OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President.-Dr. Jos. L. COOK. Vice-Presidents.-Drs. J. A. MILLER and H. L. Donnelly. Recording Secretary.-Dr. ROBERT BROWN. Corresponding Secretary.-Dr. W. F. OSBORN. Treasurer.-Dr. D. W. MCCONAUGHY. Censors. Drs. J. M. STEVENSON, JOHN MCNEIL, and J. W. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHARTER.1 THE Committee appointed at the last session of the Society to "report a form of Charter for consideration" have the honor to REPORT That they have attended to the duty assigned them, and herewith submit a "form of Charter" and By-Laws for approval. They consulted, also, the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, who informed them that a charter of incorporation can be obtained through the Supreme Court. The act of the General Assembly and its supplements, investing the court with authority to grant corporate rights, confer upon the respective corporations, erected by them, the power and authority "to make and use a common seal, with such device and inscription as they shall respectively deem proper, and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure; and, by the name, style, and title by them respectively provided and declared, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or courts, before any judge or judges, etc., in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, and demands whatsoever, and all and every matter or thing therein to do, in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic and corporate, in this commonwealth, may or can do; and shall be empowered and authorized to make rules, by-laws, and ordinances, and to do everything needful for the good government and support of the affairs of the said corporations respectively: Provided always, etc." And the corporations thus established "shall be able and capable in law," etc., "to take, receive, and hold all and all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises, and hereditaments, and any sum and sums of money, etc." Hence these powers, privileges, franchises, immunities, etc., are not repeated in the charter. The Committee retained everything in the Charter, which, in the Constitution, was considered fundamental, and which they thought would 1 Vide Minutes, page 274. |