. 
 
 The Presi- 
 dent, Vice- 
 President, 
 Governor, 
 Treasurer, 
 Secretary, 
 Physician, 
 SiU'ifoon, or 
 Apothecary, 
 hecOMiipp; 
 unfit or mis. 
 tle^fH'aning 
 
 hllllbClt', 
 
 Corporation, on the days and times of election above 
 mentioned ; and for regiilatinji! the mode and manner of 
 making such elections, the management and disposition 
 of the funds and chai'ities, and all other the I)iisincs8 
 and affairs of our said Corporation, as they, or the major 
 part of ihcm, so legally met, hliail judge best for the 
 general good of the said Coi'jioration, and pi'ofitable for 
 promoting the chai'itable and beneficial designs of the 
 said Corporation ; and the sairie or any of tliem, to alter, 
 amend, or repeal, from time to time, as tiiey, or the 
 major part of them, so met as aforesaid, shall judge most 
 conducive to the benefit of the said chai'ity ; pi'ovided 
 such Laws, Regulations, and Statutes, be not rei)ugnant 
 hereto, or to the Laws of this our Province of Lower 
 Canada; and We do fuilher will, and gi'aiil, that the said 
 Governors for the time being, or any seven or more of 
 them legally met as aforesaid, of wiiom the Pi'esident, 
 or Vice-Pi'et:ide it for the time, shall always be one, shall 
 have the full and sole power and aiithority for ever after, 
 by the majority of their voices, from time to time, yeai'ly, 
 and every year, to nominate such and so many Physi- 
 cians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, as they shall judge 
 necessarj' to attend to the said Hospital, and the sick 
 and diseased patients, from time to time, admitted there- 
 in ; and to appoint and designate the re^^pective powers, 
 authorities, business, trusts, and attendances of the said 
 Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries ; and also to 
 appoint a Steward, a Mati-on, a Nurse, or Nurses, and all 
 other servants and attendants upon the said Hospital, 
 with their respective powers, authoiMties, business, tnasts 
 and attendances, witii the allowances that shall be 
 found necessary fi-om 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, Mati"on, Nurse, sei-vant, and 
 attendant, from the service thereof, and to nominate and 
 appoint other, or others, in their places or stead ; and We 
 do fuinher gi-ant and oi'dain, that when, and as often, as 
 any President, Vice-President, Govei'nor, Ti'easiirer, 
 Secretary, Physician, Sui'geon, or Apotlucaiy, of the 
 said Corpoi-ati(m, shall become unfit or incapable to 
 execute their said offices respectively, or shall misdemean 
 themselves in their said oflices respectively, conti'ary to 
 their duty, and to any of the By-Laws and Regulations 
 of our said Corporation, or refuse or neglect the execu- 
 tion thereof, and thereupon a charge or complaint in 
 wi-iting shall be exhibited against him, or them, by any 
 member of our said Corporation, at any legal meeting of 
 
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 35 
 
 above 
 ni\or of 
 )()sition 
 
 JUSil\CS8 
 
 i major 
 for the 
 al)le for 
 of the 
 to alter, 
 or the 
 gc most 
 )rovided 
 ipugiiant 
 ■ Lower 
 the said 
 more of 
 resident, 
 )nc, shall 
 er after, 
 , yearly, 
 ly Physi- 
 all judge 
 the sick 
 d there- 
 powers, 
 the said 
 I also to 
 's, and all 
 Hospital, 
 iss, trusts 
 shall be 
 and paid 
 lance and 
 o displace 
 ivant, and 
 linate and 
 ; and We 
 s ofli-n, as 
 Treasurer, 
 
 y 
 
 of the 
 
 "apablc to 
 nisdomean 
 [contrary to 
 Regulations 
 the exccu- 
 mplaint in 
 !m, by any 
 meeting of 
 
