CHARTER, BY-LAWS, RULES, 
AND LISTS OF 
CORPORATORS AND DIRECTORS, 
OF THE 
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FOR FOUNDLINGS, 
OF THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
WASHINGTON : 
PRINTED BY JUDD & DETWEILER. 
1887. CHARTER, BY-LAWS, RULES, 
LIST OF 
CORPORATORS, AND DIRECTORS 
OF THE 
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FOR FOUNDLINGS 
OF THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
WASHINGTON: 
PRINTED BY JUDD & DETWEILER. 
1887. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FOR FOUNDLINGS. 
THE BEQUEST. 
Joshua Peirce, who died at Linnaean Hill, near the city of 
Washington, on the nth day of April, 1869, by his last Will and 
Testament, which was admitted to probate at the Orphan’s Court, 
in said city of Washington, on the 22d day of June, 1869, made 
the following bequest, viz : 
“ I give, devise, and bequeath all those fourteen certain lots or 
pieces of ground, part of square number two hundred and seven, 
situate between R and S Streets north and Fourteenth and Fifteenth 
Streets west, in the said city of Washington, in the District of Co- 
lumbia, which lots are numbered from number twenty-four to number 
thirty-seven, inclusive, on a certain plan of sub-division of the said 
square, registered and recorded in the surveyor’s office for the said 
city, in Liber W. F., folio 211, and are situated on the east side of 
the said Fifteenth Street, at the distance of one hundred and sixty feet 
northward from the north side of the said R Street north, contain- 
ing together in front on the said Fifteenth Street west, one hundred 
and thirty feet, and in depth eastward, between parallel lines, two 
hundred and ninety-four feet and a half inch, more or less, to 
Johnson Avenue (including in the said depth a twenty-feet-wide 
alley, laid out through the middle of the said lots), to my friends, 
William M. Shuster and William H. Claggett, both of the said city 
of Washington, and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, 
administrators, and assigns of such survivor, in trust. Nevertheless, 
and to, for, and upon the uses, intents, and purposes following—that 
is to say: In trust to hold the said fourteen lots of ground, with 
the appurtenances, as and for a site for the erection of a hospital 
for foundlings, to be built and erected by any association, society, or 
institution that may hereafter be incorporated by act of Congress, 
as and for such hospital, and upon such incorporation, upon further 
trust, to grant and convey the said lots of ground and trust estate to the corporation or institution so incorporated for the said purpose 
of the erection of a hospital, which conveyance shall be absolute 
and in fee. Provided, nevertheless, That such corporation shall be 
approved by my said trustees, or the survivor of them, or their suc- 
cessors in the trust, and, if not so approved, then upon further trust 
to hold the said lots and trust estate, for the same purpose, until a 
corporation shall be so created by act of Congress, which shall meet 
the approval of the said trustees, or the survivor or successor of them, 
to whom full discretion is given in this behalf, and, upon such ap- 
proval, in trust to convey as aforesaid. And I recommend to my 
said trustees to select an institution which shall not be under the 
control of any one religious sect or persuasion, and until such con- 
veyance, I direct the taxes, charges, and assessments, and all neces- 
sary expenses of, for, and upon the said lots, and every of them, to 
be paid by my executors, as they shall from time to time accrue 
and become due and payable, out of the residue of my estate.” 
To carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing bequest, the 
following Bill passed Congress, and was approved April 22, 1870, 
viz : 
AN ACT 
FOR INCORPORATING A HOSPITAL F<?R FOUNDLINGS IN THE CITY OF 
WASHINGTON. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That G. W. Sam- 
son, O. O. Howard, Z. D. Gilman, William Stickney, A. C. Rich- 
ards, B. Sunderland, A. N. Zevely, Wright Rives, Dr. James C. 
Hall, David K. Cartter, William B. Todd, jr., D. W. Middleton, 
George L. Sheriff, B. B. French, Joseph S. Stettinius, John R. 
Arison, and such other persons as may be duly chosen, are hereby 
created and constituted a body politic and corporate, in the District 
of Columbia, under the name of the “Washington Hospital for 
Foundlings,” to have perpetual succession, and be capable to take, 
hold, and enjoy lands, tenements, and personal property. 
