Regulations.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1814
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    The Lord Provost of Glasgow shall be Presi¬ dent, ex officio; two Directors shall be chosen from the Town Council; two from the Mer¬ chants’ House; two from the Trades’ House; two from the Physicians and Surgeons; two from the General Session, consisting of one Minister, and one Elder; eight from the General Subscrib¬ ers; the Chief Magistrate of Paisley; the Pro¬ fessors of Anatomy and Medicine in the Univer¬ sity of Glasgow, being Directors, ex officio. These shall meet once every quarter, on the first Tuesday of the month. From these shall be chosen for the year, a Sub-Committee, to meet once every week, for attending to the particular interests of the House, admission of Patients, and all such business as in the ordinary course of management may arise. This Committee shall consist of four Directors, the Medical Gentle¬ men who attend the Asylum, and the Treasurer. A Statement of the affairs and management of the Asylum shall be laid before a General Meeting of Subscribers once every year, when eight shall be chosen as Directors. No Sub¬ scriber below five guineas can be a member of the meeting. Paupers from the City of Glasgow are to be admitted at a rate annually fixed by a Commit¬ tee, consisting of two from the Directors of the Town’s Hospital, two from the Directors of the Asylum, and a Magistrate: and the Paupers from parishes which have contributed £50 for every 1500 of their population, are to be admitted on the same terms as those in Glasgow.