Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776.

  • Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
Date:
1776
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Iaft mentioned fervice fhall be otherwife provided for by the Board of Directors. IV. He is to attend the Board of Directors at their fe- veral meetings at Greenwich; and to fummon the Of¬ ficers to Council, and attend them alfo. V. He is to be civil and refpe&ful to ftrangers, and to fhew fuch parts of the Hofpital, as are ufually fhewn, to thofe who defire to fee it; and he is to account once a month, upon oath, for the gifts received from ftrangers for feeing the Hofpital; the fame being ap¬ plied towards the maintenance of the Charity Boys, except fuch reafonable allowance for his trouble, as fhall be thought proper. VI. He is to keep the grafs-plots and gravel-walks clean and in good order, and to lay his account of diiburfe- ments therein before the Board of Diredtors \ unlels ♦ they fhall think fit to employ any other perfon to per¬ form that fervice.