 the Governors thereof, as aforesaid, that it shall, and 
 may be lawful for the President, or Vice-President, and 
 Governors, or the major j^nrt of them tlu'ii met, or at 
 any iher liCgal nu'uting of the said Corporation, from 
 time to time, and upon examination and sulliciont proof, 
 to suspend or discharge such President, Vice-President, 
 Governor, Treasurer, Secretary, Piiysician, Surgeon, or 
 Apothecary, from their ollices respectively, although the 
 yearly, or oilier time of llieir respective services shall i\ot 
 be ex|)ired, anytiiing in these presents before cor\tained to 
 the contrary in any wise nolvvithstandinii ; provided al- 
 ways, that none of the said Ollicers so complained against 
 be suspended or discharged at any meeting, without the 
 concurn^nt e and approbation of the majority of the 
 whole iinml)er of the (iovernors of the said Corporation, 
 nor without having a copy of the comi)laint or charge 
 against liim at lca;t six days before such examination, 
 and an opportunity to be fully heard in his defence. 
 And our will and ])leasure further is, that the said Go- 
 vernors of the said Corporation and Hospital shall, from 
 time to time, when thereunto required by the Governor, 
 Lieutenant-tiovernor or Person administerin;! the Go- 
 vernment of our Province of Lower Canada, give an 
 account, in writing, of the several sums of money by 
 them received ami expended, by virtue of these presents 
 or any authority hereby given, and of the management, 
 ap])lication, and disiiosir.ion of the revenues, donations 
 and charities aforet^aid, to sudi person or persons as the 
 said tiovernor, Ijieutenant-Ciovernor, or Person admin- 
 istering the (rovernment, shall from time to time, ap- 
 point to receive and audit the said accounts : And fur- 
 ther, We do, by these p/esents, for Ua, our Heirs and 
 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, 
 adjudged and construed, in all cases, favorably, and fov 
 the benefit and advantage of our said Corporation, and 
 for promoting the good of this charitable Institution ; 
 and this our present grant being entered of Record, as is 
 hereinafter expressed, shall be, for ever hereafter, good 
 and effectual in the Law, according to our Royal intent 
 and Hieaning hereinbefore declared ; and without any 
 other licence, grant or confirmation from Us, our Heirs 
 or Successors hereinafter by the said Corporation to be 
 had or obtained, notwithstanding any misrecitals, not 
 naming, or misnaming, of any of the aforesaid Offices, 
 Franchises, Privileges, Imnumities, or other the Pre- 
 mises, or any of them ; and althougli no writ of ad quod 
 
 mnv, upon 
 
 siitlit'ieiit 
 l>ro t, be 
 (liNClmrifcd 
 I'i'oiii Ilia 
 ufllce, 
 
 but not 
 witliout Mm 
 I'liiiHiMit i>r n 
 iimjority of 
 all the Cio- 
 vcriKirB, and 
 linviii); n 
 copy of the 
 I'burge six 
 (liiyx, nod 
 bi'inp heard 
 in bis de. 
 t'euce. 
 
 When re. 
 quired by 
 the Gover- 
 nor, &c, of 
 tlie Pro- 
 vince, the 
 Governors 
 are to ren- 
 dcr nn ac- 
 count of the 
 moncva re- 
 ceived and 
 expended. 
 
 The Charter 
 
 to !■(! CDl . 
 
 sti'lii-il in fa- 
 vm iit'tlie 
 Sufieijj 
 
 and on being 
 entered on 
 Uecurd, 
 shall be ef< 
 i'cctual iu 
 law. 
 
 iM^--' 
 
nr- • !Pi 
 
 i 
 
 5 
 
 May hn «1- 
 tered and 
 •iiieiiiled, at 
 the CioviT. 
 uor, Iki!., 
 
 with the nd- 
 vlco of the 
 Expcutlre 
 Council, 
 •hull Judge 
 for the Kood 
 of the Su. 
 ciety. 
 
 36 
 
 damnunif or other writs, inquisitions, or precepts, has 
 been, upon this occasion, had, made, ismietl or prosecuted, 
 any statute, act, ordinance or provision, or other nintter 
 and thinj^, to the contrary thcieof notwithwtanding : pro- 
 vided further, and Our will and pleasure is, that the said 
 Society and Corporation of the Montreal (ieneral Hos- 
 pital is hereby constituted, made, erected and created 
 with the express reservation and eoiiditioii that our Let- 
 ters Patent relating thereto may b(^ hereafter altered and 
 amended in such manner and form, and with such addi- 
 tions, diminutions, extensions and explanations as our 
 (tovernor. Lieutenant (lovernor, or Person administer- 
 ing the (Government of our Province of Lower Canada, 
 by and with the advice and consent of our Executive 
 Council of our said Province, shall jud<;e best for the 
 general good of the said Corporation, and for the more 
 elTectually promoting the charitable and beneficial ''e- 
 eigns of the said Society, according to the true intent 
 and meani'ig of the contributors thereto. 
 
