County Infirmaries (Ireland) Act, 1814

A second infirmary may, if necessary, be established, but not within 20 miles of the first; and a surgeon and apothecary may be appointed to attend it, &c.

5. And . . . whenever and so often as the governors of any infirmary or hospital established within and for any county in Ireland shall deem it expedient to establish a second infirmary or hospital within the same county, it shall and may be lawful for them so to do, taking care that such infirmary shall not be situate within ten miles of the infirmary first established; and in such case it shall be lawful for such governors to elect a surgeon and apothecary for the purpose of attending such second or additional infirmary or hospital; and . whenever and so often as to infirmaries shall be so established within any county, it shall and may be lawful for the surgeon and apothecary of each of the said infirmaries or hospitals to receive respectively one half of the emoluments provided for surgeons or apothecaries of infirmaries or hospitals by this Act or any other Acts now in force relating to such infirmaries or hospitals: Provided always, that both such surgeons shall be duly qualified according to law, and that both of them shall have conformed to all and singular the enactments and provisions contained in this Act or in any other Act or Acts now in force relating to such infirmaries or hospitals.