H C N S T IT U TI O IT AND THE LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE Imerim ;Jublir N E \V YORK: PUBLISHED FOR THE ASSOCIATION. 1 8 73. CONSTITUTION OF THE American IBublic Jl'caltl) Association. TITLE. I.-This Association shall be called "The American Public Health Association." OBJECT. 11.-The objects of this Association shall be the advancement of sanitary science and the promotion of organizations and measures for the practical application of public hygiene. HI.-The members shall be selected with special reference to their acknowledged interest in, or devotion to, sanitary studies and allied sciences, and to the practical applications of the same. They shall be elected as follows : ' Each candidate for membership shall first be proposed to the Executive Committee in writing (which may be done at any time), with a statement of the business or profession, and special qualifications of the person so proposed : on recommendation of a majority of the Committee, and on receiving a vote of two- thirds of the members present at a regular meeting, the candi- date shall be declared duly elected a member of the Association. The annual fee of membership shall be five dollars. MEMBERS. OFFICERS. IV.-The officers shall be a President, a First and a Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 4 All the officers shall be elected by ballot, annually, except the Secretary, who shall be elected for a term of three years. PRESIDING OFFICER. V.-The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presi- dents, or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Association. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the Asso- ciation. He shall also appoint all Committees authorized by the Association, unless otherwise specially ordered. SECRETARY. VI.-The Secretary shall have charge of the Correspondence and Records of the Association ; and he shall also perform the duties of Librarian. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Association. lie shall, under the direc- tion of the Executive Committee, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Association, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Association ; and shall give notice to the sev- eral officers, and to the Executive and other Committees, of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Association, affect- ing them or appertaining to their respective duties. TREASURER. VII.-The Treasurer shall collect and take charge of the funds and securities of the Association. (Jut of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Association, or by the Executive Committee. He shall keep a true account of his re- ceipts and payments; and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Association, when a Committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. If from the annual report of the Treas- urer there shall appeal- to be a balance against the treasury, no appropriation of money shall be made for any object but the ne- cessary current expenses of the Association, until such balance shall be paid. 5 COMMITTEES. VIII.-There shall be a standing Committee, to be known as " the Executive Committee," which shall consist of the President, the First Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and six mem- bers annually elected by ballot. All Committees, and all members preparing scientific reports or papers to be laid before the Association, at its annual meetings, must give, in writing, the title of such reports or papers, the time to be occupied in reading them, and an abstract of their contents, to the Executive Committee, at least six weeks preceding the date of such meeting, to secure their announcement in the order of business. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. IX.