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      BYE-LAWS
          OF THE
MEDICAL  SOCIETY
OP the
COUNTY OF NEW-YORK.

Revised and adopted at their Anniversary meeting in
          July. ..1808. 
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  The  following gentlemen have been chosen Charter
Officers of the Medical Society of the county of New-York,
for the ensuing year—

                    President,
             Dr. JAMES TILLARY.

                  Vice-President,
             Dr. WILLIAM MOORE.

            Delegate to the State Society,
           Dr. NICHOLAS ROMAYNE.

                     Censors,
             Dr. WRIGHT POST,
             Dr. SAMUEL BORROWE,
             Dr. EDWARD MILLER,
             Dr  JAMES S. STRINGHAM,
             Dr. VALENTINE SEAMAN.

                    Treasurer.
            Dr. JOHN ONDERDONK.

                    Secretary,
             Dr. W. W. BUCHANAN. 
 
           BYE-LAWS
                 OF  THE

MEDICAL   SOCIETT
                 OF  THE
    COUNTY OF  NEW-YORK, 1808.
                   CHAPTER I.
             Of the Meetings of the Society.
   Sect. 1. The Anniversary meeting of this  Society
 shall be held on the first Monday in July, in every year ;
 and the Quarterly meetings shall be on the first Monday
 in October, January, and April.

   Sect. 2. Extraordinary meetings of this Society may
 be called by the President, or in his absence by the Vice-
President, at a request in writing, signed by twenty mem-
bers, which meetings shall be previously advertised for at 
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least ten days, by the  Secretary, in two newspapers pub-



lished in the City of New-York.






  Sect. 3.  The Society may adjourn from day to dayj



after their Anniversary, Quarterly, or Extraordinary meet-



ings.






  Sect. 4.  Fifteen members shall be a quorum to con-



stitute the Society at their stated or extraordinary meetings



and may then proceed to business.






  Sect. 5.  In the absence of  the President, Vice-Pre-



sident,  Censors and Treasurer, the senior member on the



Roll shall preside.






  Sect. 6.  In case of any pestilential disease prevailing



in the city of New-York, no member shall be obliged to



attend any stated or extraordinary meeting of the Society.






  Sect. 7.  The President, and other officers of the So-



ciety,  shall constitute a Comitia Minora, to meet on the



last Wednesday in every month.






  Sect. 8.  The President shall be empo\Yered to call $n 
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extraordinary meeting of the Comitia Minora, whenever



he shall deem it necessary.






  Sect. 9.  The Journal of the proceedings of the Comi-



tia Minora shall be kept by the Secretary of this Society



which shall  be laid before  the Society at their stated and



Extraordinary meetings.






  Sect. 10. The Comitia Minora may make rules and re-



gulations for themselves, not inconsistent with the charter



and bye-laws of this corporation.






  Sect. 11. The President or Vice-President, together



with three censors, may constitute a meeting of the Comi-



tia Minora.









                   CHAPTER II.









                  Order of Business.






  Sect. 1. At every 9tated and extraordinary meeting of



this  society, after the  president  shall have declared the 
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society constituted, the Minutes of the last meeting shall
be read.
  The motions and other unfinished business of the  last
meeting shall be concluded.
  Miscellaneous business.
  Society adjourned.


                   CHAPTER III.


               Duties of the President.

   Sect.  1. It shall be the duty of the  President to  pre-
 side at all meetings of the Society and to preserve order
 and decorum in the same.

   Sect.  2. The President shall perform the duties  pre-
 scribed to him by law, and the bye-laws and resolutions of
 the society.

    Sect. 3. The President shall nominate and  appoint all
 committees for transacting all the business of the Society.
 unless otherwise appointed by special resolution. 
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  Sect. 4  He shall take the sense of the society on every

motion made and seconded.  He shall also have a casting

vote in all transactions where the votes of the society are

equally divided.






                   CHAPTER IV.





              Duties of the Vice-President-;



   Sect. 1.  The vice-president, in the absence of the pre-

 sident, shall preside, and perform all the duties of the pre-

 sident.





                     CHAPTER V.





                 Duties of the Censors.



    Sect.  1. The  Censors shall perform all the  duties

  prescribed  by law, the bye-laws,  and resolutions of the


  Society-
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  Sect.' 2.  In the absence of the president and  vice*
president, the senior censor on the list shall preside at the
meetings of the society.

