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OBJECT AND BY-LAWS. 
(Published under the Supervision of the Board of Directors.) 
1^75- 
CHICAGO: 
Bulletin Printing Co., 132, 134 & 136 Monroe St. 
1875. OFFICERS. 
President, - Dr. R. C. HAMILL. 
Secretary, - - Dr. J. H. ETHEREDGE. 
Treasurer, - Dr. JNO. E. OWENS. 
Dr. Thos. Bevan. 
Dr. W. H. Byford. 
Dr. R. C. IIamii.l. 
DIRECTORS. 
Term of office expires first Tues- 
day in December, 1876. 
Dr, J. P. Ross. 
Dr. N. Bridge. 
Dr. J. H. Etiieredge. 
Term of office expires first Tues- 
day in December, 1877. 
Dr. F. C. Hotz. 
Dr. H. A. Johnson. 
Dr. A. H. Foster. 
Term of office expires first Tues- 
day in December, 1878. 
Dr. W. H. Byford, Editor.—Term expires first Tuesday 
in December, 1879. 
Dr. F. C. Hotz, Associate Editor.—Term expires first 
Tuesday in December, 1879. 
Dr. N. Bridge, Associate Editor.—Term expires first 
Tuesday in December, 1878. 
Dr. J. H. Etherf.dge, Associate Editor.—Term expires 
first Tuesday in December, 1877. 
Dr. J. N. Hyde, Associate Editor.—Term expires first 
Tuesday in December, 1876. 
Editors and Associate Editors. 
Librarian, Dr. E. Warren Sawyer. OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
The general object of this Association is to 
have a library and reading room for the benefit 
of the members of the Medical Profession, who 
are in “ good and regular standing.” The Asso- 
diation is a joint stock Company, incorporated 
under the organic law of the State of Illinois. 
Stockholders in this Company only, are members 
of the Association, and entitled to the privileges 
of the library and reading room, unless other- 
wise ordered in future by the Directors. The 
stock, consisting of two hundred shares, twenty- 
five dollars each, has been found insufficient for 
the demands of the profession in and about Chi- 
cago, and the Board of Directors have, conse- 
quently, decided to submit to a special meet- 
ing of the Stockholders, soon to be called, 
the expediency, of increasing the stock to six 
hundred shaves, thus enabling all physicians, PRESS ASSOCIATION. 
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eligible to membership, to join the Association. 
To supply the reading room and library with 
journals and books, at a minimum of expense, 
the Association own and publish a medical jour- 
nal, known as “The Chicago Medical Journal 
and Examiner.” The exchanges and books for 
review, coming to the Journal and Examiner, are 
to be placed, as soon as practicable, in the hands 
of the Librarian, for the benefit of the members 
of the Association. It is expected that about one 
hundred journals, comprising the leading period- 
icals of this country, Great Britain, Germany, 
France, Italy and Spain, will be constantly at 
the disposal of the Association on or before Jan- 
uary, 1876. Temporary binders are to be sup- 
plied for each journal, and the volumes, when 
completed, will be bound. 
From time to time it is hoped that the Asso- 
ciation will be enabled to secure complete sets of 
the older journals, e. g., The Lancet, The Amer- 
ican Journal of Medical Sciences, Schmidt’s 
Jahrbucher, Gazette Hebdomadaire, etc., and 6 
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thus secure the largest facilities for study and 
reference. 
At a meeting, August 10th, 1875, of the Board 
of Directors, it was decided that the first year 
of the present officers begin December 7th, 1875. 
Stockholders will be notified of the opening of 
the library and reading room. They are also 
requested to contribute any medical literature 
whatever, that they may have, which they do 
not want. Any book, journal, pamphlet, essay 
in medicine, will be of service in forming the 
library contemplated. BY-LAWS. 
Officers. 
Section I. The officers of this Company shall 
consist of a President, Secretary, Treasurer and 
Editors, and such other officers as shall, from 
time to time, be provided by the Directors. The 
officers shall hold their respective offices for one 
year (except as hereinafter provided), and until 
their successors are elected and qualified : Pro- 
vided, that any officer may be removed when the 
interests of the Company shall require. 
Annual Meeting. 
Sec. II. The annual meeting of the Stock- 
holders of this Company shall be held at its gen- 
eral office in Chicago, on the first Tuesday in 
December in each year. A notice of such meet- 
ing shall be signed by the Secretary, and he shall 
mail such written or printed notice to each Stock- 
holder at least ten days before said day. 
Sec. III. The President and Board of Direc- 
tors may call special meetings of the Stockliold- 
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ers of the Company, which shall be held at its 
general office, and at such time as shall be desig- 
nated in the call; and in such case it shall be 
the duty of the Secretary of the Company, at 
least ten (10) days before the time fixed for hold- 
ing such meeting, to mail to each Stockholder 
entitled to vote, whose address he knows, a no- 
tice specifying the time and place of holding said 
meeting, and briefly stating the subjects which 
will come before the meeting, if the same have 
been mentioned in the call. 
