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Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission
- Generally.

103. Section 28. The department of public welfare shall be hi charge off the Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission which shall consist of five (5) members. The members of the commission shall be electors and freeholders of the city and shall, with the exception of the secretary, serve without compensation. No doctor of medicine or dentistry shall be appointed to the commission. The members of the first commission existing hereunder shall be appointed on the third Monday of April, 1926, and shall be appointed for the term of one year, two (2) years, three (3) years, four (4) years and five (5) years, respectively. On the third Monday of April, 1927 and on the third Monday of April in each year thereafter, one member of the commission shall be appointed for the term of five (5) years.

Editor's note—The above section appears as amended by a proposition submitted to the electors on April 6, 1959, which changed the name of the public welfare commission to the Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission. The charter compilation contained in the city's 1956 Code has been relied upon for the exact rewording and for the fact that the amendment was approved by the electors.

Same - Officers and employees.

104. Section 29. The Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission shall elect from its number a president and vice-president. The commission shall appoint a secretary who may or may not be a member of the commission and whose duties shall be prescribed by the commission. The officers of the commission shall hold office for the term of one year and until then- successors shall be duly elected and enter upon the duties of their respective offices; provided that if the secretary of the commission be not a member thereof he shall not be deemed an officer within the meaning of this provision. The secretary shall receive such compensation as the commission with the consent of the council shall determine. The commission shall appoint such employees and assistants as shall be necessary and shall with the consent of the council fix their compensation. The commission shall not have authority to enter into any contract of employment not determinable at the will of the commission, without the consent of the council. The commission may discharge any assistant or employee without cause shown.

Editor's note—By an amendment approved by the electorate on April 6, 1959, the name of the public welfare commission was changed to the Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission.

Same - Meetings, records, quorums.

105. Section 30. The Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission shall hold meetings regularly, at least one every two (2) weeks, and shall designate the time and place thereof, shall adopt its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings. Proper accounts of the receipts and erpenditures [expenditures] of money shall be kept. All meetings, records and accounts of the commission shall be public. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The city treasurer shall be the treasurer of the commission and shall keep all moneys appropriated to or under the control of the commission in separate funds, one of which shall be known as the hospital fund and one of which shall be known as the poor fund. The moneys shall only be paid from said funds upon warrants drawn and signed by the secretary of the commission and countersigned by the president thereof; provided that the commission may make provision for the distribution of money or necessities to the poor of the city in emergency cases, and may establish a fund for that purpose to be drawn upon as the commission shall direct. Editor's note—By an amendment approved by the electorate on April 6, 1959, the name of the public welfare commission was changed to the Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission.

General powers and duties.

106. Section 31. The powers and duties of the Wyandotte General Hospital and Public Welfare Commission which shall be exercised as herein provided and in accordance with the general laws of the state and the ordinances of the city shall be as follows:

a. The commission shall have the powers and duties of directors of the poor of townships of this state, and shall have charge and control of all cases of persons applying for public aid in the city and the disbursement of funds for their relief.

b. The commission shall provide medical aid and treatment for sick persons who shall have become charges of the city and who temporarily are unable to obtain medical relief or treatment, and for this purpose shall have the right to call upon the commissioner of health and sanitation to treat all sick persons under its care, and may aid and treat in its discretion cases of alcoholism, insanity and emergency accident cases occurring in the city.

c. The commission may receive and disburse donations for relief work and act for such purpose in connection with any society or organization for charitable purposes, and shall receive and disburse all moneys received from penal institutions for the relief of dependent members of families of prisoners, and of moneys apportioned and paid to the city by the county of Wayne for relief work.

d. The commission shall have the control and management of all municipal hospitals.

e. The commission shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the council shall by ordinance or resolution prescribe.

Note—See the editor's note following paragraph 103.

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