Rules of the Lincoln Lunatic Hospital : revised 1876.

  • Lincoln Lunatic Asylum (Lincoln, England)
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rules of the Lincoln Lunatic Hospital : revised 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the succeeding Board, after having been read aloud and authenticated; and such Minutes shall he referred to in all cases as the only authentic record of the transactions of the Boards. 5. A General Board of the Governors, consisting of three at least, shall he held quarterly, on the second Wednesday of January, April, July, and October, at Twelve o’clock. The General Board in April shall he deemed the Annual General Board. 6. An Ordinary Board of the Governors, consisting of two at least, shall be held weekly at the Hospital, on Monday, at One o’clock. 7. A Special General Board may he convened by the President, or by two Vice-President’s, or by the Ordinary Board. Written notice of such Special Board, and of the special business to be transacted, shall be publicly exhibited in the Board Boom, at least fourteen days before the Meeting ; and no other matter shall be then brought forward. 8. At every General Board, the proceedings of the last Quarterly General Board, and of the Ordinary and Special Geneneral Boards succeeding, shall be read. At every Ordinary Board, the proceedings of the last, and the special Beports of the Weekly Visitors and Physicians shall be read. 9. The General Board shall control the Ordinary Boards, and shall be competent to all the powers thereof. 10. The Ordinary Board, under control of the General Board, and in conformity with the Buies, shall conduct the affairs of the establishment, reserving material alterations of the Building, and other weighty matters, as far as conveniently may be, for the opinion of the General Board. V. BULES, OBDEBS, AND OFFICIAL VISITING. 1. No Buie shall be altered, suspended, or repealed, nor any new Buie made, unless the precise terms of the proposal,