National Maternity Hospital, Dublin (Charter Amendment) Act, 1936

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Number 2 (Private) of 1936.


NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, DUBLIN (CHARTER AMENDMENT) ACT, 1936.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

Amendment of restriction on power to hold lands.

3.

Amendment of restriction on number of governors.

4.

Amendment of constitution of corporation.

5.

Exemption from payment of subscriptions of certain governors.

6.

Meetings of the corporation.

7.

Amendment of provisions relating to vice-patrons and endowment of beds.

8.

Removal of restrictions on sale of funded property and provisions for transferring stocks, etc., to corporation.

9.

Additional powers to corporation.

10.

Extension of term of office of present master.

11.

Executive committee to manage hospital.

12.

Powers of executive committee.

13.

Power to executive committee to elect governors subject to confirmation by corporation.

14.

Limitation of powers of executive committee.

15.

Meetings of executive committee.

16.

General management by master between meetings of executive committee.

17.

Individual responsibility of governors and indemnity of executive committee.

18.

Execution of documents of informal nature.

19.

Special meeting of corporation after passing of Act.

20.

Costs of Act.

21.

Short title.

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Number 2 (Private) of 1936.


NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, DUBLIN (CHARTER AMENDMENT) ACT, 1936.


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER UNDER WHICH THE GOVERNORS OF THE NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, DUBLIN, ARE INCORPORATED, TO CONFER FURTHER AND OTHER POWERS ON THE SAID GOVERNORS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION BY AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATING TO THE SAID HOSPITAL. [22nd May, 1936.]

Preamble.

WHEREAS the National Maternity Hospital situate in Holles Street in the City of Dublin was founded in the year 1894 for the relief of poor lying-in women and for the treatment of diseases peculiar to women:

AND WHEREAS by a Charter or Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland bearing date the 14th day of May, 1903, and granted by his late Majesty King Edward the Seventh certain persons therein named and such other persons as might from time to time be elected in the manner thereinafter directed were incorporated into one body politic and corporate by the name of the Governors of the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, and by the Charter certain powers were conferred and duties imposed upon the corporation and the members thereof and certain provisions were made for the general regulation and management of the hospital:

AND WHEREAS the sphere of the work of the hospital having been considerably extended since its incorporation as aforesaid it is expedient that the powers conferred by the Charter and the provisions for the regulation and management of the hospital therein contained should be extended and amended as hereinafter provided:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the limitation of the number of governors of the hospital provided by the Charter should be altered as provided by this Act:

AND WHEREAS the hospital being in receipt of an annual grant from the Dublin Corporation in recognition of its charitable work it is expedient that the Dublin Corporation should have the right to nominate members of the said corporation as governors:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the Minister for Local Government and Public Health should have the right to nominate governors:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the control and management of the hospital and of such other business as is hereinafter provided should be entrusted to an executive committee constituted as hereinafter provided and that the provisions of the Charter should be altered accordingly:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the qualifications necessary to become a vice-patron or vice-patroness and regarding the endowment of beds should be altered as hereinafter provided:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that such other provisions should be made as are in this Act contained:

AND WHEREAS the purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the authority of the Oireachtas:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—