CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS -OF The Texas State Medical Association. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. The name and style of this Association shall be the "TEXAS STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.” ARTICLE II. [At San Antonio, April, 1889, amended to read as follows:] The objects of this Association shall be to organize the regular medical profession of the State in the most efficient manner possible; to encourage a high standard of professional qualification and ethics; to promote professional brotherhood; to labor for the advancement of State Medicine, i. e., of public hygiene; of medical education; of medical jurisprudence and public institutions for the sick and the infirm. ARTICLE III. [At San Antonio, April, 1889, amended as follows:] I. Every regularly educated man within the limits of this State, who is a graduate of a regular medical college in good standing, and who adopts and conforms to the code of ethics of the American Medical Association, shall be eligible to membership in this body; provided, they are members in good standing of their respective county or district medical societies. II. In all cases where there exists no county medical organization, (and the qualifications for membership are perfect in every other respect,) this fact shall not be a bar a to membership. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. The officers of this Association shall be, one President, three Vice-Presidents, one Secretary, and one Treas urer. SEC. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected for one year; the Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected, each, for five years, and every officer shall remain in his office until his successor is duly elected and installed. ARTICLE V. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association, when present; to give the casting vote; to see that the rules of order and decorum are enforced in all deliberations of the body; to sign the approved proceedings of each meeting, and to approve such orders as may be drawn upon the Treasurer for expenditures ordered by the Association. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the First Vice-President to preside in the absence of the President, and in the absence of the President and First Vice-Presidence, the Second Vice-President shall preside and in the absence of the President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, the Third Vice-President shall preside. SEC. 3. In the absence of the President and all the VicePresidents, the Association shall, by ballot, elect one of its members to preside pro tem. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a true and correct record of the proceedings of each meeting, preserve all books, papers, and things belonging to the archives of the Association, attest all orders drawn upon the Treasurer for moneys appropriated by the Association, keep the accounts of the Association with its members, keep a register of the members, the dates of their admission, and places of residence. He shall collect all moneys due from the members, and pay the same to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. He shall attend all committees that may be appointed by the Association, with such ducuments as may be necessary for reference; report such unfinished business of previous meetings as may appear on his books, requiring action, and attend to such other business as the Association may direct.. He shall also supervise and conduct all the correspondence of the Association. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys delivered to him by the Secretary, passing his receipt for the same, and to pay moneys endorsed by the President and attested by the Secretary, and if required, to give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. ARTICLE VI. Vacancies occurring in the offices of the Association shall be filled by appointment by the President. And he shall have the appointment of all committees not otherwise provided for. ARTICLE VII. County Medical Associations shall be entitled to two delegates to the meetings of this Association for every ten members comprising their societies, and one for every additional five members, and shall have two votes upon all questions; and all Medical Colleges in the State, holding charters from the State, with seven professors, shall be entitled to two votes; and no member shall be allowed to vote who is not a delegate of some Association or Medical College, except such members live in a county where no Association exists, said county delegates being entitled to one vote. [The Judicial Council interprets the meaning of Article VII, |