General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 775
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TITUS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
itations as may be prescribed by the Board. He shall be a person qualified
by training and experience for the position of Administrator.
The Board of Hospital Managers shall have the authority to employ
such employees of every kind and character as may be deemed advisable
for the efficient operation of the hospital or hospital system; provided that
no contract or term of employment shall exceed the period of two (2)
years.
The Board of Hospital Managers, with the approval of the Commission-
ers Court, shall be authorized to contract with any county for care and
treatment of the county's sick, diseased and injured persons, and with the
State and agencies of the Federal Government for the care and treatment
of such persons for whom the State and such agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment are responsible. Further, under the same conditions, the Board
of Hospital Managers may enter into such contracts with the State and
Federal Government as may be necessary to establish or continue a retire-
ment program for the benefit of its employees.
The Board of Hospital Managers may in addition to retirement pro-
grams authorized by this Act establish such other retirement program for
the benefit of its employees as it deems necessary and advisable.
A majority of the Board of Hospital Managers present shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of any business. From among its members,
the Board shall choose a Chairman, who shall preside; or in his absence a
Chairman pro tem shall preside; and the Administrator or any member of
the Board may be appointed Secretary. The Board shall require the Sec-
retary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each meeting of the
Board. Such records shall be read and signed after each meeting by the
Chairman or the member presiding, and attested by the Secretary. The
Board shall have a seal, on which shall be engraved the name of the Hos-
pital District; and said seal shall be kept by the Secretary and used in
authentication of all acts of the Board.
Sec. 7. The Board of Hospital Managers shall have the power to pre-
scribe the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by
and for such Hospital District, and also shall be authorized to prescribe all
accounting and control procedures. The Board shall cause an annual
audit to be made of the books and records of the District as soon as practi-
cable after the close of each fiscal year, such audit to cover such fiscal
year, and to be made by an independent public accountant. The Hospital
District shall pay all salaries and expenses necessarily incurred by the
Board or any of its officers and agents in performing any duties which may
be prescribed or required under this Act. It shall be the duty of any
officer, employee or agent of the Board to perform and carry out any func-
tion or service prescribed by the Board hereunder.
Sec. 8. In the event of incapacity, absence or inability of the Admin-
istrator to discharge any of the duties required of him, the Board may des-
ignate an assistant to the Administrator to discharge any duties or func-
tions required of the Administrator. Such assistant or other persons shall
give bond and have such limitations upon his authority as may be fixed by
the order of the Board.
Sec. 9. Once each year, as soon as practicable after the close of the
fiscal year, the Administrator of the Hospital District shall report to the
Board of Hospital Managers and the Commissioners Court, a full sworn
statement of all moneys and choses in action received by such Administra-
tor and how disbursed or otherwise disposed of. Such report shall show
in detail the operations of the District for the year. Under the direction
of the Board of Hospital Managers, he shall prepare an annual budget
which shall be approved'by the Boardiof Hospital Managers.
.7 5Ch. 298
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1111/?q=+date%3A1945-1972&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.