named in honor and memory of two of the most worthy and capable physicians who have graced the annals of our State Society — Francis D. Edgerton, of Middletown, and John H. Grannis, of Saybrook. Both were zealous in the foundation of the Middlesex Hospital and both have been President of the Connecticut State Medical Society. Respectfully submitted,

FRANK K. HALLOCK, Councilor.

(h) Tolland County, by Dr. William L. Higgins:

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The duties of Councilor for Tolland County have not been arduous for the past year. I have attended all the meetings which have been held by the board. And I have made a written report of my doings to our County Association. I succeeded in getting two new members of the Society, and brought about one re-instatement. I do not know of any physician in Tolland County who is eligible for membership who is not now a member, with the possible exception of one, who, I understand, has retired from practice on account of his age. Including him, there are twenty-eight physicians in the County, divided as follows: Twenty-two in our Society, two members of the Homeopathic Society, two members of the Eclectic Society, one who practices “all kinds," according to his own statement, and one who is retired.

We have one midwife who is located in Vernon.

The new Constitution and By-laws, while a little perplexing, in places, have been on the whole quite satisfactory, and if the larger Counties continue under it to show the same magnanimity to the small Counties that they did under the old order of things, I am sure that we shall dwell in peace together forever.

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM L. HIGGINS, Councilor.

(5) Report of Treasurer, Dr. Joseph H. Townsend (New Haven), to the Connecticut State Medical Society, for year ending. May 23, 1906:

(6) Report of Committee on Public Policy and Legislation by Dr. E. J. McKnight (Hartford).

Report of Committee on Public Policy and Legislation.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

As there has been no session of the Legislature since the last annual meeting of this Society, the report of your Committee must of necessity be one of recommendation only.

The session of 1903 passed the following amendment:

'Any one of the Examining Committees appointed under the provisions of Section 4716 may accept the license of any State Board of Medical Examiners of any State in the United States or in the District of Columbia, in lieu of said examination, provided the applicant shall present such license to the Examining Committee before whom he appears, together with satisfactory evidence that such license has been issued after a State examination of as high a grade and of the same kind as that required by said Examining

* Fifty-five dollars of this sum is due to the fact that the secretary of this county association was not correctly notified as to the amount laid as the annual tax.

Committee, that he is a resident of this State or that he intends in good faith to permanently reside herein, that he has been in actual practice for a period of at least six months in the year immediately preceding the date of his application, and that he is of good moral character and professional standing; and upon the payment to said Committee of the sum of fifteen dollars he may receive a certificate of the approval of such license by said Examining Committee."

This, so far, has been of little value to this Society, but has been very much misused by one of the examining boards. On account of this fact and the impossibility of securing reciprocal relations with other States while we have the three Examining Boards, as at present constituted, your Committee recommends that the act concerning the Practice of Medicine and Midwifery be so amended that there be but one Examining Board, composed of six members, three from the Connecticut State Medical Society, two from the Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Society, and one from the Connecticut Eclectic Medical Association.

It is also recommended that a bill be introduced in the next session of the General Assembly to regulate the sale of Proprietary Medicines and the Adulteration of Food.

It is believed that many are practicing medicine in this State at the present time illegally, and it is recommended that this Committee or a committee appointed for this especial purpose be instructed to secure the conviction of such as far as possible, and that a sufficient sum of money be placed at their disposal for the carrying out of this work.

The anti-vaccinationists, who were defeated in the last session of the General Assembly, will undoubtedly again attack our vaccination laws at the next session. While the document which the Special Committee will prepare upon this subject for general distribution will undoubtedly be of great value, it is necessary for some one to have charge of all matters of this kind which come before the Assembly. Our opponents have always been represented by able legal advisers, and your Committee feel that it should be given the authority to secure the services of a competent attorney to help it out in obtaining legislation which may be desired, and in preventing that which might be detrimental to the Public Health or the in

terests of the Medical Profession. Your Committee feels that the time has come when this Society should adopt business methods in treating these matters, and that a sufficient amount of money should be placed at its disposal for the proper carrying out of this work.

Your attention is called to the fact that considerable expense will be incurred in printing the pamphlet upon vaccination, and that some more definite means for raising the necessary amount must be arranged for.

In endeavoring to secure convictions for violations of the Medical Practice Act the law, as it stands at present, has been found to be ambiguous and not sufficiently explicit, and your Committee would therefore recommend that Section 4714 of the General Statutes be amended in such a way that there can be no doubt as to its meaning. Respectfully submitted,

E. J. MCKNIGHT,
C. S. RODMAN,

J. W. WRIGHT,
S. B. OVERLOCK,
ELIAS PRATT,
N. E. WORDIN,
WALTER R. STEINER,

FRANK K. HALLOCK,
WILLIAM L. HIGGINS.

Discussion.

Dr. W. L. Higgins (South Coventry): Mr. President, I would move that the chair appoint a committee of three to consider the recommendations of the Committee on Public Policy and Legislation and report tomorrow. Motion adopted.

The President: I will appoint as this committee Dr. W. L. Higgins (South Coventry), Dr. E. O. Winship (Rockville), and Dr. D. Chester Brown (Danbury).

Dr. W. L. Higgins: Mr. President, I would suggest that I feel a little delicate about serving on that committee, being one of the committee on vaccination. I suggest that you appoint some one else in my place.

The President: I will appoint in your place Dr. Norton R. Hotchkiss, of New Haven.