 In testimony whereof. We have caused these our 
 Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal 
 of our Province to be hereunto afiixed, and the 
 same to be entered of record in our Secretary's 
 Office for our said Province of Lower Canada, 
 in one of the books of Patents there remaining. 
 
 Witness our Right Trusty and Well Beloved 
 Cousin, George, Earl of Dalhousie, our Cap- 
 tain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and 
 over our said Province of Lower Canada, at 
 our Castle of St. Lewis, in our City of Quebec, 
 by and with the advice and consent of our 
 Executive Council for our said Province of 
 Lower Canada, the thirtieth day of January, 
 in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight 
 himdred and twenty-three, and of our Reign 
 the Fourth. 
 
 (Signed,) Ls. Montizambert, 
 
 Actmg Provincial Sec. 
 
 o. 
 
ts, has 
 
 ;cuted, 
 
 nintter 
 
 : jiro- 
 
 said 
 
 IIos- 
 
 reatcd 
 
 ' Lot- 
 
 (1 and 
 
 I ndili- 
 
 JH our 
 
 uiHter- 
 
 ariada, 
 
 cutive 
 
 or the 
 
 K' more 
 
 iai '1e- 
 
 ! intent 
 
 A LIST 
 
 OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BUILDING OF THE MONTREAL 
 GENERAL HOSPITAL. 
 
 D., 
 G. 
 
 £ B. d. 
 
 Thomas Naters 100 
 
 John Molsoii 100 
 
 .Tolm Kichimlson BO 
 
 John iMMsylh 60 
 
 Siiiiuiol (KTHird 60 
 
 Fi(!(lk. W. Krimitinij;er... 60 
 
 Robert Gillespie..; 60 
 
 Duvitl lloss 60 
 
 Thomas I'liilips 60 
 
 Tlioinas Torrance 50 
 
 John Try 60 
 
 George Garden 50 
 
 George Aiilil jo 50 
 
 William Mdiillivray 60 
 
 Thomas Tliain 60 
 
 Benaiah Gibh 60 
 
 Thomas Forsyth 60 
 
 William Bingham 50 
 
 The Seminary 60 
 
 John Molson, Junr 25 
 
 Thomas Molson 26 
 
 William Molson 26 
 
 Isaac W. Clarke 25 
 
 Froste & Porter 25 
 
 William Hutchison 25 
 
 Daniel Fisher 25 
 
 George Moffatt 25 
 
 Henry McKenzie 25 
 
 Charles W. Grant 26 
 
 Samuel Gale 25 
 
 Millar tt Parlane 25 
 
 Archibald N. McLeod... 26 
 
 Alexander Skakel 25 
 
 John Torrance 26 
 
 Joseph Chapman 25 
 
 Thomas McCord 25 
 
 Angus Shaw 25 
 
 James Rcid 25 
 
 Joseph Beckett 25 
 
 James Leslie 25 
 
 Francis A. Larocque 25 
 
 Simon McGillivray 25 
 
 James McGill Desrivieres. 25 
 
 Francis Desrivieres 25 
 
 James Stuart 12 10 
 
 John Fleming 12 10 
 
 £ 9. d. 
 
