Short title.
Grant of incorpora- tion.
Power to hold lands and suc and be sued in corporate
name.
Object and purpose of
tion,
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whereas the several persons whose names are set out and contained in the schedule to this Ordinance are donors to the funds of the said intended Hospital, and have formed themselves into a Committee for the purpose of carrying out the objects aforesaid; And whereas for the better accomplish- ment thereof they have applied to His Excellency the Governor to grant to them an Ordinance of incorporation which His said Excellency has consented to do under and subject to the conditions and provisions hereinafter contained; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Chinese Hospital Incorporation Ordinance, 1870."
2. The said several persons whose names are set out and contained 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 deed by the name of The Tung Wa Hospital, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and with power to purchase, hold, take, and enjoy to themselves and their successors all houses, buildings, lands and hereditaments which they may require for the purposes of the said Hospital; and shall and may sue and be sued in their corporate name in all Courts whether of law or of equity.
3. The Corporation is erected for the purpose of establishing and main- Incorpora- taining a public free hospital for the treatment of the 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 upon 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 10. 4. For the first two years after the passing of this Ordinance, the Board of Direction shall consist of the several persons whose names are set out and Its constitu- contained in the schedule hereto; and in 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.
Preliminary Board of Direction.
tion and duration.
Its powers.
Permanent
Board of Direction.
5. All the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the permanent Board of Direction to be hereafter elected by the members of the Corporation, and all the powers and authorities hereby vested in such Board, shall, so far as the case permits, be deemed to apply to and shall be vested in the Preliminary Board of Direction appointed under this Ordinance.
6. At the expiration of the said term of two years, a permanent Board of Direction shall be formed consisting of not less than six, and not more Its constitu- than twelve members of the Corporation, 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.
tion and
term of office of members.
Its election.
Its general powers.
Board of Manage-
ment.
7. The members of the said Board shall be elected from time to time as occasion shall require by a majority of votes of members 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 hereafter made under Section 10, be entitled to one vote only.
8. 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 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.