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
_Westminster_, and within seven miles thereof, and also except within
the said County of _Middlesex_), shall be defrayed out of such money as
aforesaid, in such manner as the said Justices shall, from time to time,
within their respective Counties, order and direct.
And be it further enacted, That at such General Quarter Session, when
such Justices and Physician shall be appointed as aforesaid, the Clerk
of the Peace shall take the like Oath as is appointed by this Act to be
taken by the Secretary of the Commissioners.
And be it further enacted, That in case the keeper of any house or place
for the reception of lunaticks, not being within the said city of
_London_ or _Westminster_, or within seven miles of the same, or within
the said County of _Middlesex_, shall, in the day-time, refuse the said
Justices and Physician, on such visitation, admittance, at any time or
times, into such house or place as aforesaid, the master or keeper of
such house or place shall, for such offence, forfeit his License.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the keeper of
any house or place for the reception of lunaticks, not being within the
said city of _London_ or _Westminster_, or within seven miles of the
same, or within the said County of _Middlesex_, shall, and is hereby
required, to give such notice, as aforesaid, of the receipt of every
such lunatick (except such pauper lunaticks as shall happen to be sent
there by parish officers) to the Secretary to the Commissioners, at the
College of Physicians aforesaid, within the space of fourteen days from
the time of such lunatick’s being received into any such house or place;
and every keeper of any such licensed house or place, who shall admit,
harbour, entertain, or confine, any person as a lunatick, without having
an order in writing, under the hand and seal of some Physician, Surgeon,
or Apothecary, that such person is proper to be received into such house
or place as a lunatick, or shall receive any lunatick into any such
house or place, having such order, and shall not give notice thereof to
the Secretary of the said Commissioners, within the time, and in the
manner aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of One hundred pounds.
And be it further enacted, That no such License shall be granted as
aforesaid, either by the said Commissioners or Justices of the Peace, as
aforesaid, unless upon granting such License, the person to whom such
License is granted shall enter into recognizance to the king’s Majesty,
his heirs and successors, in the sum of One hundred pounds, with two
sufficient securities, each in the sum of Fifty pounds, or one
sufficient security in the sum of One hundred pounds, under the usual
conditions, for the good behaviour of such person during the time for
which such License shall be granted.
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