-It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to con- sider and recommend plans for promoting the objects of the Association ; to authorize the disbursement and expenditure of unappropriated moneys in the treasury for the payment of cur- rent expenses ; to consider all applications for membership, and, at the regular meetings, report the names of such candidates as a majority shall approve ; and, generally, to superintend the in- terests of the Association, and execute all such duties as may, from time to time, be committed to them by the Association. At least one month preceding the annual meeting of the Associ- ation, the Executive Committee shall cause to be issued to mem- bers a notice of such meeting, and they are authorized to publish the same in medical, scientific, and other periodicals, but without expense to the Association; such notice shall contain the order of business to be followed at said meeting, and briefly, the sub- jects to be presented, and the special points of discussion. MEETINGS. X.-The time and place of each annual meeting shall be fixed at the preceding annual meeting, but may be changed by the Executive Committee for reasons that shall be specified in the announcement of the meeting. Special meetings may be called, at any time or place, by concurrence of two-thirds of the Execu- tive Committee. There shall be no election of officers, or change 6 of By-Laws, or appropriation of money to exceed the amount at that time in the treasury, at such special meeting, except by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Association. When- ever a special meeting is to be held, at least one month's notice shall, if possible, be given, by circular, to all the members, to- gether with the order of business. QUORUM. XI.-At the annual meeting nine members shall constitute a quorum for the election of officers, a change of the Constitution, the election of members, and the appropriation of moneys. ORDER OF BUSINESS. XII.-The order of business at all meetings of the Association shall .be fixed by the Executive Committee, and such order must be completed before any other business is introduced, except such order of business is suspended by a vote of four-fifths present. ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION. XIII.-No alteration in the Constitution of the Association shall be made except at an annual meeting, and unless such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting, and entered on the minutes with the name of the member proposing the same, and shall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. OFFICERS. President, STEPHEN SMITH, M.D., New York. First Vice-President, EDWIN M. SNOW. M.D., Rhode Island. Second Vice-President, C. B. WHITE, M.D., Louisiana. Secretary, ELISHA HARRIS, M.D., New York. Treasurer, JOHN H. RAUCH, M.D., Illinois. executive Committee: ELECTED MEMBERS. Edward Jarvis, M.D., Mass. Moreau Morris, M.D., N. Y. J. J. Woodward, M.D., U.S.A. S. O. Vanderpoel, M.D., N. Y. J. W. Toner, M.D., D. C. A. N. Bell, M.D., N. Y. ifist STEPHEN SMITH, M. D., Health Commissioner, New York. EDWIN M. SNOW, M.D., Superintendent of Health, Providence, R. I. Prof. CHARLES F. CHANDLER. M.D.. LL.D., President Board of Health. New York. Prof. HENRY HARTSHORNE, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- phia, Pa. HENRY GIBBONS, M.D., President State Board of Health, San Francisco, Cal. Prof. FRANCIS BACON, M.D., Yale College, New Haven, Conn. ELISHA HARRIS, M.D., Registrar of Records, &c., New York. C. B. WHITE, M.D., President Louisiana Board of Health, New Orleans, La. MOREAU MORRIS, M.D., Surgeon Amer. Popular Life Ins. Co., New York. HEBER SMITH, M.D., U. S. Marine Hospital Service, New York. EDWARD H. JANES, M.D., Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, New York. CARL PFEIFFER, Esq., C. E., Sec. Amer. Institute of Architects, New York. CHRISTOPHER C. COX. M.D., President Board of Health, Washington, D. C. JOHN H. RAUCH. M.D., Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM CLENDENIN, M.D., Cincinnati, 0. THOMAS STEWARDSON, M.D., Health