Shrader, E. E.. Shrader, J. S. Simison, C. W Hutchinson .Luverne .Monticello ..Kimball Fergus Falls .St. Paul Hawley .Spring Valley Smith, Chas. E., Jr. Smith, F. D.. Smith, E. H. Smith, F. L. Rochester Minneapolis St. Paul Plainview Worthington Owatonna . Crosby .St. Paul Kasson . Bemidji Rochester Crookston .Montevideo Red Wing Minneapolis Faribault Cass Lake .St. Paul .Minneapolis Windom St. Paul Mankato . Minneapolis .Luverne . Rochester ..St. Cloud Cottage Grove Dawson .St. Paul St. Paul .Byron .Lake Elmo G..Albert Lea Owatonna Strachauer, Arthur C.. Minneapolis Strout, E. S.. Stuhr, Henry C. Sukeforth, L. A. Sundt, Mathias Sutton, Chas. S.. Swanson, Cephas.. Swartwood, F. A. Sweeney, Arthur Sweetser, H. B.. Sweitzer, S. E.. Swenson, Charles St. Peter New Ulm Welcome Minneapolis Minneapolis Duluth .Hanska St. Cloud St. Hilaire . Waseca .St. Paul Minneapolis Minneapolis ....Braham .Hibbing Windom New Ulm .St. Paul Sleepy Eye Stillwater Mankato Lindstrom Vancouver, B. C. Wellcome, J. W. B. Wilcox, M. Russell. Wilkinson, Stella Will, W. W. Williams, Cornelius. Madison Montgomery Minneapolis . Minneapolis Rochester South Haven ...Glencoe Minneapolis St. Paul Belle Plaine Minneapolis St. Cloud .Morton .St. Paul ..Donnelly Worthington Minneapolis .. Walker . Minneapolis .Graceville .Duluth .St. Paul CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE MEDICAL ADOPTED IN 1903 AND AS AMENDED TO DATE. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I-NAME OF THE ASSOCIATON The name and title of this organization shall be the Minnesota State Medical Association. ARTICLE II-PURPOSES OF THE The purposes of this Association shall be to federate and bring into one compact organization the entire medical profession of the State of Minnesota and to unite with similar societies of other states to form the American Medical Association; to extend medical knowledge and advance medical science; to elevate the standard of medical education, and to secure the enactment and enforcement of just medical laws; to promote friendly intercourse among physicians; to guard and foster the material interests of its members and to protect them against imposition; and to enlighten and direct public opinion in regard to the great problems of state medicine, so that the profession shall become more capable and honorable within itself, and more useful to the public in the prevention and cure of disease and in prolonging and adding comfort to life. ARTICLE III-COMPONENT SOCIETIES Component societies shall consist of those county medical societies which hold charters from this Association. ARTICLE IV-COMPOSITION OF THE Section 1. This Association shall consist of Members, Delegates and Guests. Sec. 2. Members. The Members of this Association shall be the members of the component county medical societies. Sec. 3. Delegates. Delegates shall be those members who are elected in accordance with this Constitution and By-Laws to represent their respective component societies in the House of Delegates of this Association. Sec. 4. Guests. Any distinguished physician not a resident of this state who is a member of his own State Association may become a guest during any Annual Session on invitation of the officers of this Association, and shall be accorded the privilege of participating in all of the scientific work for that Session. ARTICLE V-HOUSE OF DELEGATES The House of Delegates shall be the legislative and business body of the Association, and.shall consist of (1) Delegates elected by the component county societies, (2) the Councilors, and (3), exofficio, the President and Secretary of this Association. ARTICLE VI-COUNCIL The Council shall consist of the Councilors, the President, Secretary and Treasurer, ex-officio. Besides its duties mentioned in the By-Laws, it shall constitute the Finance Committee of the House of Delegates. A majority of Councilors shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE VII-SECTIONS AND DISTRICT SOCIETIES The House of Delegates may provide for a division of the scientific work of the Association into appropriate Sections, and for the organization of such Councilor District Societies as will promote the best interests of the profession, such societies to be composed exclusively of members of component county societies. ARTICLE VIII-SESSIONS AND MEETINGS Section 1. The Association shall hold an Annual Session, during which there shall be held daily General Meetings, which shall be open to all registered members and guests. Sec. 2. The time and place for holding each Annual Session shall be fixed by the House of Delegates. ARTICLE IX-OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and eight Councilors. Sec. 2. The officers, except the Councilors, shall be elected annually. The President shall appoint the first Councilors, to serve for one year, or until their successors are elected. The terms of the elected Councilors shall be for three years, those first elected serving one, two and three years, as may be arranged. All of these officers shall serve until their successors are elected and installed. Sec. 3. The officers of this Association shall be elected by the House of Delegates on