Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-26

order to provide first class hospital accom-
modations for our destitute sick and for
undomesticated citizens and strangers with
in our gates,
Be it enacted by the Mayor and City
Council of Nashville:
Section 1. That the propositions of the
lessees of the Medical College herewith
submitted and marked @A,n be and are
hereby accepted, and be made the basis of a
contract between the said lessees and the
city of Nashville.
Sec. 2. That the City Attorney be and is
hereby directed to draw up a contract of
lease in accordance with the provisions Of
the foregoing section, and shall cause the
same to be entered of record when it shall
have been duly signed and acknowledged
by the Mayor and the said lesSees.
Sec. 8. That the Mayor, President of the
Board of Aldermen, and President of the
Board Of Common Council lex Officio),
shall constitute Board of Hospital Com
misSioners, who shall Immediately after the
passage of this act advertise for sealed pro-
posals for the space of ten days, in one or
more newspapers Of the city of Nashville,
for the buildings, alterations and repairs
as per plans and specifications herewith
submitted and marked 'B,r and that they
shall award the contract TO the lowest re-
sponsible bidder,'who shall enter into bond
with good and sufficient security for the
faithful performance of his contract and for
the completion and delivery of the same on
or before the 10th day of September,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, QS74),
under penalty of forfeiture of fifty (50)
dollars for each and every day thereafter
that said work may remain uncompleted.
Sec. 4. That said commissioners shall
prescribe such rules and regulations for the
admission of patients and the government
of the hospital in so far as the domestic and
financial management is concerned, as they
in their judgment, from time to time, may
deem necessary for the proper conduct of
the same.
Sec. ). That the commissioners shall
audit and approve all accounts against said
hospital before presentment for payment.
Sec. 9. That the commissioners shall
have general supervision and control over
the hospital and fix the salaries Of en-
plOyees, subject to the approval Of the City
Council, and report the coalition of the in
stitution to the City Council at least once
every three months.
Sec. Z. That the officers Of the hospital
shall consist of medical staff who shall be
appointed by the lesseeS of the Medical
College and who shall have control of the
medical management of said hospital, and
of stewart, matrOn, and apothecary who
shall be appointed by the Board of Com
missiOners and who shall have charge Of
the domestic affairs of the hospital.
Sec. s. The medical staff shall consist of
such number of physicians and surgeons as
may be requisite for the performance of
such duties as may be demanded of them
and Of two or more assistant physicians and
surgeons.
Sec. 9. Il shall be the duty Of the ply
sicians and surgeons to visit and prescribe
for such patients as may be placed under
their several charges at least once on each
and every day and perform such other du-
ties as appertain to physicians and sur
geOns holding like positions in similar in
stitutions. All such duties to be performed
free of charge for all charity patients.
Sec. 10. II shall be the duty of the ply
sicians or surgeons to make requiSition
upon the stewart for diet, clothing and all
such other articles, not provided for else
where, as may be essential to the comfort
and well-being Of the charity patients un-
der their charge and further to make requi-
sition upon the apOtheeary for all medicines,
drugs, and appliances necessary for the
proper treatment Of the charity sick of the
citv.
Sec. IL. II shall be the duty of the ply
sicians and surgeons to keep or cause to be
kept in a proper well-bound book for the
special purpose, record Of all charity pa
tients admitted under their charge, stating
name, age, sex, nativity, whether married
or single, disease, date of admission, date
Of discharge, death or recovery.
Sec. Il. The assistant physician and
surgeons shall be appointed for the period
Of one year, subject TO dismissal by the les
sees of the Medieal College, for either in
efficiency or neglect of duty.
Sec. u. The assistant physicians and
surgeons shall reside in the hospital build
ing. They shall obey the orders and carry
out the directions of the physicians and
surgeons as regards everything concerning
the medical management of the department
of the hospital placed under the special
charge. They shall in no case prescribe
for patients in hospital, except in cases of
emergency, where temporary relief is de-
manded or the life Of the patient imperil-
led. They shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed from time to time by
the leSseeS, in conjunction with the Board
of Hospital Commissioners. In consider
alton of these services no other compenSa-
tion than their board shall be allowed
them.
Sec. IA. The steward shall be elected by
the Board of Commissioners, to hold his
office for the period of one year, subject TO
dismissal BY the commissioners. He shall
reside in the hospital, and his cOmpenSa-
tion shall be-dOllars per annum, pay
able as other officers of the citygoyernment |
are paid. He shall perform such duties as
NAV be prescribed from time 20 time by
the Board of Commissioners, in cOnjunc-
tiOn with the leSsees of the Medical Col |
lege.
Sec. 15. The matrOn shall be elected by
the Board of Commissioners to hold her
Office for the period Of one year, subject to
dismissal by the commissioners. She shall
reside in the hospital, and her cOmpensa-
tion shall be-lOllars per annum, payable
as other officers of the city government are
paid. She shall perform such duties
as may be prescribed from time to time by
the Board of Commissioners in conjunction
with the lessees OF the Medical College.
Sec. 16. The apothecary shall be nomi-
mated by the lesSees and elected by the
Board of Commissioners, to hold his office
for the period Of one year, subject to dis
miSsal for incompetency or neglect of duty.
He shall reside IN the hospital and his COM
pensation shall be - dollars per annum,
payable as other officers of the city govern
ment are paid. He shall perform such du-
ties as may be prescribed from time to time
by the Board of Commissioners in conjune-
tiOn with the lessees of the Medical College.
Sec. II. The steward shall appoint from
time to time a corps of nurses, cooks, and
such other employees as may be requisite
for the proper care of the sick, at such COM
pensatiOn as may be agreed upon by the
Board of Commissioners, said nurses or
employees subject to dismissal by the medi-
cal staff for ineffciency or neglect of duty.
Sec. Is. 1t is further provided that there
shall not be any dissecting room in any
part of the hospital or any portion of the
grounds thereof.
Sec. 10. II is provided that no patient |
dying in the hospital shall be used for dis |
section, but shall have decent and Christian |
burial; provided, however, that post mortem |
examination may be made where it is |
deemed necessary to the advancement of |
science, the consent of the friends of such |
deceased person having been first obtained. |
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted that the /