County Hospitals Act 1765

to receive donations,

act without fee,

accountable at meeting,

sued by governors for sums received.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the governors and governesses of each respective infirmary or hospital at their first general meeting, and from time to time thereafter at any general board, as occasion shall require, shall and are hereby impowered to appoint a treasurer of the said infirmary or hospital; who shall receive all annual subscriptions and donations for the benefit of the said infirmary or hospital, and shall act without fee or reward, and be accountable to the governors and governesses at their four general quarterly meetings: and that the said governors and governesses shall and may sue and recover from such treasurer all sums by him received for the benefit of such infirmary or hospital.