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THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNORS, AND THE SEVERAL OFFICERS<lb></lb>
AND SERVANTS, OF THE ROYAL HOSPITALS OF<lb></lb>
BRIDEWELL AND BETHLEM.</p>
<p n="3685">THE CHARGE given to every Governor on his Admission, in the<lb></lb>
presence of the President, or Treasurer, and other Governors,<lb></lb>
assembled in Court.</p>
<p n="3686"> "SIR,</p>
<p n="3687">"YOU have been elected, and come now to be admitted, a Governor<lb></lb>
of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem; which is a station of great<lb></lb>
honour, trust, and influence; and will afford your many opportunities of pro-<lb></lb>
moting the glory of God, and the welfare of your fellow-creatures: for in<lb></lb>
these Hospitals a provision is made for employing idle and vagrant, lewd<lb></lb>
and disorderly persons, as well as those who desire and want employment, in<lb></lb>
honest and useful labour; and also for maintaining and curing needy, de-<lb></lb>
plorable Lunaticks.</p>
<p n="3688">"The distribution of the revenues designed by royal bounty, and many<lb></lb>
charitable persons, for those truly noble and excellent purposes, is now about<lb></lb>
to be committed to your care. And you are hereby solemnly required, and ear-<lb></lb>
nestly requested, to discharge your duty in this behalf with a conscientious regard;<lb></lb>
that your may appear with joy at the judgment seat of CHRIST, when a par-<lb></lb>
ticular account will be taken of all the offices of charity in which we have<lb></lb>
abounded towards our poor brethren; and a peculiar reward conferred on<lb></lb>
those who have performed them with fidelity and zeal.</p>
<p n="3689">"In full confidence that you will diligently attend this good work, you<lb></lb>
are admitted a Governor of these Hospitals."</p>
<p n="3690">42 APPENDIX.</p>
<p n="3691">THE DUTIES OF THE SEVERAL OFFICERS AND SERVANTS<lb></lb>
ARE AS FOLLOW.</p>
<p n="3692">THE PRESIDENT,</p>
<p n="3693">By the original orders in 1557, is to be held and taken as the Chief Ruler<lb></lb>
and Governor, next to the Lord Mayor, of both Hospitals.</p>
<p n="3694">He is therefore to convene General Courts at the stated periods, and at such<lb></lb>
other times as may be necessary; or, when duly required so to do by any Com-<lb></lb>
mittee or by Nine Governors in writing; to preside there, and at any Com-<lb></lb>
mittee which he may chuse to attend.</p>
<p n="3695">He is always to preserve good order and decorum, and a strict adherence to<lb></lb>
the standing rules and orders; and generally to supervise the affairs of both<lb></lb>
Hospitals, promote their true interests, and guard them from perversion or<lb></lb>
abuse by every means in his power.</p>
<p n="3696">THE TREASURER</p>
<p n="3697">Is to receive all legacies, benefactions, dividends and interest on the<lb></lb>
Orphan Stock, Publick Funds, and other securities belonging to the Hospitals;<lb></lb>
and such cash as may remain with the Stewards above what is sufficient for<lb></lb>
ordinary expences; and generally to superintend all receipts and payments<lb></lb>
whatsoever on account of both Hospitals; particularly to pay all the salaries<lb></lb>
quarterly, and all bills as soon as examined and directed.</p>
<p n="3698">He is to keep regular cash-books, and also to enter, in a book to be kept<lb></lb>
for that purpose in the Clerk's office, all his receipts and payments as they may<lb></lb>
occur on account of both Hospitals; so that any Governor may at all times<lb></lb>
have it in his power to see what balance he hath in hand; and he is to invest<lb></lb>
all sums of money he may at any time have in his hands, exceeding a resting<lb></lb>
general balance of £500, in the Public Funds, for the benefit of the Hospitals,<lb></lb>
when so required by a General Court, or by the House Committee, or by the<lb></lb>
Committee of Auditors, or by Nine Governors, although not members of any<lb></lb>
Committee; so as such requisition be signed by the said Governors.</p>
<p n="3699">He is to see that notices of legacies, as well as the time when those legacies are<lb></lb>
paid, are duly entered by the Clerk in the proper book; and he is to produce<lb></lb>
his general cash-book to all Courts and Committees; and report to every<lb></lb>
Court and House Committee what legacies and benefactions have been re-<lb></lb>
ceived since the last meeting.</p>
<p n="3700">He is to attend all Courts, and the Bethlem and House Committees; and to<lb></lb>
convene and preside at Courts in the absence of the President.<lb></lb>
To</p>
<p n="3701">APPENDIX. 43</p>
<p n="3702">To appoint and attend Grand Committees at <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20209_geo1455">Bethlem</rs>
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for making contracts<lb></lb>
for provisions, and for other extraordinary business; and to view the House<lb></lb>
with the Committees as often as there may be occasion.</p>
<p n="3703">He is to appoint and attend views of the houses and estates belonging to<lb></lb>
these Hospitals in <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20209_geo1456">London</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20209_geo1457">Middlesex</rs>
