Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tion, and touching the duties and conduct of the officers of the said cor¬ poration, and touching all other matters as appertain to the business, ends and purposes, for which the said corporation is by this act instituted; and shall also have power to appoint an apothecary, house pupils, matron, stewards, nurses and servants, for carrying on the business of the said institution. Provided, that for the appropriation or disposal of any of the capital stock, a number not less than seven shall constitute a quorum, of which number the president, or in his absence, the vice-president of the board, to be appointed in virtue of this act, shall be one, provided also, that such by-laws, rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this State. And be it further enacted. That the governors, at their first meeting, and also at the first meeting in every year next after the said annual election on the second Wednesday in April, shall elect by ballot, from their number a president, vice-president, a treasurer and a secretary, and that the officers thus elected, shall immediately enter upon their respective offices and hold the same until the next election of governors, and it shall be the duty of the president or vice-president to preside at all meetings of the governors. And be it further enacted. That the governors shall propose at one meeting and elect by ballot at the next a number of physicians, not exceeding four to attend the said hospital, and to render all necessary medical aid to the persons admitted to the benefit of this institution, and that the said physicians remain in office until the next election for govern¬ ors, after which time they are to be annually elected. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be and hereby is declared to be a public act, and shall be construed in all courts and places benignly and favorable for every beneficial purpose herein intended. [54]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31710943_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
