have been approved by the Executive Committee, which approval shall be certified to by the Recording Secretary. He shall keep an accurate account of all receipts and expenditures, and shall give such bonds for the faithful performance of his duties as the Society may require. He shall submit his accounts to such examination as the Executive Committee may direct, and shall annually make a statement of his doings, and of the state of the funds in his hands, to the Society.

The Treasurer shall receive fifty dollars annually as a compensation for his services.

IX. The Librarian shall have in his custody and charge all the books and apparatus of the Society. He shall keep an accurate register of the same, and arrange them in a proper manner, and shall make such disposition of them, from time to time, as the Executive Committee may direct, for the benefit of the members. He shall receive and record all donations made in his department to the Society, and shall make a report at the Annual Meeting.

X. The Censors shall examine the qualifications of all persons presenting themselves for membership, and for that purpose shall hold meetings on the days of the Annual and Semi-Annual Meetings, and at such other times as they may deem necessary. They shall report the names of all approved candidates for membership to the Executive Committee at least three months before their election as members of the Society.

XI. There shall be a Committee on the Materia Medica, who shall select medicines for proving, and shall, at the expense of the Society, obtain and dis

tribute the same to its members, or such other persons as they may deem suitable. They shall receive and examine communications upon the materia medica from the members of the Society, and report thereon at any regular meeting.

XII. There shall be a Committee on Clinical Medicine, who shall receive and examine communications proper to this department, and report thereon at any regular meeting. They shall also report upon the epidemics which may have occurred in the State or country during the year, their characteristics, mode of treatment, and results, and such other facts relating to the practice of medicine as they may deem important.

XIII. There shall be a Committee of Publication, consisting of the President, Recording Secretary, and at least three other members, to whom all matter for publication shall be referred, and under whose direction it shall be issued; the expense of which shall not exceed in any year a sum designated by the Executive Committee.

XIV. There shall be a Committee of Arrangements, whose duty it shall be to make such arrangements as will add to the interest and importance of the Annual and Semi-Annual Meetings, such as selecting a suitable place for the meetings, soliciting communications, appointing subjects for discussion, providing refreshments for members, etc., subject to the direction of the Executive Committee.

XV. There shall be a Committee on the Library, who shall select and obtain such books and publications as they may be able by donation, subscription, or purchase, with funds set apart for that purpose by the Executive Committee or the Society.

XVI. The Executive and all other committees shall have power to fill their own vacancies.

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MEMBERSHIP.

XVII. Any person who has received the degree of doctor of medicine from a legally authorized medical institution, and who sustains a good moral character, become eligible to membership after having been examined and approved by the Board of Censors. He shall be elected by ballot at the Annual or Semi-Annual Meeting, and his having signed the application for membership shall be considered equivalent to an agreement to abide by the By-Laws.

The same conditions of membership shall also apply to women having like qualifications.

All members in good standing who shall have paid their annual dues for twenty-five years, consecutive or otherwise, shall attain the rank or title of life-membership, and shall be entitled to all the privileges of the Society, but shall be exempt from the payment of the annual assessment.

HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.

XVIII. Persons who have excelled, or made any great advancement, in medical or other science, may be elected honorary members; and physicians of eminence residing out of the State may be elected corresponding members of the Society by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any stated meeting, provided the said person shall have been approved by the Executive Committee. Honorary and corresponding members shall be entitled to the diploma of the Soci

ety, and to participate in its proceedings in meetings devoted to scientific subjects.

XIX. Every applicant for membership shall deposit with his application, in the hands of the Recording Secretary, the sum of five dollars, and shall, upon his election, receive therefor the diploma of the Society, signed by the President and Secretary. Should an applicant fail of election, the money shall be returned to him.

XX. Any member in good standing shall have the privilege of withdrawing from the Society by giving notice, in writing, of such intention, and paying all arrearages due to the Society.

RETIRED MEMBERS.

XXI. Members on removing from the State, or on retiring from practice, may, provided all their dues to the Society are paid, by a vote of the Executive Committee, be placed on the list of retired members, and, as such, shall be exempt from any assessments, and shall not receive, 'except by courtesy, any of the publications of the Society, nor be entitled to speak or vote at any of its meetings.

XXII. Any person who has resigned his membership, or been placed on the list of retired members, may, on application in writing, be reinstated by a vote of the Society at any regular meeting.

Any member removing out of the State shall have liberty to retain his membership on paying his annual

assessment.

XXIII. Any member may be expelled from the Society, or, having resigned his membership, may be deprived of his privileges, by a vote of two-thirds of

the members present at any regular meeting, upon charges of the following description; provided the charge or charges against him have first been considered by the Executive Committee, and provided he has been notified of the same by the Secretary, and an opportunity has thereby been given him to make his defence before the Society:

1. For any gross and notorious immorality or infamous crime under the laws of the land.

2. For any attempt to subvert the objects, or injure the reputation, of the Society.

3. For advertising, publicly vending, or pretending to the knowledge and use of, any secret nostrum.

4. For furnishing to any person, or presenting in his own behalf, a false certificate of character and studies as a student of medicine, tending to deceive the public, or the Censors of the Society.

5. For habitually furnishing advice to, or holding professional consultations with, persons who practise medicine without the necessary acquirements to entitle them to the respect, confidence, or courtesy of the members of the Society.

XXIV. As the object of the Society is to improve the science of medicine, to increase the influence and usefulness of its members, and to secure greater harmony and friendship among them, therefore it is of the highest importance that each member should so conduct himself, both in his private and professional life, as to command the entire respect of his colleagues.

Every person who becomes a member is understood to take upon himself an obligation to communicate to the Society any discoveries he shall have made relating to the science of medicine or surgery, and to