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Resolution Amending the Charter of the
Connecticut Medical Society.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 1905

Resolved by this assembly:

Section I. That the charter of the Connecticut Medical Society, approved June 5, 1834, and as the same has been amended from time to time, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

That all persons who are now members of the Connecticut Medical Society and all physicians and surgeons who shall hereafter be associated with them in pursuance of the provisions of this resolution shall be and remain a body politic and corporate by the name of The Connecticut State Medical Society; and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession; shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all suits of whatever name and nature; may have a common seal and may alter the same at pleasure; and may also purchase, receive, hold, and convey any estate, real and personal, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. The superintendence and management of the corporation shall be vested in a board to be known and called by the name of The House of Delegates of The Connecticut State Medical Society, which board shall have power to establish officers in said corporation and prescribe the duties of the several officers and of the members of said corporation and may fix their compensation; to establish the conditions of admission to and dismission and expulsion from said society; to lay a tax from time to time upon the members, not exceeding five dollars in each year, and to collect the same; to hold and dispose of all moneys and other property belonging to the corporation in such manner as they may deem proper to promote the objects and interests of the society; and in general to make such by-laws and regulations for the due government of the society, not repugnant to the laws of the United States or of this state, as may be deemed necessary.

Sec. 3. The House of Delegates of The Connecticut State Medical Society shall be composed of, (1) ex officio, the president and secretary of the society; (2) delegates to be elected annually as hereinafter provided, by the several county medical associations in this state which heretofore have been and now are affiliated with The Connecticut Medical Society; and (3) eight councilors to be elected from time to time as hereinafter provided. Sec. 4. An annual meeting of the corporation for the election of officers and such other business as may from time to time arise, shall be held during the month of May in each year and upon such day in said month as the House of Delegates shall from time to time prescribe.

Sec. 5. At a meeting to be held at least twenty days in advance of the annual meeting of the corporation in each year, every affiliated county association shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent it in the House of Delegates of this society in the proportion of one delegate to each thirty-five members, or any part of that number, and the secretary of such affiliated county association shall send a list of such delegates to the secretary of this corporation at least twenty days before the date of said annual meeting.

Sec. 6. The first councilors shall be appointed by the president, one from each county, who shall serve for one year or until their successors shall be elected. At their annual meeting in the year 1906, each affiliated county medical association shall elect one councilor, of whom those elected in Hartford, New London, Windham, and Middlesex counties shall serve for one year, and those elected in New Haven, Fairfield, Litchfield, and Tolland counties shall serve for two years; and at the expiration of the term of office of the councilors, so elected, each affiliated county medical association shall, biennially thereafter, elect a councilor, who shall serve for two years.

Sec. 7. The secretary of every affiliated county medical association in this state shall, in May, 1905, and annually thereafter, at least ten days before the annual meeting of the society, file with its secretary a list of all members of said respective county associations who are at the time in good and regular standing, and thereupon all such persons shall become and be members of The Connecticut State Medical Society without further action.

The Connecticut State Medical Society.

BY-LAWS.

CHAPTER I.

Section 1. Name. The name and title of this organization shall be The Connecticut State Medical Society.

Sec. 2. Purposes of the Society. The purposes of this Society shall be to federate and bring into one compact organization the entire medical profession of the State of Connecticut, 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; 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.

Sec. 3. Component Associations. Component Associations shall consist of those county medical associations which heretofore have been and now are affiliated with the Connecticut Medical Society.

Sec. 4. Composition of Society. This Society shall consist of members, delegates, guests, and honorary members.

Sec. 5. Members. Members of this Society shall be members of the component county medical associations.

Sec. 6. Delegates. (1) Delegates shall be those members who are elected by the component county associations; (2) the Councilors; their respective component associations in the House of Delegates of this Society.

Sec. 7. 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 Society and shall be accorded the privilege of participating in all the scientific work for that session.

Sec. 8. Honorary Members. Eminent physicians, not residents of this State, may be elected Honorary Members by a major vote of the House of Delegates after nnmination of one year, but shall not exceed three in any one year.

Honorary Members shall have all the privileges accorded by Section 7 to guests.

CHAPTER II.-MEMBERSHIP.

Section 1. The name of a physician upon the properly certified roster of members of a component association, who has paid his annual assessment, shall be prima facie evidence of membership in this society.

The annual tax shall be collected from all such members except the secretaries of County Medical Associations, but the taxes of any member may be remitted by vote of the House of Delegates upon recommendation of any County Medical Association.

Sec. 2. Any person who is under sentence of suspension or expulsion from a component association, or whose name has been dropped from its roll of members, shall not be entitled to any of the rights or benefits of the Society, 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 association of which he is a member.

CHAPTER III.-HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

Section 1. The House of Delegates shall be the legislative and business body of the Society, and shall consist of (1) delegates elected by the component county associations; (2) the Councilors; and (3), ex officio, the President and Secretary of this Society.

Sec. 2. The House of Delegates shall meet on the first day of the annual session. It may adjourn from time to time as may be

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