 Richard McOinni 8 12 10 
 
 Daviil Davitl 12 lo 
 
 Ciiarles Brooke 12 10 
 
 Alexander Thain 12 10 
 
 diaries U. Ogden 12 10 
 
 John Bethuuc 12 10 
 
 Horatio Gates 10 
 
 William Stemm 10 
 
 William Caldwell 10 
 
 A))ner Hai'g 10 
 
 John Wragg lo 
 
 John Jones 10 
 
 James Wwolrich 10 
 
 Jacob DeWitt 10 
 
 Andrew Shaw 10 
 
 Jabez D. DeWitt 10 
 
 H "my Corse 10 
 
 Uharles Bancroft 10 
 
 Spragg <t Hutchinson 10 
 
 Shuter ik Wilkins 10 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Piatt 10 
 
 Henry Esson 10 
 
 Isaac Shay 10 
 
 Tliomas Buslw lo 
 
 William McKay 10 
 
 James Dunn 10 
 
 Adam L. McNider lO 
 
 Robert L. Morrogh 10 
 
 John Bland 10 
 
 Nahum Mower 10 
 
 Pierre De Rocheblave ... . 10 
 
 Francis Metzler 7 10 
 
 Charles Willard "7 10 
 
 John G. Beek T 10 
 
 William Lunn 7 10 
 
 Henry & Bethune 7 10 
 
 Peter McGill 6 5 
 
 Kenneth Dowie. .. ., 6 5 
 
 James Logan 6 5 
 
 James Somerville 6 
 
 Handyside Brs. <fe Co 6 5 
 
 JobnFinlay.. 5 
 
 Andrew AUen 5 
 
 Nahum Hall 5 
 
38 
 
 i I 
 
 i 
 
 £ H. d. 
 
 Benjamin Hart 5 
 
 Alexander Hartlie 6 
 
 Michael Scott 5 
 
 Arthur Webster 6 
 
 Thoniixs Blackwood 5 
 
 Nicholas P. W. Kurczyn. .500 
 
 Steplicn Scwell 5 
 
 William Oniy 5 
 
 Ware ifc Gibb 5 
 
 Eobert Harwood 5 
 
 John Harwood 5 
 
 Isaac Jones 5 
 
 Houry Luidel 5 
 
 Cornelius Peck 5 
 
 John Ikown 5 
 
 Thomas French 5 
 
 E. S. Babutv 5 
 
 AnnPlati.: 5 
 
 John Clark 5 
 
 George Wurt(!le 5 
 
 Christian Oundlack 5 
 
 Donahl Robertson 5 
 
 William Spragg 5 
 
 Stanley Bag- 5 
 
 James Brown 5 
 
 Olivier Wait 6 
 
 James A. Dwight 5 
 
 Boruck B. Levy 5 
 
 Abraham Bunbury 5 
 
 Archibald Ferguson 5 
 
 Nickless iv: McDonell 5 
 
 William Annesly 5 
 
 Andrew White 5 
 
 James Henry 5 
 
 George Da vies 5 
 
 James Strother 6 
 
 Rukard Kurd 5 
 
 Bobert Armour 5 
 
 Clarke & Ap])leton 5 
 
 Peter Mcintosh 5 
 
 George Pyke 5 
 
 Alexander Mabbut 5 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 James E. Campbell 5 
 
 James Hughes 5 
 
 Peter B. Dease 5 
 
 James Carswell 5 
 
 John Potts Hogg 5 
 
 William Biuley.'" 5 
 
 Jolin Fisher 5 
 
 Nathaniel Jones 6 
 
 Christian Wagoner 5 
 
 Luthrr Sauteil 5 
 
 liobert Drunmioiid 5 
 
 (ruy Warwick <t Co 5 
 
 Woolrich it Symes , 5 
 
 Andrew Malcolm 6 
 
 George B. Wilkid 5 
 
 Benjamin Clamp 5 
 
 Daniel Bent 5 
 
 L. <t B. S. Solomons <t Co. 5 
 
 James C. Grant 5 
 
 John Fellows 5 
 
 John Sunnners 5 
 
 Edward Barnett 5 
 
 Gordon Foibes 5 
 
 John JedVey 6 
 
 Foster & Try 5 
 
 Henry Solomon 5 
 
 Henry (Irifliii 5 
 
 Kenneth Walker 5 
 
 J. T. Barret 5 
 
 Robert McGinnis 5 
 
 John Scott 5 
 
 John MacKenzie 5 
 
 William I'orbes 5 
 
 Cliarles Hoofstetter 5 
 
 Benjamin Hall 5 
 
 J. Masson 5 
 
 L. C. Foudier 5 
 
 William Blackwood 6 
 
 Alexander G hiss 5 
 
 Charles La Montagne. ... 5 
 
 H. Seavcr 5 
 
39 
 
 THE GOVEllNORS OF THE MONTREAL GENERAL 
 
 HOSPITAL. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 GOVERNORS FOR LITE ARE, 
 
 All in the preceding list wlu, have contributed to the funds of the 
 ^ ^ Hospital X2r) or upwards. 
 
