Continued Friday 22nd June 1792

Committees and their different
Duties

A Motion being made and seconded and the Question being put That
for the better Management of the affairs of the Hospitals, these be the four following
Committees appointed and annually compleated. First a Bethlem Committee to
consist of 42 Governors 14 to go off and 14 other Governors to be chosen every year This
Committee to sub divide and class themselves in such manner that 7 be summoned
and attend every Saturday to admit and discharge patients and inspect those in
the House, to examine provisions Audit weekly Bills and dispatch Ordinary and
casual Business all such weekly sub-Committees to be open to any Governor who may
chuse to attend but that the whole Number of 42 only be summoned for making
Contracts and other extraordinary Business on which occasions the Committee not
to be open. Secondly a Bridewell or House Committee to consist of 24 Governors
5 to be a Quorum: 8 Governors to go off annually and be replaced by the same
Number of other Governors This Committee to be regularly Summoned and to meet
the first Wednesday in every Month (the Month of August excepted) at 9 o Clock
in the Morning , and not to be an open Committee That it be their peculiar
province to deliberate and Report upon all matters referred to them by the General
Court; to Advertise for Contracts for Bridewell and for telling Houses and Estates
belonging to both Hospitals so that the same be done for the most advantage
to consider of and direct necessary Repairs and alterations not exceeding £200
in the whole and to see that such others be properly done as the Court may have
ordered To attend all views in Town To Examine the Cash Balances at
every Meeting and to direct and see that all Monies exceeding a [..]
General resting Balance of £1000 be immediately and properly invested in the public
funds to approve the appointment of the workmen and Tradesmen to examine all accompts and
Vouchers very particularly to see that the charges are proper and reasonable to
direct the payment thereof and see that they are paid accordingly to see that all
Rents Arrears Legacies and Revenues of Both Hospitals be duly applied for and
received and if not to direct the same to be done and in all other respect to
enforce a due observance of the standing Rules and Orders, and report from time
to time to the Court if any of them prove in effectual or are infringed upon with
their Opinion as to the same to guard against and abolish as much as
possible all allowances perquisites and other petty advantages over and above
the liberal stated salaries paid by the Charities to the Officers Servants and others
and generally to attend to and promote the Interests of the Hospitals. If keep
Minutes of all proceedings and take care that the substance and true sense
thereof be reported to every General Court. Thirdly a Committee of Auditors
to consist of the President 7 Governorswho have contributed last that charity
andwho are not of any other Committee (and the present Auditor General) 4 to
be a Quorum 3 Governors to go off annually and to be replaced by 3 other Governors
This Committee to meet the last wednesday in every three Months in order to
inspect and audit the Items and Totals of all such accompts as have been
paid and particularly to see that they have been directed by a proper authority