Commissioner, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. WOODWORTH, Superv. Surg. U. S. Marine Hospital Service, and U. S. Commissioner of Emigration, Washington, D. C. Prof. JEROME COCHRAN, M.D., Board of Health, Mobile, Ala. CHARLES P. RUSSEL, M.D., Sanitary Inspector, New York. 8 JAMES E. REEVES, M.D., Wheeling, W. Va. W. S. BARKER, M.D., Board of Health, St. Louis, Mo. Prof. F. PEYRE PORCHER, M.D., Board of Health, Charleston, S. C. Prof. JOHN ORDRONAUX, M.D., LL.D., State Commissioner in Lunacy, &c., New York. Prof. CORYDON LA FORD, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. LORIN BLODGET, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa. FRED. LAW OLMSTED, Esq., Supt. Depart, of Public Parks, New York. J. A. COMINGOR, M. D.. President Board of Health, Indianapolis, Ind. H. A. JOHNSON, M.D., Board of Health, Chicago, Ill. JOHN S. NEWBERRY, M.D., LL.D., Professor in the School of Mines. Colum- bia College, New York. S. OAKLEY VANDERPOEL, M.D., Health Officer, Port of New York. THOMAS L. NEAL, M.D., Health Officer, Dayton, O. THOMAS M. LOGAN, M.D., Sec. State Board of Health, Sacramento, Cal. CHARLES N. ELLINWOOD, M.D., U. S. Marine Hospital Service, San Fran- cisco, Cal. HENRY BRONSON, M.D., New Haven, Conn. CHARLES N. HEWITT, M.D., Secretary State Board of Health, RedWing, Min. J. S. BILLINGS, M.D., Surg. U.S. Army. Washington, D. C. ISAAC RAY, M.D., West Philadelphia, Pa. DANIEL C. GILMAN, LL.D., Pres. University of California, San Francisco, Cal. B. F. KETCHAM, M.D., Board of Health, Mobile, Ala. G. A. MOSES, M.D., Board of Health, Mobile, Ala. GEORGE W. PEETE, M.D., Health Officer, Galveston, Texas. CORNELIUS R. AGNEW, M.D., New York. JOSEPH PARRISH, M.D., Media, Pa. AUGUSTUS C. HAMLIN, M.D., Health Officer, Bangor, Me. EPHRAIM CUTTER, M.D., Woburn, Mass. E. J. MARSH, M.D., Health Physician, Paterson, N. J. DAVID LITTLE, M. D., Health Officer, Rochester, N. Y. ERNST KRACKOWIZER, M.D., New York. JOHN McARTHUR, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa. JAMES JOHNSON, M.D., Health Officer, Milwaukee, Wis. JACOB S. MOSHER, M.D., Deputy Health Officer, New York. H. F. ASKEW, M. D., Wilmington, Del. EZRA M. HUNT, M.D., Metuchen, N. J. W. L. BARRET, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. J. T. HODGIN, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. JOHN BRYSON, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. J. L. CABELL, M.D., Pres. State Board of Health of Va., Charlottesville, Va. GEORGE M. ANDREWS, M.D., Detroit, Mich. HOMER O. HITCHCOCK, M.D., Pres. State Board of Health, Kalamazoo, Mich. WILLIAM MARSDEN, M.D., President Canadian Medical Association of the Dominion, Quebec, Ca. PHILIP CARPENTER, Ph.D., Montreal, Ca. ASA HORR, M.D., Dubuque, Iowa. Prof. ORAN W. MORRIS, New York. Prof. JOSEPH HENRY, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 9 Prof. WOLCOTT GIBBS, Harvard College, Mass. JOSEPH J. WOODWARD, M.D., Surgeon, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. B. F. CRAIG, M.D., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. MORELL WYMAN, M.D., Cambridge, Mass. HENRY W. DEAN, M.D., Rochester, N. Y. Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, Pres. Cornell University, New York. Prof. JAMES LAW, Cornell University, New York. Prof. A. F. LIAUTARD, New York Veterinary College. Gen. ALBERT J. MYERS, M.D., Chief U. S. Signal Service, Washington, D. C. E. R. SQUIBB, M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Hon. DORMAN B. EATON, New York. EDWARD JARVIS, M.D., Dorchester, Mass. FRANCIS H. BROWN, M.D., Boston, Mass. Prof. E. L. YOUMANS, New York. CHARLES A. LEAS, M.D., Baltimore, Md. Hon. LEWIS H. STEINER, M.D., Frederick City, Md. WILLIAM C. WEY, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. JOHN M. TONER, M.D., Washington, D. C. ROBERT D. MURRAY, M.D., U. S. Marine Hospital, Key West. RICHARD ARNOLD, M.D., Savannah, Ga. PETER PI NEO, M.D., Marine Hospital