The sun., 1900-12-02
NEW HOSPITAL CONTROL.
RhAsOSs ron rHE CHls0s AoRssD TO
~ CHlRfFR RFrIsHRs.


| and Cincinnati consequent Advantages
Among the proposed amendment. 70 the
! Charter 10 one thst sil greatly ht~f-st the
! friends Of Ne.vue lfospitil The amendmrnt
| provides that on Feb. :, ipr7 the control and
! fnanasemsnt Of bellevue Hospital. including
is subsidiary hospitals douvern~r, Harlem
and Fordham hospitals and the Emergency Hos
! pitsl for Women shall be taken from the Do
| partmsnt Of Public Charities and be vested In
. board Of trustees appointed by the Mayor,
| The trustees are TO be seven In number and
| the term OF oflce ssven years Ths FIRST hoard
| Ia 70 bs appointed In January. 1919. and ths
| terms Of IL members are 50 arranged that they
will end In ons two. three. four. five. siI and
seven years respectively Each year after
! tho appointment Of the first board the Mayor
shall appoint a successor In otffce of the trustee
whose term IL about 20 expire. No member
| OF the board Of trustees shall receive any
pecuniary compensation for his services OF
| be Interested directly or indirectly In any
contract affecting the hospital. or hold any
| ofNcs or other position Of emolumeut under
| the county state or national government
except the office Of notary public or commis-
sioner Of deeds or that Of an officer in tie Ma
tiona Guard. The Commissioner Of Public
| Charities s 70 10 made an eI-offcio member
| OF the board
| To aid the Mayor In making his selection
OF trustees the amendment further provides
that ten days previous to the date OF appoint
ment ne shall can upon tle ffeNueh1s or other
executive heads oi the iolo"ins ORGANIZATIONS
| The New York Association for Improving
tie Condition OF the Poor. the Part cular Coun-
ell OF New York oI the Society o' ~ Vincent
dc FauI In New YORK. ana tIe 'hlted hehrew
Charities OF Tie Olty OF sc" iorH' " preseAs
HStoi names not less thah twice the NUMBER
ka al lst In
ing the appointment OF the seven original
trustees or III nIIihs 'hs 'hcahle' tiH' occur
from year 20 year thereafter Inc Iies'uehIs
OF these three societies nave agreed 70 act
In this ADVISORY capacity me Mayor may
he wishes, cal upon other orsahhauons
or upon EulNiua!' u ''sse9V na'HeS' OF o''er
organizations or ihul'Iuuus may suggest
name, 10 the MaV'r II they ses Ht N % 40.
AFTER receiving the ls' oi haii'es as "ooN'
proVi1ed lor' the MAYOR NAV at hi7 ulS'fe'oh
make his appointments uereir"in' BUT he Is
not Obliged TO limit hlI'seH 10 the names on
the list. IL VIII oe observed tha' Ihe mayor
Ia compelled by the language OF Ihe ACT !" ASK
the advice oi the above mentioned persons
before he appoints the rns'ees OF 'he hoSpI'N''
but he is not obliged toiouow thelr ADVICE lhe
Const1tuaon OF the STATE iorplds any such
limitation Of the appointing powers OF the
II ID believed by tho trainers oi The amendment
however. that most MAYORS VIII be glad 10 snare
at least with such expert advisers the Tespoi7'-
blhty OF appointing the trustees uiideF lhe new
law II Is also believed that no Ma OF wound
caro- TO aNroht tle executive "HVerS oi 'he
three large Influential and widely representative
organizations mentioned above by ASKING th'r
advice IN this matter and uen wifuuy disre-
sdrd!ns IL. The Mayor, Of course VIII realize
that these societies are not only familiar with
,ho ,s,Js n, the hosnitals but also know vhat
IL' 'ee>!s "a '"0 "'0''' " " Nv
persons IN the community are oest H''ed 10
administer 20 those needs.
apio,,,, o,I a.. b,o,oh hos,5,o,s .a,d o,s
ne'e'ue uN- nc ael .us 49, u.s. , ''''1
who has been much interested Ia ue proposed
change of the charter yesterday, will thus
be brough, under the same system Of trustee
management that is now In force In private
hospitals IN this and other cities and also In
IN. c,tv HOSPITALS Of Boston and Cincinnati
This ~ TEN OF administration !s conceded TO
be the best. not only for hospitals but for all
business u =, ."' I.,'''-''
character. such a museums vi natural hlstoiy'
public libraries. art museums and the Ike,
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as an institution oy lts"i ihdeiehdeht OF all
other Institutions charitable or otherwise.
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