Provided, That no real or personal property shall be held by said 
corporation, except such as may be necessary to the maintenance and 
efficient management of said hospital. 
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said corporation hereby 
constituted shall have power to fill vacancies in the Board of Di- rectors, and to make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations 
not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States. 
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the management of said 
hospital shall be under the control of a board of ten directors. The 
Board of Directors shall also have power to appoint all officers and 
committees necessary to the proper administration of the affairs of 
the hospital. 
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the first seven corpora- 
tors named in the first section hereof, together with those who may 
be elected and appointed directors, as provided in the preceding 
section, shall constitute the first Board of Directors, who shall from 
their numbers elect a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and 
Treasurer, and five of the Directors, including either of the above- 
named officers, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. It shall be the duty of the President and Directors to 
report to the Secretary of the Interior the condition of said institu- 
tion on the first day of July in each year. 
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the object of this asso- 
ciation is to found in the city of Washington a hospital for the 
reception and support of destitute and friendless children. 
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That foundlings received by 
this hospital shall be deemed and considered wholly under the guar- 
dianship, care, and control of said institution, to be educated, ap- 
prenticed, or otherwise disposed of, in such manner as the Directors 
of said hospital may, in their judgment, deem for the best in- 
terests of said children, until they shall attain the age of eighteen 
years, when said care and control shall cease. 
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the property, real and 
personal, held by said corporation shall be exempt from all taxes 
and assessments levied by authority of Congress or of any munici- 
pal corporation within the District of Columbia. 
Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act. 
Approved April 22, 1870. 
Department of State, 
Washington, April 26, 1870. 
A true copy. 
R. S. CHEW, 
Chief Clerk. BY-LAWS. 
Adopted AXarcli, lS©^. 
Purpose. 
x. The institution will receive and support destitute and friend- 
less children, being foundlings, subject to such rules of admission 
as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. 
Compensation. 
2. No Officer, Director, or Visitor, shall receive any compensa- 
tion whatever for his or her services. 
3. The Matron, nurses, servants, and other employes may be 
paid such reasonable compensation for services as the Directors 
may allow. 
Seal. 
4. The seal of the Institution shall contain in the centre a design 
representing Miriam and Moses, surrounded by the words “Wash- 
ington Hospital for Foundlings: Incorporated April 22, 1870.” 
Members. 
5. The members of this Corporation shall consist of the Incor- 
porators and of such persons as shall be elected by them, in the 
manner hereinafter directed as such Incorporators : Provided never- 
theless, That at no time shall the whole number of Incorporators 
exceed the number of one hundred, of whom not less than 50 shall 
be males. 
Election of New Members. 
6. Whenever the number of Incorporators shall from any cause 
become less than one hundred, the remaining members shall at an 
annual or special meeting elect so many new members as shall be 
necessary to increase the total number of members to one hundred ; 
such election shall be by ballot, and a majority of those present 
and voting shall be required to elect. Annual Meeting. 
7. There shall be at an annual meeting of the said Incorporators 
on the first Monday of December in each year. Notice of the time 
and place of such meeting shall be sent by mail to every Incorpor- 
ator at least one week immediately prior to the meeting. 
Special Meetings. 
8. If the annual meeting of the Incorporators should not be held, 
or if a special meeting shall become necessary, any five Directors 
may direct the call of a special meeting, and all business transacted 
at such special meeting shall be valid and binding: Provided, A 
notice of said meeting giving the time, place, and object thereof 
shall be sent, as provided in the preceding by-law. 
Secretary. 
9. The Secretary of the Board of Directors shall be ex-officio 
Secretary of the said meetings. He shall keep a record of their 
proceedings, have the custody thereof, and of all official papers, 
prepare and send notices of all meetings, notify Directors of their 
election, and perform such other duties as the meetings may direct. 
Quorum. 
10. Eleven of the Incorporators shall constitute a quorum, but 
a less number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is 
present. 
Elections by Ballot. 
11. All elections shall be by ballot, and the person receiving a 
majority of the ballots cast shall be declared elected. Voting by 
proxy shall not be permitted or recognized. 
