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1. The Master and Governors shall meet annually at the Hospital House on the 12th September (or the 13th if the 12th be a Sunday), when they shall view and surevy the children resident there, and the offices, teachers, tutors, servants and others, and the furniture, utensils and equipment, the money and debts etc.
2. The Master and Governors shall examine the ages of the children and discharge those aged 16 or over, and elect others according to the Charter; and such children as they discharge, they shall direct and appoint to other places as apprentices or scholars, at their discretion, 'guiding and contributing' if necessary; if past pupils have become tradesmen and are able to take apprentices, the Master and Governors shall press them to do so, if possible without remuneration.
3. There shall always be one poor man and two poor women to provide meat and drink for the children, to wash their clothes and to ensure their health and hygiene, and to provide clothes and other necessaries from time to time in accordance with the wishes of the Master and Governors; they shall have such allowances and wages as shall be directed by the Master and Governors.
4. The children shall be taught and instructed to read English and to cast accounts; then if any shall be found apt for further learning, they shall be sent daily to the Grammar School within the city to be taught, provided that those who are not thus sent shall be trained in some industry or labour, and not allowed to be idle. The teachers shall be recruited from the city and allowances given to them out of the Hospital's revenue, rather than the Hospital employ a man for this purpose. If there is sickness, or other circumstances prevail, so that children cannot be sent out, or no teacher can be found within the city, then the Master and Governors may employ a teacher.
5. The Master and Governors shall annually take order for the repair of the buildings of the Hospital and renew and provide the necessary implements and furniture, clothing etc., provided that if the said poor man or women die before the annual meeting, or leave or be removed, then the Master and any two of the Governors shall replace them until the said annual meeting at which time the appointment will be confirmed or rejected.
6. The choice of which children are to be admitted will be taken in accordance with Dr Smyth's will. Five shall have been born, and now dwelling in the City of Lincoln, one in the precinct of the Cathedral [the Close and Bail], three in Potterhanworth, and three in Welton by Lincoln, and if insufficient be found, then others to be chosen from the said localities.
7. The Master and Governors shall elect either the Master or one of the Governors to be Receiver of the rents, profits and revenues, and Disburser of the moneys so received. He shall at the end of the year make accounts which are to be examined and verified or rejected by the said Master and Governors. A new Receiver shall be appointed at the same annual meeting. If any Receiver be discovered in arrears and he refuse to pay the same, his default will be made known to the Lord Chancellor, Supervisor of the said Hospital, who may remove the Receiver from his Governorship and take other action for the speedy payment of the arrears.
8. No lease shall be made of any land belonging to the Hospital for longer tenure than 21 years, and no fine taken for the lease; the true yearly value of the land to be demised shall be reserved in rent payable annually to the Master and Governors. No lease shall be made unless the former lease has expired, or is within one year of expiry, or is surrendered at the making of the new one. There shall be a condition of re-entry for non-payment of rent within 20 days of the appointed term, and covenants for repairs, and tree-planting where necessary. Leases are to be made only at a general meeting.
9. A chest shall be provided, with three different keys, in which the common seal of the Hospital shall be kept; the Master shall have one key, the Receiver another, and one of the Governors the third. | Temporal: | 4 Jan 1613 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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