Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)Paris, John Ayrton
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Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)
Paris, John Ayrton
Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain
And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace, at any
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden for any such County
or Place, are hereby authorised and required to grant Licenses to such
person and persons as shall apply for that purpose, such person or
persons paying for each License the sums following; (that is to say),
for each and every house, wherein there shall be kept any number of
lunaticks, not exceeding ten, the sum of Ten Pounds, and no more; and
for each and every house, wherein there shall be kept above the number
of ten lunaticks, the sum of Fifteen Pounds, and no more; and that no
one License shall authorise any person or persons to keep more houses
than one for the reception of lunaticks, nor shall any such License be
granted for any longer term than for one year; and the said Justices
shall, at the time of granting such Licenses as aforesaid, nominate and
appoint two Justices of the Peace for the said County, and also one
Physician, to visit and inspect all such houses as shall be licensed by
such Justices as aforesaid; and the said Justices and Physicians, so
nominated and appointed, or any two of them, whereof the Physician to be
one, may, and are hereby authorised and impowered to visit, in the
day-time, every house so licensed, within the County where such house or
place shall be so licensed, as often as they shall think fit.
And be it further enacted, That the said Justices and Physicians, so
nominated, or such of them as shall visit any licensed house as
aforesaid, may, at every visitation, if they think necessary, make, or
cause to be made, minutes, in writing, of the state and condition of
every house which they shall visit, as to the care of the patients
therein, and all such other particulars as they shall think deserve
their notice, together with their observations thereupon; all which
minutes shall be entered, by way of report, in a Register to be kept for
that purpose, by the Clerk of the Peace for the County where such house
or houses shall be licensed as aforesaid, a copy whereof shall, from
time to time, be sent by the said Clerk of the Peace to the Secretary to
the said Commissioners, to be by him inserted in a separate Register;
which Register shall be kept in the same box, and in the same manner, as
the Register belonging to the said Commissioners is herein-before
directed to be kept; and the said Clerk of the Peace shall be paid such
sum and sums of money for his trouble in the execution of this Act as
the said Justices shall order and direct; and all money to be paid for
such Licenses as shall be granted by the said Justices of the Peace, as
aforesaid, shall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace, as aforesaid, who
shall keep an account thereof, in a book or books to be kept for that
purpose, and shall account for the same to the said Justices, as often
as he shall be required so to do; and all expenses attending the
execution of this Act, (except within the cities of _London_ and
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