The names of the Trustees of said Society for the first year its existence are: HENRY D. DIDAMA, J. MORTIMER CRAWE, TABOR B. REYNOLDS, BLEECKER L. HOVEY, NATHANIEL C. HUSTED. of The principal office or headquarters of said Society shall be in the City and County of New York. IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hands and STATE OF NEW YORK, BLEECKER L. HOVEY ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 88: I, Gustavus Sniper, Clerk of said County, and of the Supreme and County Courts therein, which are Courts of Record, do hereby certify that De Forrest Settle, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a notary public in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be genuine. And I further certify that said instrument and the acknowledgment thereof are executed according to the existing laws of the State of New York. SEAL. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, at the City of Syracuse, this 22d day of March, 1884. GUSTAVUS SNIPER, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ONONDAGA, 88: On this 22d day of March 1884, personally appeared before me Henry D. Didama, to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same. DE FORREST SETTLE, Notary Public. STATE OF NEw York, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, 88: On this 2d day of May personally appeared before me J. Mortimer Crawe to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same. SEAL. Wм M. HOES Notary Public New York City and Co. STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF Saratoga, ss: On this 28th day of March 1884, personally appeared before me Tabor B. Reynolds, to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same. A. BOCKES STATE OF NEW YORK, Justice of the Supreme Court. MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ROCHESTER, N. Y. I, Henry D. McNaughton, Clerk of the County of Monroe of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common seal, DO CERTIFY, that E. H. C. Griffen, Esq., was at the date of the certificate of Proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a Notary Public, in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine, and that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State. SEAL. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 24th day of March, A. D. 1884. H. D. MCNAUGHTON, Clerk. On this 24 day of March 1884, personally appeared before me Bleecker L. Hovey to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same. E. H. C. GRIFFEN SEAL. STATE OF NEw York, 88: Notary Public. I, James F. D. Crane, Clerk of the County aforesaid and also Clerk of the County and Supreme Courts, in and for said county, the same being Courts of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that E. Clarence Hyatt, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of acknowledgment of the annexed instrument was, at the date of said Certificate, a Notary Public in and for said County, residing in said County, appointed and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; and I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Notary Public, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine. I further certify that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York. SEAL. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Courts and County, the 31st day of March, 1884. STATE OF NEW YORK, } OF 88. JAMES F. D. CRANE, Clerk. On this 31st day of March 1884, personally appeared before me Nathaniel C. Husted to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same. E. CLARENCE HYATT, Notary Public. I, Patrick Keenan, Clerk of the said City and County, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of said State for said County, Do CERTIFY, That I have compared the preceding with the original Certificate of Incorporation of New York State Medical Association on file in my office and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original. SEAL. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, this 2 day of May 1884. STATE OF NEW YORK, PATRICK KEENAN, Clerk. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 88: I have compared the preceding with the original Certificate of Incorporation of New York State Medical Association with acknowledgment thereto annexed, filed and recorded in this office on the third day of May 1884, and do HEREBY CERTIFY the same to be a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of the said original. WITNESS my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at the City of Albany, this 3d day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, ADOPTED 1884. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. SECTION 1. This Association shall be called THE NEW YORK STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. SEC. 2. The objects of the Association shall be: First. The cultivation and advancement of the Science of Second. The promotion of public health. Third. The maintenance of the honor and character of the Fourth. The establishment and furtherance of cordial pro- ARTICLE II. SEC. 1. For the purposes of this Association, the State shall be divided into five geographical districts, to be called, respectively, the 1st, or Northern District; the 2d, or Eastern District; the 3d, or Central District; the 4th, or Western District; and the 5th, or Southern District. These districts shall comprise the sixty counties of the State, arranged as follows: |