Acts of the legislature, and by-laws, for the erection, organization and government of the Alabama Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa.

  • Alabama Insane Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Date:
1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Acts of the legislature, and by-laws, for the erection, organization and government of the Alabama Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    corporation shall be transacted, managed and governed by a board of three trustees until it shall be ready to receive pa- tients, any two of whom shall be competent to act; and af- terwards, and when the necessary out-buildings shall be erected and ready for use, then the said corporation shall be Board of governed by a board consisting of a president and six trus- tees, not less than four of whom, out of the seven, shall be a quorum competent to transact business, a majority of which quorum may decide in all cases, and bind the said corporation by its acts. Howtbeoffi. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the said president cers shall be and trustccs shall be nominated by the governor of Alaba- ma so often as necessary ; said nomination shall be submit- ted to the Senate for approval or rejection. The governor shall, temporarily, fill all vacancies in said board in the re- cess of the Senate, and all appointments made by the gov- ernor shall continue till the action of the Senate be had thereon. The first three trustees shall be selected with a tiojw! view to their qualifications, to cause the necessary out- buildings to be erected and completed, and may continue to serve till they are so completed, afterwards the president and trustees shall be selected with a view to their capacity for the management of the hospital. Three of said perma- Residence of ncut trustccs, or the president and two trustees, shall be res- ident of the county where the hospital shall be located, or of an adjoiuing county, and the remainder shall be residents of other parts of the State. When the said six permanent trustees shall be appointed, two shall serve for two years, . two for four years, and two for six years. Their appoint- Slow appoiTia *} * %j II ted and term ments shall be specified respectively, and the duration of their term of office shall run from the time of approval by the Senate. All subsequent appointments shall be for six years, and all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the office become vacant. The president shall be appointed for six years, to run from the day of approval as aforesaid, and all appointments made shall, before approval, be considered temporary filling of vacancies till regularly filled and approved. The governor shall have power to re- move the president or any trustee, for cause deemed suffic- ient by him. The Senate may, likewise, by a vote of a ma- jority of the whole body, at any time, make such removal, compensa- The president and trustees shall receive no compensation uons. Iqj. |^[-(gj^ services, but may receive travelling expenses actu- ally paid out while attending on the business of the corpo- ration. Monies, how Sec. 6. And be it further enacted^ That it shall be the so be exp«n- j^^^ ^£ ^^^ comptroUei of the State to appropriate and set