New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-10
laws Of the STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

AN ACT
To establish the Charity Hospital OF the Guy
of Baton Rouge.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives OF the otaSe
of Louisiana in General Assembly COZ
vened. That the Charity Hospital OF lie
citv of Baton Rouge be and the same ls
hereby established in the city OF BATON
Rouge.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. ETC.. Jhat
all destitute sick persons shall % a0m1tHo1 =
into said hospital, and receive sucn alo an9
medical attention rs their respective concl-
tons may require.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the control of said hospital shall be vested
| in board Of administrators, to consist OF
| the Governor of the State, the mayor OF the
| citv of Baton Rouge, the president OF the
| police Jury of East Baton Rouge, and three
other persons to be appointed by the Gov
ernor; provided, that only one OF said three
persons shall be y resident OF the CITY OF
| Baton Rouge. the remaining two to be Sc
| lected from the State at large, and tina: OF
| the board thus constituted three members
| shall be q quorum to transact all business.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Governor of the State shall be ex OfflciO
president of the board. and that it shall be
the duty of the board to elect vice presl-
dent, whose duty it shall be to preside at all
meetings of the board in the absence of the
president. They shall also appoint e treas
urer, who, before he enters upon the func-
tions of his Office, snail give bond and &C.
curity to the satisfaction Of the board.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
it shall be the duty Of the board Of admin
istratOrs to appoint physician, whose duty
it shall be to render medical service to al
patients, and who, under the control OF the
board, shall have the general direction and
management of the hospital.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
it shall be the duty of [the] administrators
to fix the salary OF the physician and the
compensation Of ell other persons employed
in serving the hospital.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
the board of administrators shall be body
polite and corporate, to be known by the
name and style of the board of admin
istratOrs of the Charity Hospital of the
city of Baton Rouge; that the beard may
sue and be sued, may receive donations for
the benefit Of said hospital, and procure by
buildings, furniture and all the appliance
required to render the hospital efficient;
that they may repair and improve its
property of whatever kind it may be, may
rent and lease the same and enter into any
kind OF contracts. sales of real estate
excepted.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted. etc., That
it shall be the duty of the treasurer to re-
ceive and disburse all moneys for the use
of the hospital, and shall control the fnan-
cial business in such manner and under
such restrictions as the board of admin
istrators shall prescribe.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty Of the board of admin
istration to make all needful rules and reg
ulatiOns for the management Of the hOspi-
tai; that they shall annually report TO the
General Assembly a full account of the
sums received and discussed, the actual
condition and wants of the hos pital, tab
ulated statement of the number of patients
received and discharged, the number Of
deaths, the diseases treated, the number OF
entire or partial recOveries, the statistics of
date and place of birth, sex, date of admie-
sion and length of continuance in hospital,
and all other information needed for the
guidance of the General Assembly, and for
the use of the medical world, and that said
report shall be presented to the Governor
on or before the first day of January of
each year, and by him to be transmitted 20
the Senate and House Of Representatives
within ten days after the converting Of me
General Assembly.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted. etc., Tha.
all appropriations made by the General
oH.oiy Aoi INC support OF the hospital
shall be received BY the treasurer of the
hospital in the following manner: The
treasurer shall present his order, signed by
himself and cOuntersigned by the Govern
Or OF the State, to the Ambition. who shall
ssue his warrants upon the Treasurer of
The State for the amounts authorized bt
aw, and upon such warrants the treasurer
If the hospital may draw the appro-
)riations.
SEC. IL. Belt further enacted, etc., That
shall be paid quarterly
n advance.
SEC II. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
III laws or parts of laws contrary to me
PROVISIONS of this act be and the same are
'ereby repealed, and that this act shall
axe effect from and after it's passage.
lSigned) CHARLES w. LOWELL.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
tSlgned) G. G. ANTOINE,
lieutenant Governor and President of .he.
Senate.
Approved May l, 1874.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
Governor Of the State CT Louis ana.
true copy: ''''"'
P. G. DEsLoNDE,
Secretary of Gto>a