                  CHAPTER VI.

                 Duties of the Secretary.

  Sect. I. The Secretary shall perform all the duties of
his office, as directed by law, the bye-laws and the resolu-
tions of the society.

                CHAPTER VH.

               Duties of the Treasurer.

  Sect. 1. The Treasurer shall perform all the duties
of his office, as directed by law, the bye-laws, and resolu-
tions of the society. 
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                  CHAPTER VIII.









                 Duties of the Delegate.






   Sect.  t. The Delegate shall perform all  the duties



prescribed by law.






   Sect.  2. He shall support the honor and dignity of this



society.






   Sect.  3. He shall obey all orders, and resolutions of



this society, which may be proper and consistent with his



appointment.









                   CHAPTER IX.









                  Ordinary Members.






   Sect. 1. The ordinary members shall consist only of



physicians and surgeons, as stated in  the law for incorpo-



rating this society. 
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  Sect.  2. If upon a report presented by  six physicians



or surgeons, members of this Society, it shall appear, that



any member  has engaged in any business derogatory to



the profession, or shall be convicted of any crime in a court



of justice, he shall ipso facto be expelled.






   Sect. 3. All members of this society shall leave evi-



dence with the secretary, of their having registered their



diplomas or licenses to practise physic and surgery accord-



ing to law, to be deposited in the archives of the society,



and shall sign the bye-laws  on or before the first of Sep*




 tember,  1806.






   Sect. 4.  Every  member who signs the  bye-laws  and



 regulations of this Society shall designate in  Latin or Eng-



 lish the county,  state or country of his birth, and the me-



 dical rank or station  now or formerly held by him.






    Sect. 5.  Every member shall observe order and deco-



  rum in the Society,  shall pay proper respect to the presi-



  dent and other officers, as well as to their fellow members ;



  nor shall any member withdraw, when the society is con-



  vened, without special permission from the Chair. 
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   Sect. 6.  It is considered  the duty of every member of



this Society  to support the honor and dignity of the medi-



cal profession, and to execute the duties of it with justice



and propriety.






   Sect.  7. Every member  entitled to a certificate or



diploma of  membership, shall produce a written declara?



tion from the Treasurer  that all his arrears are dischar-



ged,  before the President or  Secretary be authorised to



sign either of those instruments.






   Sect. 8. Every member neglecting  to discharge the



 arrears due by him to the Society for twelve months after



 he shall  have  received official information  thereof from



 the Treasurer, shall  be suspended from  all the privileges



 of membership,  unless satisfactory reasons be assigned ;



 —and if said arrears are not discharged  within two years



 he shall be liable to expulsion. 
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                   CHAPTER X.










              Admission of new members.






   Sect. 1.  No  physician  or surgeon can be admitted a



member of this Society, unless he has attained the age of



22 years.




   Sect. 2.  Every candidate shall be proposed at one sta-



ted meeting  and ballotted for at the next; and if he shall



have a majority of votes of the members present  at such



stated meeting, he shall become a member of this  society,






   Sect. 3.  No person shall become a candidate for a seat



as member  of this  Society until he shall have  resided



twelve months in this county (or in any adjoining county



where no incorporated  medical society exists) and shall



have complied with  all  the  requisites constituting him a



legal practitioner according to the present act of incorpo-



ration, or future laws of the State.






   Sect. 4.  Every person when admitted into this Society,



as a member, shall, on  his signing  the  bye-laws, pay. 
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info the hand of the Treasurer ten dollars, to be appropr*



ated to the use of the Society.









                  CHAPTER  XL









                 Honorary Members.






   Sect. U The Governor and Chancellor of the  State,



and the Mayor of the City of New-York for the time be-



ing, shall be, ex-officio, honorary members of this Society,



and shall have  all the privileges of ordinary members, ex-



cept that they  shall not vote at elections.









                  CHAPTER  XII.









                 Licenses for practice.






   Sect. 1. All persons who are to be licensed for the



practice of physic and surgery shall be  recommended by



the Comitia Minora, at one of the stated meetings  of the 
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Society, and shall subject themselves to such ceremonies



as the Comitia Minora shall approve and direct.









                 CHAPTER XIII.









                    Contributions,  s






  The Society at its Anniversary meeting, may establish



the amount of contribution which each member shall pay



to meet its contingent expenses. 
 
 
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