Resolutions of the
Committee Houses

The Committee having taken the Premises into there several considerable
use (Nomicon) of opinion that to oath a General Court for the [..]
purpose of examining the proceedings of a General Court as who By
without President in the Proceedings of the Hospital

That to call a General Court for the special purpose attended to on
the first Letter may create great annuities amongst the Governors
and lend ultimately to enquire this Charity.

That Dr. Her appears to the Committee to have been duly elected
Physician to this Hospital and hath [..] his Charge accordingly
and has been in the Peaceable possession of his Office several months
during which time he has conducted himself with Fed [..] Diligence
and Ability.

That after the Ballett was found to be equal and previous
to the De [..] m of his being elected the Objection now verged was
Started and debated on the General Court (althought afer only attended
the conclusion of fthe business) but it was then unanimously aquainted
in and agreed that the President had on undoubted right to a casting
Vote and he gave it for Dr Keer.

That it is proper to inform the Governors in general that the
Annual expences of this Hospital for many years past have
exceeded its income by some thousand pounds which have been
supplied by Donations and Lega [..] s and it is much to be
apprehended that any thing tending to interrupt the Present
Harmony subsisting may prove detrimental to such resources

That for the above reasons this Committee doth recommend
to the President to consult the peace and welfare of this Charity
and not to disturb it by conforming to any unprecedented.
Requisitions At the same time Flattering themselves that these
reasons when duty considered will have some Wright and cause those
Gentleman who have applied to the President to call a General
Court to view the matter in a different light But if they should
not and still age their request the Committee do advise the President
to re consider it.

Copy of them to
to printed & sent to
any Governor

Ordered
That a Copy of these Minutes and also of the Minute
of the last Grand Committee upon the same subject be printed and
sent to every Governor.