State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons deprived of the use of their Reason.

  • Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason
Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons deprived of the use of their Reason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    two hundred dollars, and every individual subscrib¬ ing six dollars per annum, or twenty live dollars at one time, and being and continuing members of the Reli¬ gious Society of Friends, shall be considered members of this Association ; and a Monthly Meeting so con¬ tributing, shall have the right to appoint an agent, who may appear and act at the meetings of the Asso¬ ciation on their behalf. ARTICLE III. The Contributors shall meet annually, at Philadel¬ phia, on the Fourth-da) preceding the third Sixth day of the week in the Third Month, and choose from amongst themselves twenty Managers, a Treasurer and Clerk ; who shall continue in office for one year, and until others shall be appointed. They shall also transact at this meeting such business of the Institu¬ tion as may appear necessary. ARTICLE IV. The Managers shall meet at least once in every month, and eleven of them shall be a board to trans¬ act business. They shall appoint one of their num¬ ber to act as Clerk. They shall choose and appoint the physicians : they shall also appoint the superin¬ tendent and matron of the Asylum, and prescribe their duties, and shall have the control of all other officers and assistants whom it may be necessary to employ in the service of the Institution. They shall fix the salaries of the persons employed, and the rates to be paid for patients; and all monies drawn from the Treasurer shall be by their order, and signed by the Clerk, which orders shall be his vouchers. They shall make such rules and regulations for the domestic, and general government of the establishment, as may from
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