Order of Business. 
12. The order of business at all meetings shall be as follows: 
(1.) Calling the roll. 
(2.) Reading the minutes of previous meetings. 
(3.) Election of Directors. 
(4.) General business. 
(5.) Adjournment. Rules of Order. 
13. The rules of order at all meetings shall be the same as those 
prescribed for the Directors. 
Place of Meeting. 
14. The Incorporators shall meet at the Hospital Building, unless 
some other place is designated in the notice. 
Annual Rues. 
15. Each Incorporator shall pay annually to the Secretary the 
sum of five dollars as dues; and any member failing to pay said dues 
at or before the expiration of each calendar year may, after a notice 
of thirty days, mailed to the post-office address of such member, be 
dropped from the roll of members by the Board of Directors at their 
next meeting, and shall, thereupon cease to be a member of this 
corporation, and shall thereby forfeit all interest in its property and 
franchises; and should such delinquent be a Director, the said 
action of the Board shall, ipso facto, render vacant his position as 
such Director. 
Contributors. 
16. Any person who shall pay to the Secretary, annually, the sum 
of five dollars or more shall be recorded as a contributor for that 
year, and shall be published in the annual report as such. 
jDirectors. 
17. The government of the Hospital is by the charter vested in 
ten Directors. These shall be residents of the District of Colum- 
bia, five of them shall be males and five females. Immediately 
upon the adoption of these by-laws there shall be held a special 
and extraordinary meeting of the members of the Corporation, who 
shall elect by ballot ten such Directors. These shall be divided by 
lot into five classes of two each, one male and one female. The 
first class shall hold office until the regular meeting of the members 
in December, 1887; the second until such meeting in 1888; the 
third until such meeting in 1889; the fourth until such meeting in 
1890, and the fifth until such meeting in 1891. 
18. The members, at their regular meeting in December of each 
year, shall elect two Directors, one male and one female, who shall serve for five years and until their successors are chosen : Provided, 
nevertheless, That no member shall be eligible for election or re- 
election as a Director unless his or her name shall have been posted 
as a candidate for such position in some prominent place, to be 
designated by the Directors, in the Hospital Building, for and dur- 
ing at least two weeks prior to the said election. 
Filling Vacancies Among Directors, 
19. All vacancies occuring among the Directors by failure to 
elect, death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by said Di- 
rectors, and the persons so appointed shall hold office until the next 
election of Directors by the members and until their successors are 
chosen. 
General Powers. 
20. The Directors shall have the charge, control, management, 
and the custody of the property, funds, and affairs of the Corpora- 
tion, and provide suitable buildings and appliances for the Hospital, 
buy property, and direct all other investments, and make such rules 
as may be necessary for the government of the Institution not in- 
consistent with the Charter and these By-laws. 
Control of Seal. 
21. They shall have the control of the corporate seal, and direct 
when the same shall be affixed to such documents as may be neces- 
sary or proper. 
Records of Proceedings. 
22. They shall keep a record of all their proceedings, and present 
the same for the inspection of the Incorporators at each meeting, 
and they shall cause to be prepared and printed an annual report on 
the affairs of the Institution. 
Committees. 
23. They may create such standing and special committees as 
they may from time to time find desirable. 
Officers. 
24. The officers of the Board shall consist of a President, Vice- 
President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the 
Directors from their own number. Terms of Office. 
25. The President, Vice-President and Secretary shall be elected 
annually, and the Treasurer for a term that shall continue during 
the pleasure of the Directors. 
Vacancies. 
26. If at any time any one of such offices shall become vacant 
by death, resignation, or other cause, the Board may fill the same 
at the regular meeting next after such vacancy occurs, or at a special 
meeting called for the purpose; and the officers so selected shall 
serve until the regular meeting of the Board in the following De- 
cember. 
Failure to Elect. 
27. If for any reason there should be a failure to elect officers, 
the election may be postponed from meeting to meeting until an 
election is had, or any five members of the Board may require a 
special meeting to be called for that purpose. On failure to elect, 
such of the officers of the preceding year as remain in the Board 
shall continue to serve until their successors are chosen. 
