HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 18-OAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARD, DEFINING ITS MEMBERSHIP;
AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS, TOGETHER WITH
THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND DEFINING THE PURPOSES, DUTIES
AND FUNCTIONS OF SAID BOARD, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT, 'TEXAS:
Section 1.
That there is hereby created a Board, to be known
as the City of Beaumont Municipal Hospital Board, which shall
be composed of nine members; each of whom shall be a%resident
of the City of Beaumont, Texas. The members 'of said Board
shall be appointed by the City -Com -mission of the' City of Beau-
mong' as soon as practicable -after the passage of this Ordinance,
three members of said Board, including one physican, shall be
appointed for a term of one year; three members thereof, in-
cluding one physican, shall be appointed for a term of two
years; and three members, including one physican, to be appoint-
ed for a term of three years, and upon the expiration of the
respective terms of said members the successors -of each and a11 -
of them shall be appointed thereafter for a term of'three years,
and appointments shall be made in such manner to assure that at
all times there shall be at -least three physicans on said
Board. The members of said Board shall hold office,: -after their
appointment until their successors shall be appointed and qual'-
ifieda- - -- Should --a.ny- vacancies -occur in -the membership of -the-
Board the same shall be filled by the City Commission of the
City of Beaumont for the unexpired term.
Section 2.
That the members of said Board shall serve without
pay, and -shall meet for organization im m diately after their
_--election. Said Board shall elect a president and secretary.
Section 3.
That five (5) members of said Board shall constitute
a quorum .to transact all business anda.concurrence of a majority
of those present shall be sufficient in all matters pertaining
to the business of the Board.
Section 4.
That the said Board shall act in an advisory capa-
city and shall consult with and advise with the City Manager,
the City Commission and the Director of the Department of
Public Welfare in the operation and management of the City of
Beaumont Municipal Hospital.
Section 5.
That the fact that there now exists an urgent need
for the establishment and operation of a charity hospital in
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the City of Beaumont on account of the fact that there is a
great number of indigent persons in the City of Beaumont
without proper hospital and medical care, and that it is
necessary that a Board be created to advise with the City
officials in the operation of such hospital, a great public
emergency exists necessitating the suspension of the rule
requiring that ordinances be read on three several occasions
before their final passage, and said rule is hereby suspended
and this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its passage.
PASSED by an affirmative vote of all the -members of
the City Commission this, thea 1 day of November, A. D. 1942.