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BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE I.—Name.

The name of the Hospital shall be the Knoxville General Hospital.

ARTICLE II.—Object.

The object of the Hospital shall be to care for persons who may require relief during temporary sickness, but those suffering from contagious, infectious or mental diseases shall not be admitted. No person, except consumptives in the third stage, shall be admitted whose case is judged to be incurable, unless there be urgent symptoms, which are deemed capable of being relieved; and in no case, except such consumptives, shall a charity patient be cared for longer than ninety (90) days, except in case of such urgent symptoms. In all cases where, in the opinion of the Board, the circumstances of the patient will warrant it, the whole or a part of the board shall be paid.

ARTICLE III.—Officers.

The officers of the Board of Governors shall be a President, a First and Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board. They shall hold office until the next regular annual meeting or until their successors are elected.

ARTICLE IV.-President.

The President shall preside at the meetings of the Board, appoint all committees, unless otherwise ordered, and perform