Meetings. 
28. There shall be four regular meetings of the Directors in each 
year, which shall be held on the second Mondays of December, 
March, June, and September, respectively, at the hospital build- 
ing, or at such other convenient place as may be designated in the 
notice. 
Failure to Meet. 
29. If for any reason any regular meeting should not be held on 
the designated day, the President, or any three members of the 
Board, may direct the same to be called for any day thereafter 
prior to the day for the next regular meeting. 
Special Meetings. 
30. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary when di- 
rected by the President, or on the request in writing of any three 
Directors; and said request shall state the object of the meeting, 
which shall be inserted in the notice thereof, and no other business 
shall be transacted thereat. 12 
Quorum. 
31. Five of the Directors shall constitute a quorum, but a less 
number may adjourn from day to day, and notice of the adjourn- 
ment shall be sent to each Director. 
Failure to Attend. 
32. Any Director failing to attend the sittings of the Board for 
two successive regular meetings shall be notified by the Secretary 
of the fact; and, if he fail to attend at the succeeding regular 
meeting, his place on the Board may be declared vacant. 
Order of Business. 
33. The order of business at all meetings of the Directors shall 
be as follows: 
(1.) Calling the roll. 
(2.) Reading and approving minutes. 
(3.) Report of President. 
(4.) Report of Executive Committee. 
(5.) Report of medical Staff. 
(6.) Report of Finance Committee. 
(7.) Report of Treasurer. 
(8.) Report of other committees. 
(9.) Unfinished business. 
(10.) Action on recommendations in reports. 
(11.) Other new business. 
(r2.) Election of officers. 
(13.) Adjournment. 
Rules of Order. 
34. The rules of order at all meetings of the Directors shall be 
as follows: 
(1.) The ayes and noes on any question shall be taken and re- 
corded at the request of one member. 
(2.) All motions shall be submitted in writing if required, save 
a motion to adjourn. 
(3-) The question shall not be put on a motion unless the same 
be seconded ; but all motions shall appear upon the minutes, with 
the mover’s name, although not seconded. (4.) When any member is about to speak he shall, with dne re- 
spect, address himself to the President, confining himself strictly 
to the point in debate. 
(5.) No member shall speak more than twice in the same debate, 
and for not more than five minutes each time, without leave of the 
Board. 
(6.) When a question is under consideration, no motion shall 
be received, unless to lay it upon the table, to postpone it to a 
certain time, to postpone it indefinitely, to commit it, to amend it, 
or to divide it; and motions for any of these purposes shall have 
precedence in the order herein named. The motions to lay upon 
the table and to adjourn shall be decided without debate. 
The motion to adjourn shall always be in order. 
(7.) All reports shall be in writing, and shall be received, of 
course, and without motion for acceptance, unless recommitted by 
vote of the Board. All reports recommending or requiring any 
action or expression of opinion by the Board shall be accompanied 
by a resolution in writing, and in proper form, for the action of 
the Board thereon. 
(8.) If the question under debate contains several distinct prop- 
ositions, the same shall be divided at the request of any member, 
and a vote taken separately, except that a motion to strike out and 
insert shall be indivisible. 
(9.) All questions of order shall be decided by the Chair with- 
out debate; but any member may, if seconded, appeal from such 
decision, and on such appeal no member shall speak more than 
once without express leave of the Board. It shall require a majority 
vote of the members present to overrule the Chair. 
(10.) Every member present when any question is put shall, on 
a division, be required to vote and be counted, unless he be per- 
sonally interested in the decision or is excused by the Board. 
(11.) All amendments shall be considered in the order in which 
they are moved. When a proposed amendment is under considera- 
tion, a motion to amend the same may be made ; no after amend- 
ment to such second amendment shall be in order. But when an 
amendment to an amendment is under consideration, a substitute 
to the whole matter may be received. 
(12.) No proposition on a subject different from the one under 
consideration shall be received under color of a substitute. 
(13.) On all points of order not herein specifically provided for 
“ Roberts’ Rules of Order” shall be followed. The President. 
35. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Directors, 
and appoint all committees thereof, unless otherwise ordered by 
them ; at the regular meeting in December of each year submit a 
written report with recommendations; and sign all contracts, deeds, 
or other papers affecting the monetary interests of the Institution, 
when directed so to do by the Directors. 
The Vice-President. 
36. The Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the Presi- 
dent during his absence or inability to act. 
The Secretary. 
37. The Secretary shall keep full and fair minutes of the pro- 
ceedings of the Directors and members ; issue notices of all meet- 
ings ; furnish the chairman of committees with information of their 
appointment and duties ; notify the Contributors of the expiration 
of their subscriptions; collect and receive all dues, subscriptions, 
and contributions, and pay the same over to the Treasurer; and 
carefully preserve the records and papers belonging to the Institu- 
tion. He shall also have charge of the seal, and shall attest there- 
with and by his signature all contracts, deeds, or other papers when 
ordered so to do by the Directors. 
The Treasurer. 
38. The Treasurer shall give such bond for the faithful perfor- 
mance of his duties as may be required by the Directors ; shall 
receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to the Hospital; 
keep an accurate account of all his receipts and payments; furnish 
an exhibit of the financial condition of the Hospital at each regular 
meeting of the Directors; present his accounts and vouchers to the 
Finance Committee for examination and audit; pay out all moneys 
under the general direction of said Committee, taking vouchers 
therefor, when practicable, in such form as said Committee may 
prescribe. He shall have charge of all funds and securities of the 
Hospital, and invest and manage the same under the direction of 
the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee. 
39. There shall be a Finance Committee, to consist of five 
Directors, of which the Treasurer shall be one. It shall have the 
general supervision of the fiscal affairs of the Institution ; direct the 
place of deposit of the funds and securities; direct all investments 
of the moneys belonging to the Hospital, subject to the instruction 
of the Directors ; examine and audit the accounts of the Treasurer; 
and report in writing at each regular meeting of the Directors. 
The Executive Committee. 
40. The immediate management of the Hospital shall be under 
the direction of the Executive Committee, which will consist of 
seven members of the Board, five of whom may be of the Incorpora- 
tors, of whom the President of the Board of Directors shall ex officio 
be one, and be chairman of said committee. These, save the 
President, shall be elected by the Board at its regular meeting in 
December of each year, and shall serve until their successors shall 
be chosen; Provided, nevertheless, That immediately upon the 
adoption of these by-laws a special and extraordinary meeting of 
the Board of Directors shall be held for the purpose of constituting 
and electing an Executive committee, as above, to serve until the 
second Monday in December, 1887, and until their successors shall 
be chosen, which Committee shall have the power and be charged 
with the duties hereinafter specified as belonging to the Executive 
Committee generally. 
41. It shall be the duty of Executive Committee to manage the 
Hospital in accordance with the by-laws and under instructions of 
the Directors, and within the limits of the appropriations made for 
that purpose by the latter; they shall determine upon and order all 
admissions to and discharges from the Hospital in accordance with 
the provisions of such rules as the Board of Directors shall adopt in 
the premises; they shall have power to hire and discharge all paid 
employes of the Hospital, except the Matron; they shall direct the 
purchase of all supplies; they shall superintend and direct all im- 
provements and repairs ordered by the Directors upon the property 
of the corporation; and, in cases of emergency, may themselves 
order such repairs as may be necessary, at a cost not exceeding $25, 
and they shall certify to the Finance Committee all bills incurred 
by them in the premises. 42. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, which shall 
be submitted to the Directors at their meetings for examination. 
43. They shall appoint from their number a Secretary. 
44. They shall submit to the Directors at their regular meetings 
a brief written report containing estimates of proposed expenditures 
and recommendations. 
Matron. 
45. The Directors shall elect at their regular meetings in June 
and December of each year a Matron. She shall perform such 
services as the Directors may prescribe, and shall be paid such com- 
pensation as the Directors may allow. 
Employes. 
46. The Executive Committee may employ nurses, servants, and 
other necessary help, who shall perform such duties as the said 
Committee may prescribe, or as shall be required by the Directors. 
The maximum compensation of all these persons shall be established 
by the Directors. 
LADY VISITORS. 
