Constitution
of board of direstorm.
Charm
Appofitment
of honorary
advisera.
Mentinus.
$. (a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than Afteen
and not more than forty:
(b) directors shall hold office annually from the lat day of April; (e) any director appointed for any one year shall be eligible for appointment for the following or any subsequent year; (d) three months before the conclusion of their term of office, or as early as may be practicable, the board of directors shall by letter under the hand of the chairman invite persons to accept appointment as directors for the forthcoming year; (e) if any vacancy occurs among the directors by reason of death or resignation or removal from office it shall be lawful for the remaining directora or a majority of them to elect any person whomsoever to all the vacancy for the remainder of the year for which the director dying or resigning or being removed from office was appointed;
(f) a director may be removed from office by a majority decision of the directors, in which the chairman shall have a casting vote:
(7) each director shall within six months of his accepting appointment undertake to donate or to collect subscriptions as under-
chairman
each vice-chairman
each director
$3,000. $2,000. $1,000.
7. (a) As soon as possible after the acceptance of appointment by the directors for any year, they shall elect one of their members to be chairman for that year, and between two and four of their members to be vice-chairmen: Provided that. the chairman for that year shall be elected among the directors who have previously served the hospital as such directors, failing which the chairman shall be elected from the directors first appointed for that year;
(5) the chairman for the previous year, or the person entitled to preside in his absence, shall preside at the election referred to in article 7(a);
(c) in the event of two or more directors designate being returned at the head of the poll with an equality of votes at any election urder this article there shall be a new vote, or if nécessary a series of new vates, to determine which of such directors shall be elected;
(d) in the event of the death, resignation, incapacity or absence of the chairman at any time, the board of directors may appoint one of the vice-chairmen to act as chairman.
8. The board of directors may appoint honorary advisers to the hospital for one or more years as they deem fit and may revoke such appointments,
$. The board of directors shall, twice in every month and may n often as they think fit, meet together for the despatch of business and the chairman muy at the written request of any two directors cause a meeting to be called at any time.
10. (ơ) At any meeting of the board of directors a quorum shall be Quorum, constituted by nine directors, one of whom must be the chairman or à vice-chairman;
(b) every question at any meeting of the directors shall be decided by d majority of votes of the directors present, and in case
of an equality of votes the chairman shall havé a second or casting vote.
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11. The board of directors may appoint a treasurer of the hospital Appointment who shall be an honorary officer and may appoint from outside their "own of transpMI members a secretary or secretaries of the "hospital who shall perform such duties and receive such remuneration as the board from time to time may determine.
12. The board of directors shall cause minutes to be made in books Minulam. provided for the purpose---
(a) of all appointments of officers made by the board;
(b) of all the resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the
board and of the committees appointed by them.
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13. The board of directors shall cause proper books or accounts to Books, be kept of all receipts and payments and the accounts of the hospital shali accounts, be balanced and its financial state shall be ascertained under the super- intendence of the board once in every year as at the 15th day of March in every year and the balance-sheet showing the financial state of the hospital as on that date in each year shall be prepared. The receipt and payment account and balance-sheet shall be audited by an auditor or by auditore appointed by the board and a copy of such account and balanca- sheet fully audited shall within seven days after the date of the certificate of the auditors thereon by sent by the board to the Director of Medical and Health Services and to the District Commissioner. New Territories.
14. The hospital and all buildings or premises under the control of Inspection. the corporation shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Director of Medical and Health Services, the District Commissioner, New Territories, and their representatives.
15. Cheques shall be drawn under the order of the board of directors Cheque m.. and shall be signed by such persons in such manner as the board may from time to time dotermine.
16. The board of directors shall have power to repeal, replace or Power of amend these articles or any of them: Provided that--
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(a) a resolution authorizing any such repeal, replacement or conatitution
amendinent shall have been passed by the majority of not less and prosedure. than three-fourths of the directors; and
(D) the consent in writing thereto shall have been given by the
District Commissioner, New Territories.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 24th day of March, 1954-
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat 3/3231/54)