Candidates Nominated for Fellowship 
OF THE 
AMERICAN GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 
At its Sixth Annual Meeting, September 23, 1881. 
Dr. William M. Polk, of New York. 
Dr. Charles C. Lee, of New York. 
Dr. Walter R. Gillette, of New York. 
Dr. Frank P. Foster, of New York. 
Dr. Edward W. Sawyer, of Chicago, 111. 
Dr. B. B. Browne, of Baltimore, Md. 
fggT Grand Hotel, corner Broadway and Thirty-first Street, 
offers reduced rates to Fellows of the Society, — $1-50 a day 
for a single room, meals not included. Amendments to the Constitution, proposed by 
Dr. J. Marion Sims. 
1. Article III. Paragraph ist, strike out the word “and” 
in the first line, and add after the words “ Honorary Fellows ” 
the words “ and Retired Honorary Fellows,” and add the fol- 
lowing paragraph : — 
2. “The Retired Honorary Fellows shall consist of such 
Fellows as may be transferred from Active to Honorary Fel- 
lowship by vote of two thirds of the members present at any 
Annual Meeting.” 
3. Article III. Paragraph 2d, strike out the word “ Sixty ” 
and insert “ One Hundred.” 
4. Article III. Paragraph 4th, strike out the entire para- 
graph and insert as follows : — 
“ Candidates shall be proposed to the Council one month 
before the first day of the meeting by three Fellows. It shall 
be the duty of the Council to inquire into the character and 
qualifications of the applicants and report the facts to the 
Society for its action.” 
5. Strike out, in Article III., Paragraph 6th, which reads as 
follows : — 
“No one shall be eligible for active Fellowship until he 
shall have submitted to the Council a paper on some subject 
connected with Gynecological Science.” 6. Article V. Paragraph 1st, strike out all after the word 
“ Treasurer,” and insert as follows: “And a Council which 
shall be composed of five Fellows.” 
7. Article V. Paragraph 6th, add the words, “ Except the 
President.” 
Amendments to the By-Laws. 
1. Article IV. Paragraph 2d, strike out the word “five ” 
and insert “ three.” 
2. Article IV. Paragraph 4th, strike out all after the word 
“ Fellowship ” and insert “ and shall report to the Society as 
provided by the Constitution.” 
3. Article IV. Paragraph 9th, strike out the w'ords “ The 
President having the casting vote.” 
4. Article V. Paragraph 2d, strike out the words “ during 
the first hour of the third morning session,” and insert the 
words “ at eight o’clock p. m. on the second day of the session.” 
5. To Article VIII. add a second paragraph as follows : — 
“ The Reports of the Council in relation to membership 
and the discussions thereon shall be confidential.” 
6. Article X. Strike out all after the word “meeting” in 
the third line.