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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
the Reverend James Inglis, Doctor John Crawford, William
Wilson, Baltzer Shaeffer, Philip E. Thomas, Isaac Burneston,
Andrew Ellicott, George Warner, James Ramsay and William
Gwynn, are hereby declared to be the president and managers of
the said institution under this charter, and as such shall have a
right to act until an election shall take place in the manner herein
after directed. |
1807.
CHAP. 110. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any person who
hath at any one
time contributed, or shall hereafter contribute, to the use of the said
institution, the sum of fifty dollars, shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to be, during life, a contributor, and as such entitled
to vote at all annual elections for managers and attending physicians
to the said General Dispensary, to recommend indigent
poor to the care of the institution, and to enjoy all other rights
and privileges to which contributors are or shall be entitled under
this act, and under such by-laws as the managers shall from time to
time make and establish; and every person who hath contributed,
or shall contribute, to the use of the said institution, the sum of
five dollars, shall be deemed a contributor within the meaning of this
charter, for the term of one year next after the time of paying such
contribution, and entitled to all rights and privileges as such during
the said term. |
Persons contributing
fifty dollars
to be considered,
during life, a contributor,
&c. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the contributors
to the Baltimore
General Dispensary shall annually, at such time and place, and in
such manner, as the president and managers shall by their by-laws
direct and appoint, elect twelve of the contributors to act as mangers
of the General Dispensary, and the persons, so elected, shall
be entitled to hold their office until a new election shall take place;
the managers for the time being shall have power to fill all vacancies
in their own body occasioned by the death, resignation, refusal
to serve, or removal from the city and its precincts, or any manager;
to appoint their own president, and all other officers of the
institution, except attending physicians, who shall be annually
elected by the contributors in such manner as the by-laws may
provide; to fix the salary of the apothecary and attending physicians,
and prescribe their duties; to remove or displace any of the
officers of the said institution whom they may adjudge to be guilty
of misconduct or neglect of duty, and appoint a person to fill the
vacancy thereby occasioned until the next annual election; to regulate
the expenses and manage the funds of the institution; to make
such rules and by-laws as may be necessary to carry into effect the
provisions of this charter in the most full and beneficial manner, or
as they may think necessary for the promotion, regulation, government
or convenience, of the said General Dispensary, the
same not being contrary to the laws and constitution of this state
or of the United States; and generally to do all acts and things
which may appertain to do. |
Twelve managers
to be annually
elected—their
powers. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said president
and managers
may call a meeting of the contributors at any time when they think
the interest of the institution may require, and any six of the managers
shall be a quorum to exercise the powers and execute the
duties granted and required by this act, and may, during the absence
of any officer, appoint an officer pro tempore, to supply his
place. |
Meeting of contributors
may be
called when interest
of the institution
requires it.
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