Service, Hyannis, Mass. A. W. SMYTHE, M.D., New Orleans, La. A. N. BELL, M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. S. C. RUSSELL, M.D., Sec. Board of Health, New Orleans, La. Prof. G. W. HOUGH, Director of Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y. A. W. PERRY, M.D., New Orleans, La. WILLIAM E. WORTHEN, Civil Engineer, New York. ELY McCLELLAN, M.D., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army, Lebanon, Ky. J. II. VAN DEMAN, M. D., Health Officer, Chattanooga, Tenn. L. S. JOYNES, M.D., Secretary State Board of Health, Richmond. Va. Prof. JAMES H. ARMSBY, M.D., Albany, N. Y. F. A. P. BARNARD, S.T.D., LL.D., President, Columbia College, N. Y. Gen. EGBERT L. VIELE, Sanitary Engineer, New York. H. B. BAKER, M.D., Secretary State Board of Health, Lansing, Mich. ROCELLE S. GUERNSEY, Esq., New York. MAX HERZOG, M.D., New York. ROBERT C. KEDZIE, M.D., Member State Board Health, Agricultural College. Lansing, Mich. WILLIAM B. ATKINSON, M.D., Permanent Sec'y Amer. Med. Assoc., Phila- delphia, Pa. JOHN STOCKTON-HOUGH, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Gen. FRANCIS A. WALKER, Supt. U. S. Census, and Prof. Polit'l Economy, New Haven, Conn. H. W. BROCK, M.D., Morgantown, W. Va. Prof. G. W. WALKER, M.D., Evansville, Ind. LEWIS W. LEEDS, Esq., Engineer of Ventilation and Warming, New York. Gen. JOHN M. CUYLER, M.D., Medical Director, &c., U. S. Army, New York. J. J. MILHAU, M.D., Surgeon, U. S. Army, New York. Z. E. BLISS, M.D., Member of State Board of Health, Grand Rapids, Mich. 10 Prof. AUSTIN FLINT, M.D., New York. GEORGE SUTTON, M.D., Aurora, Ind. J. H. HICKMAN, M.D., President of the Board of Health, Hannibal, Mo. W. SNIVELY, M.D., Health Officer, Pittsburgh, Pa. THEODORE WALSER, M.D., New Brighton, Staten Island. Prof. DAVID P. SMITH, M.D., Yale Medical College, New Haven, Conn. Dr. GILMAN, Portland, Me. J. H. ERSKINE, M.D., President of the Board of Health, Memphis, Tenn. J. DICKSON BRUNS, M.D., New Orleans, La. JOHN C. PETERS, M.D., New York. HANBURY SMITH, M.D., New York. JOHN T. CONKLING, M.D., Health Commissioner, Brooklyn, N. Y. A. B. SEGUR, M.D., Sanitary Superintendent, Brooklyn, N. Y. W. C. ANDERSON, M.D., President of the Board of Health, and Vital Statis- tics, Richmond County, Staten Island, N. Y. J. J. O'DEA, M.D., Secretary of the Board of Health, and V. S., Richmond County, Staten Island, N. Y. J. S. HAWLEY, M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. H. F. LYSTER, M.D., Member of State Board of Health, Detroit. Mich. Rev. CHARLES H. BRIGHAM, State Board of Health. Ann Arbor, Mich. Rev. J. S. GOODMAN, State Board of Health, East Saginaw, Mich. Hon. J. H. BARTHOLOMEW, M.D., Lansing, Mich. Hon. J. M. SWIFT, M.D., Northville, Mich. J. H. BEACH, M.D., Coldwater. Mich. DESAULT GUERNSEY. M.D., Amenia, N. Y. JOHN MOORE, M.D., Surgeon, U. S. Army, New York. J. H. HOBART BURGE, M.D.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Prof. GEO. E. H. HORSFORD, Cambridge. Mass. HENRY S. GIBBONS, Jr., M.D., Health Officer, San Francisco, Cal. Prof. FREDERICK A. LANE, M.D., State Board of Health of California, San Francisco. J. T. GILMORE, M.D., Health Officer. Mobile, Ala. Hon. EDWARD SALMON, New York. E. DELAFIELD SMITH, Corporation Counsel. New York. E. W. BUCK. M.D., County Physician, Jersey City, N. J. WALTER DE FORREST DAY, M.D., Sanitary Superintendent, New York. AARON J. VANDERPOEL, Esq., New York. A. B. JUDSON, M.D., Sanitary Inspector, New York. H. P. STEARNS, M.D., Hartford, Conn. GEORGE M. BEARD, M. D., New York. II. G. JONES, M.D., Health Officer, Evansville, Ind. NATHAN ALLEN. M.D., Lowell, Mass. Hon. JAMES W. BEEKMAN, Pres. N. Y. Women's Hospital. N. Y. B. C. MILLER, M.D.. Sanitary Supt., Chicago, Ill. ISAAC H. NICHOLS, M.D., Health Officer, Newark, N. J. J. G. CABELL, M.D., Pres. Board of Health, Richmond, Va. Prof. N. S. DAVIS, M.D., Chicago, Ill. N. C. HUSTED, M.D., New York. Hon. JACKSON S. SCHULTZ, New York.