the morning of the last day of the Annual Session, but no Delegate shall be eligible to any office named in the preceding section, except that of Councilor, and no person shall be elected to any such office who is not in attendance upon that Annual Session, and who has not been a member of the Association for the past two years. ARTICLE X-RECIPROCITY OF MEMBERSHIP WITH OTHER STATE SOCIETIES In order to broaden professional fellowship this Association is ready to arrange with other State Medical Associations for an interchange of certificates of membership, so that members moving from one state to another may avoid the formality of reelection. ARTICLE XI-FUNDS AND EXPENSES Funds shall be raised by an equal per capita assessment on each component society. The amount of the assessment shall be fixed by the House of Delegates, but shall not exceed the sum of $2.00 per capita per annum, except on a four-fifths vote of the Delegates present. Funds may also be raised by voluntary contributions, from the Association's publications, and in other manner approved by the House of Delegates. Funds may be appropriated by the House of Delegates to defray the expenses of the Association, for publications, and for such other purposes as will promote the welfare of the profession. All resolutions appropriating funds must be referred to the Finance Committee before action is taken thereon. ARTICLE XII-REFERENDUM Section 1. A General Meeting of the Association may, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, order a general referendum on any question pending before the House of Delegates, and when so ordered the House of Delegates shall submit such question to the members of the Association, who may vote by mail or in person, and, if the members voting shall comprise a majority of all the members of the Association, a majority of such a vote shall determine the question and be binding on the House of Delegates. Sec. 2. The House of Delegates may, by a twothirds vote of its own members, submit any question before it to a general referendum, as provided in the preceding section, and the result shall be binding on the House of Delegates. ARTICLE XIII-THE SEAL The Association shall have a common Seal, with power to break, change or renew the same at pleas ure. ARTICLE XIV-AMENDMENTS The House of Delegates may amend any article of this Constitution by a two-thirds vote of the Delegates present at any Annual Session, provided that such amendment shall have been presented in open meeting at the previous annual session, and that it shall have been published twice during the year in the bulletin or journal of this Association,, or sent officially to each component society at least two months before the meeting at which final action is to be taken. BY-LAWS. CHAPTER I-MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The name of a physician on the properly certified roster of members of a component society, which has paid its annual assessment, shall be prima facie evidence of membership in this Association. Sec. 2. Any person who is under sentence of suspension or expulsion from a component society, or whose name has been dropped from its roll of members, shall not be entitled to any of the rights or benefits of this Association, nor shall he be permitted to take part in any of its proceedings until he has been relieved of such disability. Sec. 3. Each member in attendance at the Annual Session shall enter his name on the registration book, indicating the component society of which he is a member. When his right to membership has been verified by reference to the roster of his society, he shall receive a badge, which shall be evidence of his right to all the privileges of membership at that Session. No member shall take part in any of the proceedings of an Annual Session until he has complied with the provisions of this section. CHAPTER II-ANNUAL AND SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION Section 1. The Association shall hold an Annual Session. at such time and place as has been fixed at the preceding Annual Session by the House of Delegates. Sec. 2. Special meetings of either the Association or of the House of Delegates shall be called by the President on petition of twenty delegates of fifty members. CHAPTER III-GENERAL MEETINGS Section 1. All registered members may attend and participate in the proceedings and discussions of the General Meetings and of the Sections. The General Meetings shall be presided over by the President or by one of the Vice-Presidents, and before them shall be delivered the address of the President and the orations. Sec. 2. The General Meeting may recommend to the House of Delegates the appointment of committees or commissions for scientific investigation of special interest and importance to the profession and the public. CHAPTER IV-HOUSE OF DELEGATES Section 1. The House of Delegates shall meet at 2 p. m. on the day before that fixed as the first day of the Annual Session. It may adjourn from time to time as may be necessary to complete its business; provided, that its hours shall conflict as little as possible with the General Meetings. The order of business shall