47. The Directors shall, upon the adoption of these rules and 
thereafter, elect annually at their regular meeting in December, 
from the contributors or members, fifty ladies, who shall be styled 
the Board of Lady Visitors, and whose duty it shall be to visit the 
Hospital as the Rules shall prescribe, and to unite with the Finance 
Committee of the Board of Directors in efforts to raise money for 
the needs of the Hospital. 
Rules. 
48. The Lady Visitors may adopt such rules and regulations for 
their government, not inconsistent with the Charter and By-laws, 
as they may deem desirable. 
Annual Reports. 
49. The Lady Visitors shall submit a written report to the 
Directors at their regular meeting in December of each year. Endowment. 
50. Every contribution of three thousand dollars shall entitle the 
contributor to confer a name upon a bed, which shall ever there- 
after bear the name selected, which name, as well as the name of 
the contributor, shall be engraved upon a tablet to be placed over 
the bed, if so desired. An annual contribution of $200 shall entitle 
the contributor to the same privilege so long as the same shall be 
continued. Every name conferred upon a bed shall be subject to 
the approval of the Board of Directors. 
AMENDMENTS OF BY-LAWS. 
51. Amendments of these By-laws shall only be made at an 
annual or special meeting of the Incorporators by a two-thirds vote 
of those present and voting, and after at least two weeks’ notice to 
each Incorporator of the words of the proposed amendment, said 
notice to be sent by mail to the usual address of each Incorporator. ROLES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL, 
ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
I. 
VISITING COMMITTEES. 
i. Upon the adoption of these By-laws, and thereafter, the Presi- 
dent shall appoint, from such members of the Board of Lady 
Visitors as shall be designated by said Board, twelve Visiting Com- 
mittees upon the third Monday in December of each year, of three 
members each ; each of which said Committees shall serve for one 
month, and during their term of service shall meet at least once a 
week at the Hospital, make an inspection of the Hospital Building, 
and examine into its management and the condition and care of 
the patients, and shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, 
and common to all the Committees in succession, an account of 
their examinations and inspections, and shall submit a written 
report on such inspections and examinations to the Executive 
Committee at its regular meetings; but no member of the Execu- 
tive Committee shall be appointed upon the Visiting Committees. 
II. 
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
Meetings and Quot ums. 
1. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once in each 
calendar month at the Hospital Building, on such day and at such 
hour as they shall determine upon. A majority shall constitute a 
quorum, but a less number may adjourn from day to day. 
2. Their Chairman shall preside at all meetings, and, unless 
otherwise ordered by the meeting, shall appoint all committees. 
3. Their Secretary shall send all notices of meetings to the 
members at least two days previous to the time appointed for 
them, and shall keep minutes of such meetings, which minutes 
shall be open to the inspection of the Directors. 19 
III. 
MEDICAL STAFF. 
The Medical Staff shall consist of a Chief of Staff to be elected 
by the Directors and two or more Assistant Physicians who shall 
be apointed by the Chief of Staff, subject to the approval of the 
Board of Directors. The Medical Staff shall serve without com- 
pensation and be subject to removal by the Board of Directors, in 
whole or in part at any time. 
Duties. 
1. The Assistant Physicians shall give attendance at the Hos- 
pital regularly. 
2. The Assistant Physician shall visit the Hospital three times a 
week, and as often as may be necessary for the faithful perfor- 
mance of his duties, and at each visit enter his name in a register 
kept for that purpose; he shall prescribe for and direct the treat- 
ment of all patients. 
3. Whenever, in the judgment of the Assistant Physician, the 
critical nature of a case shall demand it, it shall be his duty to call 
a consultation with the Chief of Staff. 
4. In case of disability of the Assistant Physician, his colleague 
to act for him during such disability. 
5. The Assistant Physician shall report to the Executive Com- 
mittee all derelictions of duty which may come to his knowledge 
on the part of the Matron, nurses, or servants. 
6. The Assistant Physicians shall be subject to the supervision, 
direction and control of the Chief of Staff. 
7. No autopsy shall be made without the consent of the relatives 
or friends of the deceased patient. 
IV. 
and Discharges. 
