ORGANIZED MDCCCLXXVI CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS JrfM OF THB ¥«U. American (iynecologicai Society WITH A LIST OF OFFICERS AND FELLOWS BOSTON ©rinteb at tfje JlSitocrjsfitie 1876 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE American Gynecological Society. WITH A LIST OF OFFICERS AND FELLOWS. ORGANIZED MDCCCLXXVI. BOSTON: fprintcti at ttje fittoctBiBc §9re#s. 1876. OONTSTITUTIOIN. I. This Society shall be known as the American Gynecological Society. II. The object of this Society shall be the promotion of knowledge in all that relates to the Diseases of Women and to Obstetrics. FELLOWS. III. The Fellows of the Society shall consist of Fel- lows and Honorary Fellows. The Fellows shall not exceed sixty in number. The Honorary Fellows shall not exceed ten American and twenty-five foreign. Candidates shall be proposed to the council one month before the first day of meeting by two Fellows, and on recommendation of the council shall be balloted for at the annual meeting, a list of the names having been sent to every Fellow with the notification of the meeting. A two-thirds affirmative vote of all the Fellows present shall constitute an election, thirty Fellows, at least, being present. No one shall be eligible for active Fellowship until he shall have submitted to the council a paper on some sub- ject connected with Gynecological Science. 4 CONSTITUTION. HONORARY FELLOWS. IV. The power of nominating Honorary Fellows shall be vested in the council. The election shall take place in the same manner as that of ordinary Fellows. They shall enjoy all the privileges of other Fellows, but shall not be required to pay any fee, or be allowed to hold any office or cast any vote. OFFICERS. V. The officers of the Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who with four other Fellows shall constitute the Council of the Society. They shall be nominated by a committee of three Fel- lows appointed by the President on the first day of the annual meeting. The nominating committee shall re- port on the following day and the election take place by ballot on the third day of the meeting. A majority of the votes cast shall constitute an election. The officers shall enter upon their duties immediately before the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected, and shall hold office for one year. Provided: that the officers of the first meeting shall be elected immediately after the adoption of this Constitution and these By-laws at the inaugural meeting. Any vacancy occurring between the annual meetings shall be filled temporarily by the action of the council. All officers shall be eligible for re-election. CONSTITUTION. 5 ANNUAL MEETING. VI. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Society at the previous annual meeting. It shall con- tinue for three days unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Society. The first meeting shall, however, be held in New York, on September 13th, 14th, and 15th, 1876. AMENDMENTS. VII. This Constitution may be amended by a two- thirds vote of all the Fellows present at an annual meet- ing, provided that notice of the proposed amendment has been given in writing at the annual meeting next pre- ceding, and the same been printed in the notification of the meeting at which the vote is to be taken. BY-LAWS. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. I. The President and Vice-Presidents shall discharge the duties belonging to their respective offices. The President shall be ex-officio chairman of the council. SECRETARY. II. The Secretary shall attend, and keep a record of all the meetings of the Society and of the Council, of which latter he shall be ex-officio clerk. At each annual meeting he shall announce the names of all who shall have ceased to be Fellows since the last report. He shall superintend the publication of the Transac- tions under the direction of the Council. He shall notif\r candidates of their election to Fel- lowship. He shall send notifications of the annual meetings and of the meetings of the Council. At the annual meeting of the Society, he shall read the minutes of the previous meeting and of all the meetings of the Council that have been held during the current year. BY-LAWS. TREASURER. III. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due, and pay all debts. He shall render an account thereof at the annual meeting, when an Auditing Committee shall be appointed to report. COUNCIL. IV. The Council shall meet as often as the interests of the Society may require. Five members shall constitute a quorum. It shall have the management of the affairs of the So- ciety, subject to the action of the Society at its annual meetings. It shall consider the claims of the candidates recom- mended to it for admission to Fellowship, and shall have the sole power of making the nominations. It shall arrange the order for the reading of papers at the annual meetings. It shall not have power to make the Society liable for any debts exceeding in total one hundred dollars in the course of any one year, unless specially authorized by a vote of the Society. It shall have the entire control of the publications of the Society, with the power to reject such papers or dis- cussions as it deems best. The President, or any three members may call a meet- ing, notice of which shall be transmitted to every mem- ber two weeks previous to the meeting. The Council shall determine questions by vote, or — if 8 BY-LAWS. demanded — by ballot, the President having a casting vote. The Council shall constitute' a Board of Trial for all offences against the Constitution and By-laws, or for con- duct unbecoming an honorable physician, and shall have the sole power of moving the expulsion of any Fellow. ORDER .OF BUSINESS. Y. The Order of Business at the annual meetings of the Society shall be as follows: — I. General Meeting at 10 A. M. each day. 1. Reports of Committees. 