And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners, so to be elected as aforesaid, or any three or more of them, shall meet in the hall, or some other convenient place in the said College, as often as they shall think fit, so as such meetings do not interfere with the meetings of the Board of Censors, nor with any other general meeting of the College of Physicians; and that at all meetings of the said Commissioners to be holden for the purposes of this act, the Commissioner who is of the longest standing in the College shall be Chairman.
And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the said College for the time being shall be the Treasurer for the purposes of this act; and that the said Commissioners, or any three or more of them, shall at some meeting, to be holden within fourteen days next after they shall be elected as aforesaid, chuse and appoint a proper person to be their Secretary for the year then ensuing; and such Secretary shall be paid such salary or gratuity, for his trouble and attendance in the execution of his office, by the said Treasurer, as the said Commissioners, or any three or more of them, shall order and direct; and every such Secretary shall, at the next meeting of the said Commissioners after he shall be so appointed, take the following Oath:
I A. B. do swear, That I will faithfully execute all
such trusts as shall be committed to my charge, as Secretary
to the Commissioners for executing an Act of Parliament,
made in the fourteenth Year of the reign of King
George the Third, intituled, An Act for regulating Madhouses;
and that I will keep secret all such matters as
shall come to my knowledge, in the execution of my
office, (except when required to divulge the same by legal
authority).
So help me GOD.
And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners,
or any three or more of them, shall meet annually on the
third Wednesday in the month of October, or within ten
