Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1915 — MOVE FOR COUNTY HOSPITAL. [ARTICLE]

MOVE FOR COUNTY HOSPITAL.

Petition Being Circulated Asking Commissioners to Expend SIO,OOO for Grounds and Building. -Judge C. W. Hanley is circulating a petition, which is being generally signed, asking the county commis--1 sionerg to buy suitable ground and 1 erect in Rensselaer a county hospiI tal, to cost not to exceed SIO,OOO, Under the act of 1913, page 742, 1 which provides that the board may renter an order establishing such hosr pital and levy a tax for the maintence thereof of not exceeding two mills on the dollar for a period not Exceeding 20 years, and may issue tonds to provide for the purchase of I site and the erection of buildings, rnenever a petition signed by 250 fesident freeholders of such county, to of whom shall be from outside tie town where it is proposed ot locite such hospital, is filed with said biard. . *The doctors of Francesville, Monai, Brook, Mt. Ayr and Goodland ar T also favorable to the proposition an| will send their patients here if such an institution is established here. It is argued that practically all of the patients that are now sent to Chicago or to hospitals in other cities can be taken care of here and that the expense will be much less than if sent elsewhere. The law provides that in the event such hospital is established it shall be open to all inhabitants of the county, but that such inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay a reasonable compensation for occupancy, care, nursing, medical attendance, etc.; that it shall be managedj by a board of five trustees, chosen from citizens at large with reference to their fitness for such office, two of whom may be women, and all residents of the county. The first board is appointed by the commissioners and thereafter they are elected at the general elections. No practicing physician can be appointed or elected as a member of the board of trustees,' and the trustees receive no compensation for their services. The petition will be filed with the beard of commissioners at their meeting next week.