Assessments.

Expenses.

Referendum.

Seal.

Amendments.

not in attendance upon that Annual Session and who has not been a member of this AssOCIATION for the previous two years.

ARTICLE IX.-FUNDS AND EXPENSES.

Funds for meeting the expenses of the AssoCIATION shall be arranged for by the House of Delegates by an equal per capita assessment upon each County Society to be fixed by the House of Delegates, by voluntary contribution, and from the profits of its publications. Funds may be appropriated by the House of Delegates to defray the expenses of the Annual Sessions, for publication, and for such other purposes as will promote the welfare of the AssOCIATION and the profession. ARTICLE X.-REFERENDUM.

The General Meeting of the ASSOCIATION may, by a twothirds vote, order a general referendum upon any question pending before the House of Delegates, and the House of Delegates may, by a similar vote of its own members, or after a like vote of the General Meeting, submit any such question to the membership of the AssOCIATION for a final vote; and if the persons voting shall comprise a majority of all the members, a majority of such vote shall determine the question, and be binding upon the House of Delegates.

ARTICLE XI.--THE SEAL.

The ASSOCIATION shall have a common Seal, with power to break, change or renew the same at pleasure.

ARTICLE XII-AMENDMENTS.

The House of Delegates may amend any article of this Constitution by a two-thirds vote of the delegates registered at that Annual Session, provided that such amendment shall have been presented in open meeting at the previous Annual Session, and that it shall have been sent officially to each Component County Society at least two months before the session at which final action is to be taken.

By-Laws

CHAPTER I.-MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. All members of the Component County Membership. Societies shall be privileged to attend all meetings and take part in all of the proceedings of the Annual Sessions, and shall be eligible to any office within the gift of the ASSOCIA

TION.

SEC. 2. The name of a physician upon the properly cer- Qualification. tified roster of members, or list of delegates, of a chartered County Society which has paid its annual assesment, shall be prima facie evidence of his right to register at the annual session in the respective bodies of this ASSOCIATION.

SEC. 3. No person who is under sentence of suspension or Disability. expulsion from any Component Society of this ASSOCIATION, or whose name has been dropped from its roll of members, shall be entitled to any of the rights or benefits of this AssoCIATION, nor shall he be permitted to take any part in any of its proceedings until such time as he has been relieved of his disability.

SEC. 4. Each member in attendance at the Annual Session Registration. 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 or delegate 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 Ses- Annual sion at such time and place as has been fixed by the House Session of Delegates at the preceding Annual Session.

SEC. 2. Special sessions of either the ASSOCIATION or Special House of Delegates shall be called by the President at his dis- Session. cretion or upon petition of twenty delegates,

General
Meetings.

Functions.

Program.

Time limit.

Papers.

House of
Delegates.

Early

Meetings.

CHAPTER III.-GENERAL MEETINGS.

SECTION 1. The General Meetings shall include all registered Members, Delegates, and Guests, who shall have equal rights to participate in the proceedings and discussions; and, except guests, to vote on pending questions. Each General Meeting shall be presided over by the President, or in his absence or disability, or at his request, by one of the VicePresidents. Before it, at such time and place as may have been arranged, shall be delivered the annual address of the President and the annual orations, and the entire time of the Session, so far as may be, shall be devoted to papers and discussions relating to scientific medicine.

SEC. 2. The General Meeting shall have authority to create committees or commissions for scientific investigations of special interest and importance to the profession and public, and to receive and dispose of reports of the same; but any expense in connection therewith must first be approved by the House of Delegates.

SEC. 3. Except by special vote, the order of exercises, papers and discussions as set forth in the official program shall be followed from day to day until it has been completed.

SEC. 4. No address or paper before the ASSOCIATION, except those of the President and Orators, shall occupy more than twenty minutes in its delivery; and no member shall speak longer than five minutes, nor except by unanimous consent more than once on any subject.

SEC. 5. All papers read before the ASSOCIATION shall be its property. Each paper shall be deposited with the Secretary when read, and if this is not done it shall not be published.

CHAPTER IV.-HOUSE OF Delegates.

SECTION 1. The House of Delegates shall meet annually at the time and place of the Annual Session of the ASSOCIATION, and shall so fix its hours of meeting as not to conflict with the first General Meeting of the ASSOCIATION, or with the meeting held for the address of the President and the annual orations, and so as to give delegates an opportunity to attend the other scientific proceedings and discussions so far as is consistent with their duties. If the business interests of the ASSOCIATION and profession require, it may meet in advance, or remain in session after the final adjournment of the General Meeting.

Representa

tion

SEC. 2. Each Component County Society shall be entitled Ratio of to send to the House of Delegates each year one delegate for every 100 members, and one for each fraction thereof, but each County Society holding a charter from this AssocÏATION, 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. A majority of the registered delegates shall con- Quorum. stitute a quorum, and all of the meetings of the House of Delegates shall be open to members of the AssoCIATION.

Scientific.

SEC. 4. It shall, through its officers, through the Council, Duties 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 steppingstone to future ones of higher interest.

SEC. 5. It shall consider and advise as to the material Material. interests 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 public-health legislation, and to diffuse popular information in relation thereto.

SEC. 6. It shall make careful inquiry into the condition of Organizing. 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 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 between physicians of the same locality, and shall continue these efforts in every county of the State, until every physician who can be made reputable has been brought under medical society influence.

Fraternal.

SEC. 7. It shall encourage postgraduate work in medical Educational. centers, as well as home-study and research, and shall endeavor to have the results of the same utilized and intelligently discussed in the County Societies. With these ends in view, five years after the adoption of these By-Laws no voluntary paper shall be placed upon the annual program or be heard in the ASSOCIATION, which has not first been read in the County Society of which the author is a member.

SEC. 8. It shall elect representatives to the House of Dele- Representative. gates of the American Medical Association in accordance

Charters.

Multiple County Societies.

Councilor
Districts.

Committees.

Revision.

Report.

Elections.

Nominations.

with the Constitution and By-Laws of that body in such manner that not more than one-half of the Delegates shall be elected in any one year.

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 counties of the State into ten Councilor Districts, and, when the best interests of the AssoCIATION and profession will be promoted thereby, organize in each a district medical society, to meet midway between the Annual Sessions of this ASSOCIATION. Members of the chartered county societies, and none others, shall be members of such district societies. When so organized, from the Presidents of such district societies shall be chosen the Vice-Presidents of the 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 may report to the House of Delegates in person, and may 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, providing it shall not make void the verdict of a referendum.

SEC. 14. It shall present a summary of its proceedings to the last general meeting of each annual session, and shall publish the same in the Transactions.

CHAPTER V.-ELECTION OF OFFICERS. SECTION 1. All elections shall be by secret ballot, and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect.

SEC. 2. The House of Delegates on the first day of the Annual Session shall select a Committee on Nominations