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, when necessary; and to give tem-<lb></lb>
porary directions respecting their management.</p>
<p n="3704">He is to inspect and regulate the conduct of the Artsmasters and their Ap-<lb></lb>
prentices, so long as they remain in the Hospital; to settle such disputes<lb></lb>
as may arise between them; and to give directions for cloathing, binding, and<lb></lb>
discharging, the apprentices, and keeping them in proper order and sub<lb></lb>
ordination.</p>
<p n="3705">He is to superintend the wardrobe at <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20209_geo1458">Bethlem</rs>
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, and give directions for<lb></lb>
bringing in, and delivering out, such bedding and cloaths as may be necessary.</p>
<p n="3706">He is to hire all men servants at Bethlem (if wanted; but not otherwise),<lb></lb>
upon the death or discharge of any of the old ones; except the steward,<lb></lb>
apothecary, porter, and barber; and generally to inspect, direct, and super-<lb></lb>
intend, the affairs and management of both Hospitals; conformable to the true<lb></lb>
spirit and meaning of the rules and orders; and to see that the purposes of<lb></lb>
the charities are not in any instance perverted and abused either by the mis<lb></lb>
conduct of any officer or servant, or otherwise.</p>
<p n="3707">THE CHAPLAIN (when the Offices of PREACHER and READER are united)</p>
<p n="3708">Is to preach one sermon, and to read prayers twice every Sunday, Christ-<lb></lb>
mas. day, and Good-friday; and to read prayers and preach once on every<lb></lb>
30th of January, 29th of May, and Steward's Feast; and also to read prayers<lb></lb>
in Lent and at General Courts.</p>
<p n="3709">He is to solemnize marriages; to baptize children; visit the sick; bury the<lb></lb>
dead; and keep a register, as well for the precinct, as for the Hospital.</p>
<p n="3710">He is to read the Charge to every Governor in open Court; to attend the<lb></lb>
Chapel-wardens upon all collections to be made for briefs and the King's<lb></lb>
letter; to reside constantly at the Hospital; and not to go out of town without<lb></lb>
leave of the House Committee, President, or Treasurer.</p>
<p n="3711">He is particularly to admonish and instruct the prisoners from time to time,<lb></lb>
and see that such as are able do always attend Divine Service; and generally<lb></lb>
to perform all the duties incident to the sacred office of a Minister of the<lb></lb>
Church of England, and a Chaplain to Bridewell Hospital and Precinct.</p>
<p n="3712">44 APPENDIX.</p>
<p n="3713">THE PHYSICIAN</p>
<p n="3714">Is to attend the resident officers, servants, and others actually employed at<lb></lb>
either Hospital, when ill; and to inform the Committees of any neglects or<lb></lb>
abuses,and suggest such reforms as he may think necessary.</p>
<p n="3715">He is to attend the Weekly Committee at Bethlem Hospital every Saturday<lb></lb>
morning, to take in and discharge patients; and every Monday and Wednesday<lb></lb>
he is to attend at the said Hospital, to examine and prescribe for the patients,<lb></lb>
the Mondays during the bathing season excepted.</p>
<p n="3716">THE SURGEON</p>
<p n="3717">Is to attend the Prisoners at Bridewell, and the patients of both Hospitals<lb></lb>
who have had accidents, or have disorders that require his assistance; and<lb></lb>
particularly in winter, when mortifications are frequent.</p>
<p n="3718">He is also to attend all the officers and servants resident at either Hospital,<lb></lb>
when occasion may require; and to acquaint the respective Stewards and<lb></lb>
Committees of any neglect or abuse.</p>
<p n="3719">To attend the Weekly Committee at Bethlem every Saturday on the ad-<lb></lb>
mission and discharge of patients.</p>
<p n="3720">And to examine and sign the Matron of Bridewell's bill for poultices and<lb></lb>
sick messes for the prisoners, Etc.</p>
<p n="3721">THE APOTHECARY</p>
<p n="3722">Is not to follow any other business; nor is he to absent himself one day<lb></lb>
without leave of the Bethlem Committee.</p>
<p n="3723">He is to furnish medicines to any of the resident officers or servants of either<lb></lb>
Hospital. who may be actually indisposed and have occasion for them, but not<lb></lb>
otherwise.</p>
<p n="3724">And he is to acquaint the Steward and Committees respectively of any neg-<lb></lb>
lect or abuse; and to suggest necessary reforms.</p>
<p n="3725">He is to give all necessary attendance upon the prisoners and others at<lb></lb>
Bridewell; and to sign the Matron's bill for sick messes to the prisoners, Etc.</p>
<p n="3726">At Bethlem, he is to go round the House every morning regularly, or<lb></lb>
oftener if necessary, and report to the Physician any neglect he may observe<lb></lb>
in the management of the patients.</p>
<p n="3727">To attend the administration of the medicines ordered by the Physician on<lb></lb>
the days appointed, and see that they are properly taken; and to direct the<lb></lb>
Keepers in their management of the patients during the absence of the<lb></lb>
Physician.<lb></lb>
He</p>
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