1. Admissions can only be made upon application to the Ex- 
ecutive Committee. 
2. Children can only be received into the Hospital upon the 
personal application of the mothers, or some responsible citizen 
who has personal knowledge of the case. 
3. Petitions must set forth the time; state of the case; if any 
deception is detected the petition will be rejected. 4. No application can be received previous to the birth, nor 
after the child is 3 years old. 
5. No child can be admitted unless the Committee shall be 
satisfied after due inquiry of the present necessity of the mother, 
if living; that she is not an habitual offender against chastity, and 
that the father of the child has deserted it and the mother; and 
also, that the reception of the child will, probably, be the means 
of replacing the mother in the course of virtue, and the way of an 
honest livelihood. 
6. Persons who present petitions to the Committee must not 
apply to any Director, or to any officer or servant of the Hospital, 
on the subject, on any pretence whatever. 
7. No money shall he received for the admission of children, nor 
any fee or perquisites allowred to be taken by anyone connected 
with the Hospital on pain of dismissal; any person who shall be 
known to offer the same will subject her petition to rejection. 
8. No infant having an infectious, incurable or contagious 
disease shall be admitted. 
9. The number of admissions is of necessity now limited to 50; 
when that number shall be complete no further admissions shall be 
made save as vacancies shall occur, unless the capacity of the In- 
stitution shall be increased. 
10. Discharges of children shall only be made for cause and by 
a unanimous vote of the Committee. 
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Children when received shall be subject to all the requirements 
of the sixth section, which is as follows : 
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That foundlings received by 
this Hospital shall be deemed and considered wholly under the 
guardianship, care, and control of said Institution, to be educated, 
apprenticed, or otherwise disposed of, in such manner as the 
Directors of said Hospital may, in their judgment, deem for the 
best interests of said children, until they shall attain the age of 
eighteen yegrs, when said care and control shall cease. 
V. 
THE MATRON. 
i. The Matron, shall, under the direction of the Executive 
Committee, have the general supervision of the nurses and servants, 
and shall report to it all instances of inattention and neglect of 
duty; shall be responsible for the neatness and cleanliness of every part of the establishment; shall superintend and daily visit the 
kitchens, store-rooms, dining-rooms, and laundry, and aid in see- 
ing that those several places are kept in order; that all food is 
properly and economically prepared and served, both for the chil- 
dren and family tables, and that there is no unnecessary waste 
of provisions or utensils in any part of the house. She shall fre- 
quently visit the wards and servants’ sleeping apartments, and see 
that the house is kept thoroughly swept and clean. It shall be her 
special duty to take charge of and look after the bedding, table 
linen, towels, and other household articles, and see that they are 
properly used and taken care of. She shall perform such other 
duties as may be required by the Executive Committee. 
2. She shall reside at the Hospital, be entitled to her board, lodg- 
ing, and washing, and such pecuniary compensation as the Board 
of Directors may from time to time determine. 
3. She shall not absent herself from the Hospital Building with- 
out permission of the Executive Committee. 
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NURSES. 
1. They shall promptly and carefully carry out all the orders 
that may be given them by the Matron or Assistant Physician for 
the treatment, diet, and care of the children placed in their charge, 
and report at once every instance of failure or inability from any 
cause to fulfill such orders. 
2. They shall each keep a ward-book, containing a statement of 
all Hospital property, furniture, bedding, and other articles in 
their wards, and shall be responsible for their being properly used 
and taken care of. 
3. They shall see that all clothing and other property belonging 
to the children under their charge is properly taken care of on their 
admission and is placed in charge of the Matron for safe-keeping. 
4. No nurse shall be absent from the Hospital without permission 
of the Matron. 
5. The nurses shall receive their board, lodging, and washing, 
and such pecuniary compensation as the Board of Directors may 
from time to time determine. VII. 
VISITORS. 
1. No person except a member, director, officer, or employe of 
the Hospital shall visit any part of the premises, except on busi- 
ness or at the times fixed for visitors, without the permission of one 
of the Directors. 
2. On Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from three to 
five o’clock p. M., relatives and friends may be permitted to visit 
the children. 
3. All visitors shall register their names in a book to be kept for 
that purpose. 
