Annual report : 1947 / Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Dispensary.

  • Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Dispensary (Wigan, England) no2006079340.
Date:
1947
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Credit: Annual report : 1947 / Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Dispensary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Suggested Forms for Gift to a Hospital. 1.—For Use BEFORE the Appointed Day. <3(1) Form of gift where the donor wishes to benefit a 'particular Hospital but without earmarking the money for any special purpose. (а) In a Will : “ I give and bequeath to the Treasurer of the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Dispensary for Wigan and District registered, the sum of £. free of duty for the purposes of that Hospital And I direct that the said sum shall be administered by the Governing Body or Management Committee of the Hospital as a capital fund separate from the general funds of the Hospital And as from the appointed day under the National Health Service Act shall be applicable by the Hospital Management Committee for any purpose other than the general maintenance of the Hospital at the Committee’s discretion ” [or shall be applied for such special purposes as are indicated by the donor]. (б) Gift made during the lifetime of the donor. The gift should be accompanied by a written direction by the donor to the following effect :— “ I direct that the said sum of £. shall be applied by the Governing Body or Management Committee of the Hospital as a capital fund to be administered separately from the general funds of the Hospital.” ^2) Form of gift for a special purpose of a capital nature. (a) In a Will : “ I give and bequeath to the Treasurer of the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Dispensary for Wigan and the District regis¬ tered, the sum of £. free of duty. And I direct that the said sum shall be applied by the Governing Body or Management Committee of the Hospital for the following specific purpose, namely . [set out the special purpose, e.g., “ in naming a bed in the Hospital in memory of . ”]. (b) Gift made during the lifetime of the donor. The gift should be accompanied by a written direction by the donor to the following effect :— “ I direct that the said sum of £. shall be applied by the Governing Body or Management Committee of the Hospital for such specific object of a capital nature connected with the Hospital (but distinct from its general purposes) as the Governing Body or Management Committee of the Hospital shall determine.” Note.—It is not essential that the special capital purpose should be specified by the donor. It is sufficient and usually preferable to leave the precise capital purpose for which the money shall be used to the discretion and good sense of the Committee, because it is often difficult, and par¬ ticularly so in these days of transition, to envisage the precise objects for which the money will be most urgently required. 6. The above forms of gift assume that the property given consists of money. It should be noted, however, that the new Management Com¬ mittees will have power to hold land. In the case of gifts of land made before the appointed day it will normally be desirable to devise or grant it to the Governing Body of the Hospital or to trustees upon trust for sale and upon trust to hold the proceeds of sale and the income of the land until sale for some special purpose involving expenditure of a capital nature.