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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND APRIL, 1870.
Short Title.
Grant of
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Chinese Hospital Incorporation Ordinance, 1870.”
II. The said several Persons whose Names are set out and contained Incorporation in the Schedule to this Ordinance together with such and so many other Persons being of Chinese Origin as shall from Time to Time become Donors of any Sum not under Ten Dollars to the Funds of the said Hospital and whose Names shall be entered upon the Register of Members hereinafter provided, shall be One Body Politic and Corporate, in Name and in Decd by the Name of "The Tung Wa Power to hold Hospital," with Perpetual Succession and a Common Seal, and Lands and sue with Power to purchase, hold, take, and enjoy to themselves and and be sued in their Successors all Houses, Buildings, Lands and Hereditaments Corporate
which they may require for the Purposes of the said Hospital; and Name.
shall and may sue and be sued in their Corporate Name in all Courts whether of Law or of Equity.
Object and Purpose of
III. The Corporation is erected for the Purpose of establishing and maintaining a Public Free Hospital for the Treatment of the Incorporation. Indigent Sick among the Chinese Population to be supported by Voluntary Contributions, and governed by a Board of Direction; Provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Board of Direction to admit any Chinese Patients into the said Hospital apon Payment of such Charges and upon such Conditions as may be specified in and by any Regulations to be hereafter made in that Behalf under Section X.
Direction. Its Constitution
Preliminary
IV. For the First Two Years after the Passing of this Ordinance, Beard of the Board of Direction shall consist of the several Persons, whose Names are set out and contained in the Schedule thereto; and in and Duration. Case any such Person shall die or desire to be relieved of his Duties, or shall cease to reside within the Colony before the Expiration of the said Term, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to appoint in his Stead some other fit Person to be a Member of the said Board, during the Residue of the said Term.
In Powers.
Permanent Board of Direction. 1ts Constitu-
V. All the Provisions of this Ordinance relating to the permanent Board of Direction to be hereafter clected by the Members of the Corporation and all the Powers and Authorities thereby vested in such Board, shall so far as the Casc perinits be deemed to apply to and shall be rested in the Preliminary Board of Direction appointed under this Ordinance.
VI. At the Expiration of the said Term of Two Years, a ermanent Board of Direction shall be formed consisting of not less than Six, and not more dan Twelve Members of the Corpora- tion and Terin tion, to be elected as hereinafter mentioned, who shall from Time to Time appoint One of their Body to be President; and every Member of the said Board shall hold Office for the Term of One Year only, but shall be re-eligible at the Expiration thereof.
of Office of Members.
Its Election
Its general Powers.
VII. The Members of the said Board shall be elected from Time to Time as Occasion shall require by a Majority of Votes of Mem- bers of the Corporation, who shall be within the Colony at the Time of such Election, and every such Member of the Corporation shall, until otherwise provided by any Regulation to be liereafter made under Section X, be entitled to One Vote only.
VIII. The Board of Direction shall, subject to the Provisions of this Ordinance, have full Power and Authority generally to govern, direct and decide all Matters whatsoever connected with the Administration of the Affairs of the Corporation and the Accomplishment of the Object and Purposes thereof and may appoint a Board of Management consisting of so many Members Management. of the Corporation as they shall think fit, who shall, under such Regulations as may from Time to Time be made by the Board of Direction in that Behalf, undertake and exercise the immediate Supervision and Management of the Hospital.
Board of
Special Po-
wers to be
exercised with Consent of Governor in Council.
Power to
frame Regu lations subject
to Disallow ance by Governor in Council.
ix. The Board of Direction shall have Power, with the Con- sent of the Governor in Council, to change or vary the Corporate Name and the Common Seal of the Corporation, and the Amount of the Donation to the Funds of the Hospital hereinbefore
pres- cribed as a Qualification for becoming a Member thereof, and the Term of Office of Members of the Board of Direction, and also may, for reasonable Cause and with such Consent as aforesaid, refuse to admit any Person as a Member of the Corporation or may expel any existing Member, and cause his Name to be erased from the Register.
· X. The Board of Direction shall have Power to frame Re- gulations for their Procedure in the Transaction of Business and the Maintenance of Good Order at their Meetings, the Mode-of Voting for the Election of Members of the Board of Direction and the Appointment of the President thereof, and for the Guidance of the Board of Management and generally for all Matters relating to the Administration and Discipline of the Hospital; Provided always that a Copy of such Regulations shall, from Time to Time, be furnished to the Colonial Secretary and every such Regulation shall be subject to Disallowance at any Time by the Governor in Council.