2. Reading of Papers and Discussion of the same. II. The Business Meeting shall be held during the first hour of the third morning session, at which only Fellows of the Society shall be present. The Secretary’s Records shall then be read ; the Treasurer’s Accounts be submitted; the reports of Committees on other than scientific subjects be received; and all miscellaneous busi- ness be transacted. PAPERS, ETC. VI. The titles of all Papers to be read at any annual meeting shall be forwarded to the Secretary not later than one month before the first day of the meeting. No paper shall be read before the Society which has already been printed, or been read before another body. BY-LAWS. 9 All papers that may be read before the Society, and accepted for publication, shall become the property of the Society, and their publication shall be under the control of the Council. QUORUM. VII. A quorum for business purposes shall be fifteen Fellows. DECORUM. VIII. No remarks reflecting upon the personal or pro- fessional character of any Fellow shall be in order at the annual meetings, except when introduced by the Coun- cil. ASSESSMENTS. IX. Every Fellow shall pay in advance the sum of ten dollars annually. Any Fellow, whose subscription shall be more than nine months in arrears, shall be reminded of the fact by the Treasurer in writing; in event of payment not being then made, he may, on vote of the Council, be dropped from the Society. AMENDMENTS. X. Any of these By-laws may be amended, repealed, or suspended, by a two-thirds vote of the Fellows present at any meeting, provided previous notice in writing has been given at the annual meeting immediately preceding the one at which the vote is to be taken. OFFICERS FOR 1870. PRESIDENT. FORDYCE BARKER, of New York. VICE-PRESIDENTS. WASHINGTON L. ATLEE, of Philadelphia. WILLIAM II. BYFORD, of Chicago. SECRETARY. JAMES R. CHADWICK, of Boston. TREASURER. PAUL F. MUNDE, of New York. Other Members of the Council. J. MARION SIMS, of New York. WILLIAM GOODELL, of Philadelphia. TIIEOPHILUS PARVIN, of Indianapolis. GEORGE H. LYMAN, of Boston. LIST OF THE FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY. HONORARY FELLOWS. ELECTED 1876. ROBERT BARNES, M. D., London, England. 1876. JOSEPH A. EYE, M. D., Augusta, Georgia, U. S. A. 1876. THOMAS KEITH, M. I)., Edinburgh, Scotland. 1876. E. KOEBERLE, M. D., Strassbourg, Germany. 1876. ALFRED H. McCLINTOCK, M. D., Dublin, Ireland. 1876. KARL SCIIROEDER, M. D., Berlin, Germany. 1876. *GUSTAVE SIMON, M. D., Heidelberg, Germany. 1876. T. SPENCER WELLS, Esq., London, England. 1876. MELVILLE B. WRIGHT, M. D., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A * Died, August 28, 1876. FELLOWS. FORDYCE BARKER, 85 Madison Avenue . New York. EDMUND R. PEASLEE, 29 Madison Avenue “ THOMAS ADDIS EMMETT, 87 Madison Avenue « J. MARION SIMS, 267 Madison Avenue . . “ ISAAC E. TAYLOR, 7 East 36th Street . . “ T. GAILLARD THOMAS, 296 Fifth Avenue “ EMIL NOEGGERATH, 42 West 35th Street. WILLIAM T. LUSK, 47 East 34th Street . . PAUL F. MUNDE, 20 West 45th Street . . “ JOHN BYRNE, 314 Clinton Street .... Brooklyn. ALEXANDER J. C. SKENE, 167 Clinton Street “ JAMES D. TRASK, Remsen Street .... Astoria, L. I. D. HUMPHREYS STORER, 182 Boylston Street Boston. GEORGE H. LYMAN, 121 Boylston Street . “ CHARLES E. BUCKINGHAM, 53 Worcester Street “ ALEXANDER D. SINCLAIR, 35 Newbury Street “ WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, 76 Boylston Street “ GEORGE H. BIXBY, 143 Boylston Street . “ JAMES R. CHADWICK, cor. Clarendon & Marlborough Streets “ 12 FELLOWS. WASHINGTON L. ATLEE, 1408 Arch Street Philadelphia. WILLIAM GO ODELL, Preston Retreat . . “ RICHARD A. F. PENROSE, 1331 Spruce Street “ ELLERSLIE WALLACE, 1130 Spruce Street “ ALBERT H. SMITH, 1419 Walnut Street. . “ THOMAS M. DRYSDALE, 1531 Arch Street “ JAMES Y. INGHAM, 1342 Spruce Street. . “ SAMUEL C. BUSEY, 1517 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D. C, J. TABER JOHNSON, 937 New York Avenue “ H. P. C. WILSON, 146 Park Avenue . . . Baltimore, Md. W. T. HOWARD, 181 Madison Avenue . . “ JAMES P. WHITE, 674 Main Street . . . Buffalo, N. Y. ELY VAN DE WARKER, 45 Montgomery Street Syracuse, N. Y. THEOPHILUS PARYIN, 143 No. Alabama Street Indianapolis, Ind. EDWARD W. JENKS, 84 Lafayette Avenue . Detroit, Mich. WILLIAM H. BYFORD, 735 Wabash Avenue Chicago, 111. ROBERT BATTEY, 36 Broad Street . . Rome, Ga. JAMES C. REEVE, cor. W. & Wilkinson Streets Dayton, Ohio. HENRY F. CAMPBELL, 207 Broad Street . Augusta, Ga. GEORGE J. ENGELMANN, 3003 Locust Street St. Louis, Mo. Total 39 Fellows.