CONSTITUTION OF THE Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania; WITH A CATALOGUE OF THE PERMANENT MEMBERS, THEIR POST-OFFICE ADDRESS, AND DATE OF MEMBERSHIP. CONSTITUTION OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. ARTICLE I. TITLE OF THE SOCIETY. The name and title of this Society shall be "THE MEDICAL SoCIETY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA." ARTICLE II. OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. The objects of this Society shall be the advancement of medical knowledge; the elevation of professional character; the protection of the interests of its members; the extension of the bounds of medical science; and the promotion of all measures adapted to the relief of suffering, and to improve the health and protect the lives of the community. ARTICLE III. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. SECT. 1. The Society shall consist of Delegates and Permanent Members. SECT. 2. The Delegates shall receive their appointments from the County Societies; provided, however, that the officers of the Society, and the chairmen of all committees who have reports to present, shall be Delegates ex-officio; and to them and to the permanent members shall be intrusted the management of the business and affairs of the Society. SECT. 3. Every Delegate, before admission to a seat in the Society shall produce a certificate of delegation signed by the President or Secretary of his County Society, shall sign the Constitution, and pay the assessment. SECT. 4. Every Delegate shall hold his appointment for one year, or until another is appointed to succeed him. SECT. 5. Every Member of a County Society having once served as a Delegate, shall thereafter be a Permanent Member of the State Society, so long as he conforms to its regulations and is in good standing in his County Society. SECT. 6. Permanent Members shall be entitled to vote, participate in discussions and elections, and have all the privileges of Delegates, except eligibility to the offices of the Society. ARTICLE IV. OF THE OFFICERS. SECT. 1. The officers of this Society shall be a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, two Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, and five Censors for each of the six censorial districts. SECT. 2. Each officer shall be elected by vote, on a general ticket, and shall serve for one year, or until another is elected to succeed him. SECT. 3. None but delegates shall be eligible to the offices of President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, or Delegates to the American Medical Association and the Medical Societies of other States; but permanent members may be appointed upon committees of the Society.1 ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. SECT. 1. The President shall preside at the meetings, preserve order, perform such other duties as custom and parliamentary usage may require, and shall open the annual session with an address. He shall not be eligible two terms in succession. SECT. 2. The Vice-Presidents, when called upon, shall assist the President in the performance of his duties, and during the absence of, or at the request of the President, one of them shall officiate in his place. They shall not be eligible two terms in succession. SECT. 3. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence, and perform such other duties as usually appertain to that office. SECT. 4. The Recording Secretaries shall keep correct minutes of the proceedings of the Society, and, when approved, shall fairly transcribe the same in a book to be kept for the purpose. They By a resolution adopted at the session of May, 1855, it was declared "to be the sense of this Society, that, agreeably to the true meaning of the Constitution, no one can be placed on nomination for the offices of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, or Delegate to the American Medical Association, excepting Delegates who are in actual attendance at the session of the Society." shall have charge of all papers belonging to the Society, other than those appertaining to the Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary; and shall give due notice of the annual meetings. SECT. 5. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the Society, and disburse them as directed, preserving vouchers for the same. He shall annually present a statement of the finances of the Society, which shall be referred to a committee of three delegates, to be audited. He shall give security for the faithful performance of his duties, whenever the Society shall judge it requisite. SECT. 6. It shall be the duty of the Censors of each district to examine the laws and regulations of the County Societies; and if they find nothing in the said laws and regulations contrary to the letter or spirit of those of the State Society, the Censors shall indorse on them the word" approved," with their signatures and the date of such approval, and transmit one copy to the Corresponding Secretary of the State Society, and another to the Secretary of the County Society. SECT. 7. It shall also be their duty, in case of appeal from the decision of a County Society by a member who may conceive himself aggrieved thereby, to examine into the merits of the case, and to give their decision thereon, which shall be final. They shall report their decisions through the Corresponding Secretary, annually. SECT. 8. Three Censors shall constitute a quorum, and be competent to transact business. ARTICLE VI. OF THE COUNTY SOCIETIES. SECT. 1. The members of the profession in any county of this State, who desire so to do, may form themselves into a County Society: Provided, that public notice of the proposed meeting for the purpose be given, and that all the regular members of the profession in the county be invited to join therein. The said Society may adopt rules for their government, provided the same do not contravene those of the State Society; may elect officers, and do such other matters as shall be necessary to carry out the objects of their association: Provided also, that in any county where no Society exists, the members of the profession in such county shall have the privilege of uniting with the Association of any adjoining city or county; which membership shall continue during the time that no organized Society shall exist in the county in which they reside. SECT. 2. No one shall be admitted as a member of a County Society unless he is either a graduate in medicine of some respectable |