VIII. 
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS. 
The Executive Committee shall provide a suitable frame, with a 
glass cover, secured by lock and key, which shall be fixed to the 
wall in the room in the present Hospital Building known as the 
Director’s Pvoom. Any member of the said Committee or the 
Secretary of the Board of Directors shall, upon application to him, 
cause to be placed in the said frame, in such position that the same 
may be plainly read, the names of any and all candidates for the 
office of Director, at least two weeks prior to the holding of any 
election for such office. 
IX. 
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS. 
At all elections held by the members for Directors, the presiding 
officer shall appoint two tellers, who shall collect the ballots 
actually cast, count the same in the presence of the meeting, and 
report the result to the presiding officer, who shall announce the 
same to the meeting; the secretary of the meeting shall thereupon 
certify to the Board of Directors the said result. 
FORM OF DEVISE. 
I give and devise to the “ Washington Hospital for Foundlings" 
—(here follows a description of the devise.) 
(Note.—If the devise is of real estate it should he signed by the testator 
in the presence of three witnesses, and they should all sign in his presence 
and in the presence of each other.) CORPORATORS. 
Charles Baum. 
M. W. Beveridge. 
A. T. Britton. 
Horatio Browning. 
W. II. Clagett. 
Thos. Dowling. 
Thos. J. Fisher. 
Jas. E. Fitch. 
R. I. Fleming. 
T. M. Gale. 
C. C. Glover. 
W. H. Hoeke. 
S. Hutchins. 
Frank Hume. 
E. K. Johnston. 
J. P. Klingle. 
G. W. Knox. 
W. P. Lipscomb. 
Thos. J. Luttrell. 
Mrs. L. H. Ball. 
Mrs. A. L. Barber. 
Mrs. Jas. F. Barbour. 
Mrs. C. L. Barton. 
Mrs. S. P. Brown. 
Mrs. Francis Colton. 
Mrs. F. B. Conger. 
Mrs. J. W. Corson. 
Mrs. E. M. Cullen. 
Mrs. S. M. Cullom. 
Mrs. J. N. Dolph. 
Mrs. J. B. Edmunds. 
Mrs. J. 0. Evans. 
Mrs. C. G. Freudenberg. 
Mrs. A. W. Greeley. 
Mrs. E. C. Hartshorn. 
W. F. Mattingly. 
D. McFarlan. 
C. S. Noyes. 
M. M. Parker. 
A. C. Richards. 
W. S. Roose. 
W. S. Thompson. 
L. Sands. 
Geo. A. Shehan. 
Geo. L. Sheriff. 
F. H. Smith. 
A. S. Solomons. 
Z. T. Sowers. 
O. G. Staples. 
E. J. Stellwagen. 
A. L. Sturtevant. 
B. Id. Warner. 
S. Wolf. 
Mrs. E. B. Johnston. 
Mrs. J. P. Jones. 
Mrs. W. H. Lamon. 
Mrs. J. H. Magruder. 
Mrs. D. R. McKee. 
Mrs. Jas. Middledith. 
Mrs. W. B. Moses. 
Mrs. J. J. Myers. 
Miss E. Oberly. 
Miss M. Roessle. 
Miss E. R. Scidmore. 
Mrs. J. C. Spooner. 
Mrs. Henry Strong. 
Mrs. R. W. Townshend. 
Mrs. E. R. Wallace. 
Mrs. Geo. M. Wheeler. Mrs. George Hearst. 
Mrs. A. G. Heaton. 
Mrs. T. B. Hood. 
Mrs. II. M. Hutchinson. 
Miss H. Williamson. 
Mrs. T. M. Woodruff. 
Mrs. S. W. Woodward. 
Mrs. A. S. Worthington. 
DIRECTORS. 
Z. T. SOWERS. 
W. F. MATTINGLY. 
J. P. KLINGLE. 
M. M. PARKER. 
THOS. J. FISHER. 
MISS H. WILLIAMSON. 
MRS. FRANCIS COLTON. 
MRS. W. H. LAMON. 
MRS. H. M. HUTCHINSON. 
MRS. F. B. CONGER.