adopted plan of the American Medical Association. The special committee of The American Medical Association, having under consideration the reorganization of the societies, has adopted a form of constitution and by-laws which is recommended for every state affiliating with The American Medical Association. That constitution and by-laws was recently printed in extenso in the Journal of the association and has probably fallen under the observation of every member of the society who receives the journal of the association. The committee recommends the adoption of that form with a few minor changes to meet special conditions existing in Colorado. The constitution and by-laws as was recommended by the committee is a long paper and requires some time to read and consider if every section is to be read and discussed singly. If the members of the society are already familiar with the proposed constitution and by-laws from perusing it in the Journal, it will only be necessary to read the changes suggested for our local conditions by the committee, and I shall either read the whole report or shall read simply the changes we have suggested in the report of The American Medical Association as the members of the association suggest.

Dr. McHugh: I move that the changes alone be read. Seconded; carried.

Dr. Munn: In reference to the composition of the association, the first change recommends adding to the provision for members, delegates and guests "and honorary members," as exists in our constitution. And the difference in this article: "Honorary membership may be conferred by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting of the Society, upon worthy and distinguished medical gentlemen." That is simply a continuation of a provision which we already have. There are no other changes recommended in the constitution.

In the by-laws the provision for membership is "The name of a physician, upon the properly certified roster of members, or list of delegates of a chartered county society which has paid its annual assessment, shall be prima facie evidence of his right to register at the annual session in the respective bodies of this association," to which we have added this: "Provided, however,

that all persons now (June, 1902) members of this society in good standing, may continue to maintain such membership by continuous compliance with the conditions and regulations in existence at the time such members were elected to membership." In explanation of that it is necessary to say that we have some members who under our old resolutions have been able to continue in good standing in this society although they have allowed their membership in county societies to lapse. Also we have many members who have joined the state society from districts in which there exist no county society. We desire to safeguard any legal right to membership that these persons may have, and a provision is therefore inserted. That perhaps is one of the most important changes, and it may be desired to vote upon that singly.

The President: Shall we discuss these as we take up each section or shall they be all read and discussed together?

Dr. Work: I suggest that all of these changes be read and discussed together. It will be a very tedious matter to take up even the changes we have and discuss them separately. As they are read let each member make a note of the point he wishes to discuss and then when they are all read, let us take up the discussion of such changes as we desire.

Dr. Munn: As to the time of meeting: "The Association. shall hold an annual session at such time and place as has been fixed at the preceding annual session." That will not tie us down to any particular place or time, but each year the matter will be determined in open session.

"No address or paper before the association, except those of the president and orators, shall occupy more than fifteen minutes in its delivery; and no member shall speak longer than five minutes, nor more than once on any subject."

The provision for representation in the house of delegates, as recommended by the A. M. A. one delegate for every one hundred members or major fraction thereof in the county societies, we changed that to twenty-five members or major fraction thereof on account of the small membership in some of our counties.

A provision for the awarding of prizes to a banner medical society and for encouraging post-graduate work, stricken out entirely on account of not being applicable to as sparsely settled a state as ours is.

A provision for the duties of councillors in connection with councillor districts, imposing certain duties, that would involve considerable expense, five hundred dollars per year, perhaps on the state society, entirely stricken out.

Provides for the appointment of the nominating committee, changed from ten delegates to five to constitute the nominating committee; "No two candidates for president shall be named from the same county," also stricken out.

A provision that the standing committees shall be appointed by the president rather than elected by the house of delegates, and also adding to the committees therein specified, viz., scientific work, public policy and legislation, nominations, arrangements, a committee on Necrology, as we now have.

Provision in regard to the duties of the committee on publication. "The committee on publication shall consist of three members, of which the secretary shall be one and chairman, and shall have referred to it all reports on scientific subjects. The Transactions shall consist of minutes, reports, president's address and list of members." This provision will entirely cut out the printing of the papers read before the society in a volume of transactions, and by so doing will reduce the expense of printing the Transactions by about four hundred dollars a year.

In regard to assessments and expenditures: "An assessment of three dollars per capita on the membership of the component societies is hereby made the annual dues of this association; provided, however, that those now members of the state society and not members of a county society shall annually pay dues of $5.00 to the state society until such time as they may complete their membership in an affiliated county society."

To the provision that a county society failing to pay up its dues shall thereby forfeit the rights of individual membership, on the floor, we have added, "Unless such individual members or delegates shall personally and independently pay an annual due of $5.00 each into the treasury of the state society," which is to

prevent any individual member of the county society losing his right to representation on the floor through dereliction of the officers of his county society, that is, if they fail to pay up the dues for the whole society the individual member shall not therefor forfeit his rights if he is willing to pay the $5.00 a year, as he has done in the past. Otherwise the $5.00 dues per year separately to the state society would be abolished.

There are certain provisions suggested here in reference to social meetings of the county societies and serving of refreshments and so on which to us seem improper to introduce in the bylaws of the state society, and we have therefore stricken them out. Those are all the changes, Mr. Chairman, recommended to the constitution and by-laws as recommended by the American Medical Association.

Dr. Sol Kahn: There are some very important changes which the doctor has read and some of them we probably did not all comprehend. I make a motion that we appoint a time at which to discuss the changes and have them printed beforehand so that we can read the changes and know what we are to discuss. There are some matters in there that I think are very important, and I think we should set aside a time for the discussion of them. There are a great many members of the society who are not in attendance just at present, and I think they should be taken up at a time when we are likely to have the greatest attendance of the members of the society.

Motion seconded.

Dr. Munn: The proposition of change of by-laws was considered at the last annual meeting and postponed, being referred to a special committee at that time because there did not seem to be an opportunity for a full discussion and consideration. In the meantime this action of the American Medical Association and its committee had been taken, the proposed by-laws have been laid before every active member receiving the American Medical Association Journal for a period of about six weeks in the Journal, so that every person receiving the Journal has had an opportunity to give careful consideration to it if he cared to

do so. To discuss or to consider these things seriatum in open session is a difficult if not impossible matter, and it is also difficult and almost impossible to secure full meetings of committees representing the whole state; and while there may be some very good reasons why we should hesitate to make some of these changes, yet after reasonable consideration it has seemed to me individually and some other members of the committee that it is time for us to get into line with the other state societies in the American Medical Association on this right away, and that we will probably do as well to adopt the recommendations of The American Medical Association Committee, with these few changes, at as early a time as possible. I do not believe myself that the society would give any better consideration to it at any other session of this meeting than it could this morning.

Dr. Work: I would like to move an amendment to Dr. Kahn's motion, that the changes be again read to-morrow morning the last thing before adjourning at noon, and again the day following the last thing before adjournment at noon, and immediately after reconvening of the society Thursday at noon the matter be taken up for consideration and voting.

Dr. Kahn: I accept the amendment.

Motion carried.

The President: The next order of business is the report of the committee on sanitation. Dr. Tyler is chairman of this committee, and I regret to say that he is sick and not able to be with us on account of sickness, and we will be glad if our secretary will express our regrets to Dr. Tyler.

The report of the committee on necrology was presented by Dr. Maurice Kahn, and is as follows:

It is the painful duty of your committee on necrology to report the death of an unusual number of prominent and valuable members of this society during the past year, three being expresidents of the society and long identified with it and the progress of medical affairs in the state of Colorado.