be arranged as a separate section of the program. Sec. 2. Each component county society shall be entitled to send to the House of Delegates each year one delegate for every fifty members, and one for each fraction thereof, but each component society which has made its annual report and paid its assessment as provided in this Constitution and By-Laws, shall be entitled to one delegate. Sec. 3. Twenty delegates shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 4. It shall, through its officers, Council and otherwise, give diligent attention to and foster the scientific work and spirit of the Association, and shall constantly study and strive to make each Annual Session a stepping-stone to future ones of higher interest. Sec. 5. It shall consider and advise as to the material interest of the profession, and of the public in those important matters wherein it is dependent upon the profession, and shall use its influence to secure and enforce all proper medical and publichealth legislation, and to diffuse popular information in relation thereto. Sec. 6. It shall make careful inquiry into the condition of the profession of each county in the State, and shall have authority to adopt such methods as may be deemed most efficient for building up and increasing the interest in such county societies as already exist, and for organizing the profession in counties where societies do not exist. It shall especially and systematically endeavor to promote friendly intercourse among physicians of the same locality, and shall continue these efforts until every physician in every county of the State who can be made reputable has been brought under medical society influence. Sec. 7. It shall encourage post-graduate and research work, as well as home study, and shall endeavor to have the results utilized and intelligently discussed in the county societies. Sec. 8. It shall elect representatives to the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of that body. Sec. 9. It shall, upon application, provide and issue charters to county societies organized to conform to the spirit of this Constitution and By-Laws. Sec. 10. In sparsely settled sections it shall have authority to organize the physicians of two or more counties into societies to be designated by hyphenating the names of two or more counties so as to distinguish them from district and other classes of societies, and these societies, when organized and chartered, shall be entitled to all the privileges and representation provided herein for county societies, until such counties may be organized separately. Sec. 11. It shall divide the State into Councilor Districts, specifying what counties each district shall include, and, when the best interest of the Association and profession will be promoted thereby, organize in each a district medical society, and all members of component county societies, and no others, shall be members in such district societies. When so organized, from the presidents of such district societies shall be chosen the vice-presidents of this Association, and the presidents of the county societies of the district shall be the vice-presidents of such district societies. Sec. 12. It shall have authority to appoint committees for special purposes from among members of the Association who are not members of the House of Delegates. Such committees shall report to the House of Delegates, and may be present and participate in the debate on their reports. Sec. 13. It shall approve all memorials and resolutions issued in the name of the Association before the same shall become effective. CHAPTER V-ELECTION OF OFFICERS Section 1. All elections shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect. Sec. 2. The election of officers shall be the first order of business of the House of Delegates after the reading of the minutes on the morning of the last day of the General Session. Sec. 3. Any person known to have solicited votes for or sought any office within the gift of this Association shall be ineligible for any office for two years. CHAPTER VI-DUTIES OF OFFICERS Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the House of Delegates; shall appoint all committes not otherwise provided for; he shall deliver an annual address at such time as may be arranged, and perform such other duties as custom and parliamentary usage may require. He shall be the real head of the profession of the State during his term of office, and, as far as practicable, shall visit by appointment the various sections of the State and assist the Councilors in building up the county societies, and in making their work more practical and useful. Sec. 2. The Vice-Presidents shall assist the President in the discharge of his duties. In the event of the President's death, resignation or removal, the Council shall select one of the vice-presidents to succeed him. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the Council may require. The Council shall execute said bond with some indemnity company at the expense of the Association. He shall demand and receive all funds due the Association together He shall pay with the bequests and donations. money out of the treasury only on a written order of the President, countersigned by the Secretary; he shall subject his accounts to such examinations as the House of Delegates may order, and he shall annually render an account of his doings and of the state of the funds in his hands. The amount of his salary shall be fixed by the Council. Sec. 4. The Secretary shall attend the General Meetings of the Association and the meetings of the House of Delegates, and shall keep minutes of their respective proceedings in separate record books. He shall be ex-officio Secretary of the Council. He shall be custodian of all record books and papers belonging to the Association, except such as properly belong to the Treasurer, and shall keep account of and promptly turn over to the Treasurer, all funds of the Association which come into his hands. He shall provide for the registration of the members and delegates at the Annual Sessions. He shall, with the co-operation of the secretaries of the component societies, keep a card-index register of all the legal practitioners of the State by counties, noting on each his status in relation to his county society, and, on request, shall transmit a copy of this list to the He shall aid the American Medical Association. Councilors in the organization and improvement of the county societies and in the extension of the power and usefulness of this Association. He shall conduct the official correspondence, notifying members of meetings, officers of their election, and committees He shall employ of their appointment and duties. such assistants as may be ordered by the House of Delegates, and shall make an annual report to the House of Delegtes. He shall supply each component society with the necessary blanks for making their annual reports; shall keep an account with the component societies, charging against each society its assessment, collect the same, and at once turn it over to the Treasurer. Acting with the Committee on Scientific Work, he shall prepare and issue all programs. The amount of his salary shall be fixed by the Council. The Secretary shall present to the Association on the last day of the General Session, a summary of the proceedings of the Council and the House of Delegates. CHAPTER VII-COUNCIL It Section 1. The Council shall meet on the day preceding the first General Meeting of the Annual Session and daily during the Session and at such other times as necessity may require, subject to the call of the chairman, or on petition of three Councilors. shall meet on the last day of the Annual Session of the Association to organize and outline work for the ensuing year. It shall elect a chairman and a clerk, who, in the absence of the Secretary of the Association, shall keep a record of its proceedings. It shall, through its chairman, make an annual report to the House of Delegates. Sec. 2. Each Councilor shall be organizer, peacemaker and censor for his district. He shall visit the counties in his district when necessary for the purpose of organizing component societies where none exist; for inquiring into the conditions of the profession, and for improving and increasng the zeal of the county societies and their members. He shall make an annual report of his work and of the condition of the profession of each county in his district at the Annual Session of the House of Delegates. The necessary traveling expenses incurred by such Council or in the line of the duties herein imposed may be allowed by the House of Delegates on a proper itemized statement, and each Councilor shall receive as compensation a per diem of $10.00 while engaged in making his official visits to the counties in his district, but this shall not be construed to inIclude his expense in attending the Annual Session of the Association. Sec. 3. The Council shall be the board of censors of the Association. It shall consider all questions involving the rights and standing of members, whether in relation to other members, to the component societies, or this Association. All questions of an ethical nature brought before the House of Delegates or the General Meeting shall be referred to the Council without discussion. It shall hear and decide all questions of discipline affecting the conduct of members or component societies on which an appeal is taken from the decision of an individual Councilor, and its decision in all such matters shall be final. Sec. 4. In sparsely settled sections it shall have authority to organize the physicians of two or more counties into societies, to be suitably designated so as to distinguish them from district societies, and these societies, when organized and chartered, shall be entitled to all rights and privileges provided for component societies until such counties shall be organized separately. Sec. 5. The Council shall provide for and superintend the publication and distribution of all proceedings, transactions and memoirs of the Association, and shall have authority to appoint an editor and such assistants as it deems necessary. money received by the Council and its agents, resulting from the discharge of the duties assigned to them, must be paid to the Treasurer of the Associa All |