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Corporations to build fever hospitals for the poor when possessed of sufficient funds;
and to make bye-laws, &c. for their regulation,
appoint masters, &c. and servants,
and treasurers;
and to expend their funds for purposes of Act.
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3. It shall and may be lawful for the said corporations, and they are hereby authorized, empowered, and required, to build or hire houses for hospitals in the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns, to be called Fever Hospitals for the Relief of the Poor being ill of Fevers, as soon as such corporations shall be possessed of funds sufficient for those purposes, as plain, as durable, and at as moderate expence as may be; and that all such hospitals be divided into two parts, of which one part shall be allotted for such poor helpless men as shall be judged worthy of admission, and the other part for the reception of such poor helpless women as shall be judged worthy of admission; and to furnish the said hospitals, and to admit into the same from time to time so many sick and helpless poor patients as the funds of such corporation shall admit of; and the said corporations respectively are hereby authorized and required to make bye-laws and orders for the admission and discharge of all such patients, and for the government of every such hospital, and to appoint masters, physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, nurses, and other fit persons and servants to govern and take care of such hospitals and the patients therein at reasonable and moderate salaries, allowances, and wages; and the said corporations respectively are also hereby authorized to appoint treasurers without any salary, to receive such donations and rents as they shall respectively acquire or become entitled to; and the said corporations are hereby authorized and required to expend all such donations and rents in and for the charitable purposes required by this Act, and for the cure and relief of such patients, with the greatest care and economy, upon pain and peril that for any embezzlement or misapplication of or partiality in the disposal of any part of the revenue or property of the said corporations respectively, which any individuals of such corporations shall be respectively guilty of or concur in, every such individual shall be personally answerable by suit or information in the name of the King's attorney general, on the relation of any person or persons, either in the Court of Chancery or Court of Exchequer in Ireland; and the said courts shall and are hereby required to hear and determine every such suit or information, and to award costs therein against the defendants, if found culpable as aforesaid; and in every such suit a relator of property and reputation shall be named, against whom costs shall be awarded to the defendant or defendants, if the suit information, or complaint shall appear to be groundless.
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