Annual report : 1930 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1930 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BY-LAWS of the Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York CHAPTER I. Election of Governors 1. There shall be an Annual Meeting of the Governors on the first Tuesday of April in each year for the purpose of choosing by ballot by a majority vote of the existing Governors, from the members of the Society, thirteen Governors who shall manage and conduct the property and con¬ cerns of said corporation for the ensuing year and until their successors are elected, the hour and place for the holding of such meeting shall be fixed by the Board from time to time. 2. A vacancy among the Governors may be filled at any Stated Meeting of the Board by a majority vote of quorum of the Board. 3. A person subscribing to the funds of the Society a sum not less than five dollars, provided his subscription is accepted by the Board, upon being duly nominated and elected by the Governors, may become a member of the Society. A person subscribing at one time to the funds of the Society the sum of five thousand dollars shall become a Patron of the Society, and any person so subscribing the sum of five hundred dollars shall become a Benefactor of the Society. 4. No person shall be eligible for the office of Governor unless he shall have so subscribed to the funds of the Society at least three months previous to an election. CHAPTER II. 1. If any Governor shall be absent from three successive stated meetings of the Board, or from three successive stated meetings of any committee of which he shall be a member, his place as Governor may be vacated. [53]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31710955_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