 The Hon. John Richardson, Tresident; 
 
 John Mui.son, Vice-President ; 
 
 Samuel Geruard, Treasurer ; 
 
 Alexander Skakel, Secretary. 
 
 governors elected for the year 1S23. 
 
 Thomas Busby, 
 Charles Bancroft, 
 Adam L. McNider, 
 Henry Corse, 
 Abner Bagg, 
 Charles Brooke. 
 
 The Pwev. .Tolm Bethune, 
 The Pvev. Henry Essoii, 
 Samuel Gale, 
 Andrew Shaw, 
 Pierre de Rocheblave, 
 Joseph Sluiter, 
 Jabez 13. DeWitt, 
 
 COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 
 
 Alex. Skakel, Chairman ; John Tij, 
 
 Hy. McKen/ie, Secretary ; Joseph tehuter. 
 
 Henry Corse, 
 
 MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
 
 William Robertson, ^^T%f' Jf fn ^' 
 
 ' John Stevenson, 
 
 William Lyons. 
 
 BUILDING COMMITTEE. 
 
 The Hon. John Pvichardson, Chairman, 
 John Molscm, ^fiUiam Robertson, 
 
 David lloss, [f^^ P'\x..M 
 
 The Rev. John Bethune, Alexander Skakel. 
 
 William Caldwell, 
 Andrew F. Holmes, 
 
 FORM of a LEGACY to the Society of the Montreal General 
 
 Jlospitid. 
 
 iTFM T give and bequeath to The Society of the Montreal 
 G^S H.Ul, inco;i.orated by Royal Chafer, .re ^s^^ 
 
 ready money, or other personal property, and to J'^ -P|;|'^^ ^^■ 
 ards carryirig on the charitable purpose for which the &aid bociely 
 was Incorporated. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
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 FmsT ANNUAL REPORT.. . \--^^;;;;;;[;. ;;'.*.*. ^ 
 
 By.La^.s, Rogulat.on. -^ ^^ f ^^ ,,, Corporation ' ; , 
 
 Of the QualiticaUons of Members 
 
 Of the Election of Governors 10 
 
 OftheGoverr^^^-^— — ^„, :::''••'■ ^^ 
 
 Of the Presiilent anu v i^ .^^ 
 
 Of the Treasurer " ' ' * ' U 
 
 Of the Secretary * ' . 
 
 Of the Committee of Management. .....•• .14 
 
 Of the Steward . . • • • ^^ 
 
 Of the Medical Board ^^ 
 
 Of tlie House Surgeon ^^ 
 
 Of the Apothecary.. • • • • • " j ' "^ ;pitoi ' " " jg 
 
 Of the Students attemhng the np ^ ^^ 
 
 Of the Matron ' ' ^ * ^^ 
 
 Of the Nurses ; ' ' ^3 
 
 Ot the '^^^'^'T'XX'^'i'^^"''''^ '"''"'"" '.•'.■.'.'. 28 
 
 ^'^ 1 SrtS aIw.™ ot Pa,.Pa.ien^ ■■■■•• ,, 
 
 Form of Certiticaic iu» ^^ 
 
 Of the Patients '_ ^5 
 
 Of tlie Out-ratients • • - * • • • ^^ 
 
 Of Vaccination ; • ; ''"''y' or Reward ofi 
 
 Of AUermg, Hepeaimt, a ^^ 
 
 Tlie Charter....... •••••--^^^ •• 
 
 Governors for Life ^^ 
 
 Governors Elected • 
 
 Committee of Management • d^« 
 
 Medical Officers 
 
 Building Committee.... •^••••- 
 
 Form of a Legacy to the Society 
 
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