The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-08

and asked asked the council to investi.
gate the charges 1t developed in the
discussion. or at least was alleged that
although the proper notice had been
served on the officer, he had been re.
instated by the marshal. This brought
Mayor Pro TEN Herbert to his feet.
He wanted to know who was running
the oity government, the marshal, or
the policemen. Mr.. Herbert was very
indignant.
Upon motion the marshal was in
structed to reserve the notice of sus.
pension and notify him that els trial
is set for the next meeting of the
council.
The following report was sub
mitted by the City Hospital board:
To the Mayor and City Council;
GENTLEMEN-We beg to SUPPLEMENT
the report of Oath, of Dec. with the
following: A house keeper has been
employed for II months at the rate of
$50, per month and so cents per day
for each patient subject to the rules
of the hospital board.
The previous report referred to an.
nounces that the hospital has been
furnished, that $185 So, had been
paid by the Histrionics on cost of the
furniture, asks for $50, or 500, more
to finish on appurtenances ETC., and
with it the following rules were sub
mitted
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
CITY HOSPITAL.
Rule 1.-The house keeper shall
have charge of the building and fix,
lures in city hospital, and shall be re-
sponsible for the management Of
same.
Rule 2-The house keeper is sub
ject to removal upon notice for incom.
potency or characterization by notice
from the Hospital Board.
Rule 3-The house keeper shall
give a receipt and be responsible for
the oversight aud care of all property
in the way of fixtures belonging to the
hospital.
Rule At shall be the duty of the
house keeper to keep the wards, halls,
offices and other rooms of the hospital
clean and orderly, and to nurse, feed
and attend 20 the ordinary wants of
the patients under her care.
Rule 5-The compensation Of the
house keeper shall be twenty ($200
dollars per month for care and atten-
ton to building, fixtures, ETC., and
80 cents per patient per day, which
includes such nourishing and nutri-
tious diet as sick and convalescent
people demand and which the city
physician may order.
Rule 6-No person not resident
of the city six months prior to appli-
cation can be admitted into the city
hospital except in cases of emergency.
Rule THE mayor shall be fur
nished with satisfactory evidence of
six months residence and the needy
condition Of patient.
Rule $40 patients admitted to
hospital by city physician except on
the written order for admission signed
by the mayor.
Rule 9-Patients after admission
are under the control and manage
ment of the city physician.
MRule 10-No patient can leave hos
pital without the written or verbal
permission of city physician.
@. @. MCCULLooH,
j. ID. CALDWELL, Mayor.
City Physician.
The report was adopted together
with the rules submitted therein.
The hospital board was authorized
to place lights in the hospital at a
cost not to exceed $40.
A communication was read from the
mayor pro tenn calling attention to the
quality and quantity of the food fur
nished the city prisoners, alleging
that the prisoners were not properly
fed. The matter was referred to the
mayor with instructions to report back
to the council.