The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-18
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pio enterprise nave OrBInlZ Tor work
and ere long the walls OF this greatly
nee ded institution will begin to rise.
Things took definite shape at the
meeting held in the Commercial Club
rooms yesterday afternoon.
The meeting. though not largely at
tended, was full Of dctncmln ltion
that tho work of providing Roanok
with u hospital should L. no longer.
Chairman F'ishburn II tho commit
teo a. point to pr.psre a plan of or
Sanizatlon, call. tue IN "tinE to order
and stated tho obi at OF tho mr, ting to
be- to hear the report Of tho e ,lnmIttee,
after VIII CHI Captain j. Allen Watts
read the rnrt and IT was adopted with.
out amendment.
All, tno adoption lef tho plan Of
organization. Colonel Y. Pop, Jos. II.
Engleby and Colonel Thomas Lewis
were appointed C .mmitte" To nom rssfl.
tho Ollie .ra and di., ctors. and. ufteSzl
consultation of several minutes, made
Tho following report, which was uhani-
mously adopted.
lresi MT Il. IT. Fishburne; n. s.
NeAdo"s. sccr tary. and Is. Rrst
tre ,s'rci; dir ct, ~, Captain j. Allen
Watts, Colonel y. Pope, JOS. II. Sands,
+. l.. Terry. A. S. ~ b-rry, j. VI. liurtis,
j. Il. iianLuurn, Mayor w. u. Evans.
An rev S.utcr, J. II. Enylrby. j. NJ.
lanes and Coiontl Thomas Lewis
Captain Watts way appointed Il nm
mittec to apply Tor u cIartcr for the.
corporation, after whoa the meeting
q iuurncd.
Tho orGaniza ion now being complete
tho actual work will be- commcnc as
o. Liiv cu.rLc. c.m NC =, cur>u ..uu
OIL ~ NO sslry prclilninarieJ arranged
l. ic ioiivwiuI Is the plan or orTaniza-
ton Us adopted.
Tue name OF this corporation sh al be
The Roanoke Hospital.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton l. form i arc purely ION voicni.
and To establish, maintain AMI manage
u general hospital in the city OF l.oa
noiic, Va. for the l.. ceptiou and med ic 4
or su. G c / treatment of tho SICK AMI
injured lii ~ far as tho III ans of the hos
piLai Will allow. and to provide rooms,
surytcal aid aud nursing Tor such patti
onts III may de> to enter the hospital
and pay for dong SO.
The euid hospital shall be open to all
classes without distinc tionS Of cviorassr
creed. and no case ot sic kness or injury
shall b , refused admission to aid IA yspi-
sal on account of the inability of The APP
plicant to pay expenses, sU long as
there may to accommodation in said
hospital; provided, h0"cver, that there
shall be separate rcc ,mru0dutI0n for
colored AMI whit. patients.
The capital stock OF this company
shall DO merely nominal. and it snail
not DO divided into shares as all prop
erty, real and personal, that the com
pany may IN any manner &C Iuire, is TO
TIA used for the nurp ,Sca OF said ,m-
pany and not for tho benoht OF the lndI-
vidual memb, rs.
Tne said corporation may hold such
property as may b. 1T .s5ary for the
purposes h, re natter set forth. and shall
be untitled to rcc1ivc donations, lrga-
cie' and wise of real estate and sub
scriptions in the STOCK OF other ,rp IRA
tons, and shall apply tue sam. for gen
eral Corporate purposUs. They may
hold twenty-five i25, acres OF land in
the city OF Roanoke or elsewhere in the
State of Virginia.; provided, no g.yer,
II said hospital shall +, C ,ivo q grant or
devise OF real estate they may hold
sal RI al estate fJr Il reason ibis tune. so
as to dispose of it for tho best interests
of tho hospital.
Tho plac3 where tho chief Office is TO
be kept and tho prime pal business
transacted IL the city ot Roanoke. in
tho State OF Virginia.
The officers OF the corpora ton shall
be president, q 8 C 'etary and treas
urer, AMI twelve dir c;ors, who shall
mango tn, ALA Rs Of thb c rnplny dur
tho first year. or until their SAGE ''sors
arc 81 cttd, a hereinafter PROVIDED.
Tho president, $, cr..ta.y and treas
ur,r, and b ard of dir ctors shall, ftrr
the first yoar, b, ell cted at the annual
meeting of the corporation by Il IN ,jor-
lty OF those entitled to vote. ~ b. r, in
after provided, voting in person or by
proxy, the time for said ANIMAL mect-
ing to be fixed by the bylaws.
Al ,mbers of this corporation shall 10
elected at the stated meetings of the
corporation or of the board of dire ctors.
by majority OF those present.
The members OF the corporation shall
con Iist of charter Members. lifa mem
Orrs. and contributing or annual mem
bers.
First. Charter mcmbrrs-Char
members shall consist OF tho ptrsons
named In the clartcr. for tho frst wear
and so long thereafter as they hall sub
scribe annually twenty-five (5:j). and
ut all meetings OF the members of the
corporation each suh-criber shall b.
ntltled to one vote Tor every twenty
hve dollars ts25) subscribe by them.
Second. Life members - Llfu mem
ncrs shall Consist Of ill such PERSONS,
corporations, uninc ,rpora:ed societies
'c Huns as shall pay in cash 10 the
treasurer OF the cprpcrtati' the sum
o! one hundr dollars tSl00. 0O) more:
ana at all meetings OF the members OF
Inc corporation every such person,
c mp1ny IN ncorporat Il socey or
u M pay ng SMcn sum shrll h. rrtitlnd