Vincent de Pau}, to the number of six, will be intrusted with the interior management of the General Hospital of Shanghai, The Sister Superior will render account to the Trustees, every three months, of the receipts and expenditure of the establishment, Dut will not be required to do s0 for the sums she will receive for ler personal expenses and those of her companions.
Article Il—The number of the said Sisters of Charity can be increased, as the wants of the Hospital may require it, upon the request of the Sister Superior, after having obtained the consent of the Trustees, Article IIL—The Sisters of Charity will be intrusted with the entire interior management, and with all the ordinary expenses; but for all extraordinary requirements, important changes, or high expenditure," the Sister Superior will have to consult with the Chairman.
Article IV.—The Sister Superior will have in charge the internal arrangements as well as the direction of every thing necessary for the proper execution of the duties of the 's moral conduct. She intrusted with the keys, and will seo that the doors be closed at nightfall, to be opened only at daybreak, unless the service requires it otherwise Article V.—The Sisters will be supplied with 4 separate Todging attached to the Hospital, composed as follows, viz:—A dormitory, an infirmary, a refectory, an oratory, a room of assembly for the Conimunity, a study for the Sister Superior, a parlor, a kitchen, a pantry, a linen room' for the Sisters, with largo cupboards, a loft, a small yard quite separa froma that of the patients, with a wash-hous anda bath-room with two baths. Thi Jodging should be sufficiently furnished have the necessary utensils. The Sisters have their board, washing, lights and fires Paid for by the "Homital, which will also Supply indispensable linen, such as sheets, pious, table-cloths and napkins, towels, tehan towels, and aprons for Hospital work. When the Sisters take possession, aninventory will be given of all furniture, &c., supplied to them as well to the Hospital, and every year 1 verification of the said inventory proceeded with. year, for the maintenance and. clothing of Article VI—The Hospital will pay ore
each Sister, the sum of Sixteen Hundred franes, payable quarterly beforehand, from of her arrival in Shanghai.
Article VII—The Sister Superior and the Chairman of the Trustees will have the right to cause the removal of the Sisters. In the first case, the expense of removal will be on account of the Community, and in the second on account of the Establishment.
Article VIIL—The Treasurer of the Hosital will be required to reimburse to the mrocureur des Lazarites at Shanghai the sum of Two Thousand francs for each Sister, which he has paid here beforehand. This sum is destined to cover the expenses of outfit, minor travelling expenses, bedding, &e., as well as passage money from Paris to Shanghai. The same expense will be incurred ench time that it wil be necessary cit to replace a deceased Sister or for the admission of an authorized number of new Sisters in addition to the number stipulated in the present contract.
In the last case, the new comers will be accepted upon the same conditions as the first, and the funds should be paid, before their departure, to the Sister Abbess residing in Paris, if they are to come from France.
Article IX.—The Trustees will always consider it a part of their duty to consult the Superior upon the admission and changes of Doctors, Apothecaries and Clerks, whose salaries will be paid by the Hospital.
Article X. Tise. Hospital attendants and servants will be paid by the Sister Superior out of the funds of the Hospital, and they will be under the direction and superinten dence of the same Sister Superior, who will be at liberty to engage or to discharge them as she may judge best.
a Sister to discontinue her duties, she will Article en age or infirmities oblige in the Hospital, and her board, washing, lights and fires will be paid for, she will receive her supply of indispensable linen, but she will not be entitled to the allowance of those who are inactivity. Sisters who are sickly or invalid will be replaced by other sisters of Charity on the same conditions as the first. The said Sisters will be considered, whether in health or sickness, as Sisters of the house, and in no wise as mercenaries.
Article XII—The Sisters of Charity will not admit any person to live with them. They will not be required to have the immediate care of syphilitic patients. Nev theless these diseases can be classed in spai rooms, to be cared for by hospital attend: and nurses under the direction of the Si The Sisters will tend or nurse at the Hospital only, and nowhere else, rich persons or women in confinement, They will not sit up or keep watch with any sick person in town, of whatever sex, estate, or condition he may be. They will'not undertake any new enterprise, whether within the establishment without, before asking and obtaining the sanction of the Trustees.
Article XIII.—The Sisters of Charity will always remain under the direction of their own Spiritual Superiors, in all matters not concerning the administration of the Hospital.
Article XIV.—When a Sister dies, the expenses of the funeral will be at the account of the Hospital Article XV.—In case of the voluntary withdrawal of the Community, or of another Congregation taking its place, the Sister Superior and the Trustees should give each other mutual notice one year beforehand, and should come to an understanding to deter. mine the date at which the Sisters should leave the Establishment.
The travelling expenses will t" borne by the one of the two parties who will have caused the withdrawal of the Sisters. five originals; the first for and. for———_—yr the Sister Abbess, the fourth trice of the Sisters of Charity in China, and the fifth for the Sister Superior of the Establishment.
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