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 programme.

Sec. 3. Each component association shall be entitled to send to the House of Delegates each year, one delegate for every thirty-five members, or any part of that number.

Sec. 4. Fifteen delegates shall constitute a quorum.

Sec. 5. It shall, through its officers, Council, and otherwise, give diligent attention to and foster the scientific work and spirit of the Society, and shall constantly strive to make each annual session a stepping-stone to further advancement.

Sec. 6. It shall consider and advise as to the 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. 7. 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 interests in such county associations as already exist and for organizing the profession in counties where associations 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 in the State who can be made reputable has been brought under medical society influence.

Sec. 8. It shall encourage post-graduate and research work, as well as home study, and shall endeavor to have the results discussed and utilized.

Sec. 9. 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. 10. It shall have authority to appoint committees for special purposes from among members of the Society 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. 11. It shall approve all memorials and resolutions issued in the name of the Society before the same shall become effective. Sec. 12. Sections and District Societies. The House of Delegates may provide for a division of the scientific work of the Society into appropriate sections, and for the organization of such Councilor District Associations as will promote the best interests of the profession, such associations to be composed exclusively of members of component county associations.

CHAPTER IV.-SESSIONS AND MEETINGS.

Section 1. The Society shall hold an annual session, during which there shall be held daily General Meetings which shall be open to all registered members, guests and honorary members.

Sec. 2. The time and place for holding each annual session shall be fixed by the House of Delegates.

Sec. 3. Special meetings of either the Society or the House of Delegates shall be called by the President, on petition of ten (10) delegates or fifty (50) members.

Sec. 4. General Meetings. 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. 5. 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 V.-OFFICERS.

Section I. The Officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and eight Councilors.

Sec. 2. The officers, except the Councilors, shall be elected annually. 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 meetings 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, elect a councilor, who shall serve for two years.

Sec. 3. All elections shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect.

Sec. 4. 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, 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 has not been a member of the Society for the past two years.

CHAPTER VI.-DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the House of Delegates; shall appoint all committees not otherwise provided for; shall deliver an annual address at such times 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 associations 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 the sum of $1,000, the manner of bonding to be left to the Council. He shall demand and receive all funds due the Society, together with the bequests and donations. He shall pay money out of the treasury only on a written order of the President, countersigned by the Secretary; he shall subject his accounts to such examination 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.

Sec. 4. The Secretary shall attend the General Meetings of the Society 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 Society, except such as properly belong to the Treasurer, and shall keep account of and promptly turn over to the Treasurer all funds of the Society which come into his hands. He shall provide for the registration of the members and delegates of the annual sessions. He shall, with the coöperation of the secretaries of the component associations, 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 association, and, on request, shall transmit a copy of this list to the American Medical Association. He shall aid the Councilors in the organization and improvement of the county associations and in the extension of the power and usefulness of this Society. He shall conduct the official correspondence, notifying members of meetings, officers of their election, and committees of their appointment and duties. He shall employ such assistants as may be ordered by the House of Delegates, and shall make an annual report to the House of Delegates. He shall supply each component association with the necessary blanks for making their annual reports. Acting with the Committee on Scientific Work, he shall prepare and issue all programmes. The amount of his salary shall be fixed by the Council.

CHAPTER VII.-COUNCIL.

Section 1. The Council shall consist of one Councilor from each county and the President and Secretary ex officio. It shall be the Finance Committee of the House of Delegates. Five Councilors shall constitute a quorum.

The Board of Councilors shall appoint from its own members two members who, with the Treasurer of the Society, shall constitute a sub-committee to be designated a Committee on the Permanent Funds, whose duty it shall be to advise on the investment of such funds as the Society may have or receive by bequest or donation, according to the laws of the State of Connecticut governing trust funds. This committee shall, through the Chairman of the Council, recommend to the House of Delegates the disposition to be made of the permanent funds, both principal and income.

Sec. 2. The Council shall meet 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. It shall meet on the last day of the annual session of the Society 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 Society, shall keep a record of its proceedings. It shall, through its chairman, make an annual report to the House of Delegates.

Sec. 3. The Board of Councilors shall constitute the nominating committee of the Society. They shall report as such to the House of Delegates on the first day of the general session. After the report has been submitted an opportunity shall be given for other nominations to be made.

Sec. 4. Each Councilor shall be organizer, peacemaker, and censor for his district. He shall visit the counties in his district at least once a year for the purpose of organizing component associations where none exist; for inquiring into the condition of the profession, and for improving and increasing the zeal of the county associations and their members. He shall make an annual report of his work and of the condition of the profession