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of such benevolent Persons as have not yet contributed to
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the Hospitals (and perhaps to the Publick) highly necessary
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and expedient.
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No. VI, comprehends those Parts of the general Expen-
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diture of both Hospitals, which relate to the several Salaries,
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Perquisites, and various Allowances to Officers, Servants,
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and others, that are paid out of the Revenues of the Cha-
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rities. On this, at present, your Committee offer no Remarks;
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but submit the Particulars thereof in Silence to the Reflection
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and Consideration of the Court, and particularly of those
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Governors, whether on Committees or otherwise, who have
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had more Opportunities than this Committee of knowing
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the Nature, Extent, and Utility of the Offices and Services
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for which the liberal Salaries and other Emoluments speci-
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fied in that Abstract are given.
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STANDING ORDERS.
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IF the various Orders for the Management of the two
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Hospitals, which are dispersed throughout the numerous
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Court and Committee Books, had been methodically ar-
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ranged, as they were respectively ordered, and above all
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duly enforced, they would probably have superseded, in a
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great Measure, the Necessity of this Committee, and cer-
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tainly would have saved them a most laborious Research;
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and, after all their Enquiries, your Committee have good Rea-
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son to fear that many essential Rules have been overlooked,
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which might have existed, They turned their Attention, there-
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fore, particularly to supply that Defect, and have compiled a
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Set of Rules and Orders, which comprehend all the valua-
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ble Parts of those they have found; to which they have added
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such others as, they think, are indispensably necessary for
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the good Government of the Hospitals.These, as well
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as the Duties of your Officers and Servants (which they have
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likewise revised and extended) will be found in the Appen-
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dix, under their respective Heads. And your Committee re-
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commend, that all the existing Rules, Orders, and Duties
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(not
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(not relating to the Prisons, Arts-masters, and Apprentices)
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be rescinded; and that those now offered, with any others
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the Court shall hereafter make, be adopted, and do consti-
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tute the only Standing Rules and Orders.
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THE internal Regulations of Bethlem Hospital, being In
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their own Nature temporary, and liable to be changed and
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adapted to Circumstances, are placed immediately before the
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Duties of Officers and Servants attached to that Branch of
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the Charities; and these will be found to comprehend the
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Ideas and Recommendations of the Committee, as to the
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Reduction on Admission and of other Fees, as well as on
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some lesser Matters.
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MANAGEMENT.
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YOUR Committee having disclaimed all Intention to com-
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ment upon past Abuses and Deviations from the true
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Spirit of these Charities; they put in their Claim to the Con-
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fidence of the Court, when they declare that they are only
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led to recommend the following Regulations by the strongest
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Conviction, after very mature Deliberation, that they are
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absolutely necessary to prevent future Irregularities. They beg
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Leave to lay down as primary and incontrovertible Positi-
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ons, to which all their Recommendations refer;
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THAT, in the Language of the first Governors, the Ob-
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ject of both Establishments is, "the Benefit of the Poor only;"
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and that, agreeable to the solemn and excellent Charge
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given on his Admission, it is the indispensable Duty of every
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Governors to keep that Sacred Object constantly in View, and to
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promote it, by every Means in his Power, with Fidelity and
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Zeal, as well by increasing the Revenues of the Hospitals, as
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guarding the Application thereof from all Abuse.
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UNDER these Impressions, and with these Views, your
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Committee suggest and recommend the following Regula-
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