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Sec. IV. The Board of Directors of this Com- 
pany shall hold their regular meeting at its gen- 
eral office in Chicago, on the first Tuesday of 
each month, at the hour of 8 P. M. A majority 
of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of all business, and in case there be 
no quorum present on the day fixed for the reg- 
ular meeting, the members present may adjourn 
the meeting from time to time until a quorum be 
obtained, or may adjourn said meeting sine die. 
Directors’ Meetings. 
Special Directors’ Meetings. 
Sec. V. The President of this Company shall 
have power to call special meetings of the Board 
whenever he deems it expedient so to do ; and it PRESS ASSOCIATION. 
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shall be his duty to call special meetings of the 
Board whenever three Directors of the Company 
shall request him so to do, and shall state the 
object of such meeting. The Secretary of the 
Company shall mail to the address of each Di- 
rector, at least five days before the time of hold- 
ing the special meeting, a notice of the same, and 
shall specify, briefly, the subject which will come 
before the meeting. 
Sec. YI. The President shall preside over all 
the meetings of the Board at which he may be 
present; he shall preserve order and regulate 
discussion according to parliamentary law. In 
the absence of the President the Board may 
elect a Chairman pro tempore. 
Chairman of tiie Directors’ Meetings. 
Sec. VII. The order of business at all meet- 
ings of the Board of Directors shall be as follows : 
1. Reading of minutes of last meeting. 
2. Consideration of communications to the 
Board. 
3. Reports of officers of the Board. 
4. Reports of committees. 
5. Unfinished business. 
6. Original resolutions and new business. 
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Sec. VIII. It shall be the duty of the Presi- 
dent to exercise a general supervision over the 
entire business of the Company ; the management 
of every department and all property of the 
Company shall be under his control. The sev- 
eral officers of the Company shall be responsible 
to him Tor the proper and faithful discharge of 
their several duties, and shall make such reports 
to him touching the business of the Company 
under their charge as he may, from time to time, 
require. He shall execute all bonds, contracts 
or other instruments required to be made or ex- 
ecuted for and on behalf of the Company, which 
shall be also signed by the Secretary; and it 
shall be his duty to present to the Board of Di- 
rectors, at each meeting of the Board, a report, 
brifiy showing the nature of each bond, contract 
or other instrument, executed by him since the 
last meeting: Provided, he shall not execute any 
such bond, contract or other instrument, without 
having been authorized so to do by the Board. 
Duties of the President. 
Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. IX. The Secretary shall attend all meet- 
ings of the Stockholders and Board of Directors, 
whether regular or special. lie shall keep, in a TRESS ASSOCIATION. 
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book prepared for that purpose, a true and fair 
record of the proceedings of all such meetings, 
and shall have charge of all books, documents 
and papers,, which properly belong to his office. 
He shall have the custody of the corporate seal, 
and shall attach the same to all documents which 
require sealing, and which have been executed 
by the President. 
Duties of the Treasurer. 
Sec. X. The Treasurer shall act as the finan- 
cial agent of the Company for the receipt and 
distribution of its funds. He shall keep the 
moneys of the Corporation with such hanks or 
hankers as may be prescribed by the Board of 
Directors, and he shall be required to counter- 
sign all stock certificates. He shall receipt for 
all moneys paid into said bank or bankers, or to 
him, for or on account of the Company, and the 
deposit account, wherever kept, shall be in the 
name of the Company. He shall, unless pre- 
vented by sickness or disability, sign all checks 
drawn on such bank or bankers for account of 
the Company. He shall see that the books of 
account are kept in proper form and correctly, 
and will in all cases and at once, upon his dis- 
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officer of the Company, report the same in writ- 
ing, with the name of the delinquent, to the 
President. He shall pay all vouchers or orders 
which have received the approval of the Board, 
or of any person duly authorized by the Board) 
and he shall pay no vouchers which have not re- 
ceived such approval. He shall cause all vouch- 
ers or orders paid by him to be filed and properly 
preserved. He shall furnish the President on or 
before the fifth day of each month, a detailed 
statement of the receipts and expenditures of 
the Company for the preceding month, and his 
books and papers shall be open to the inspection 
of the President and the Board of Directors at 
all times. He shall be required to execute a 
bond to the Company, from time to time, in such 
amount and with such sureties as shall be ap- 
proved by the Board, conditioned for the faithful 
and impartial discharge of his duties as treas- 
urer, pursuant to the by-laws and of the orders 
and directions of the Board of Directors. 
Dismissals and Filling Vacancies. 
Sec. XI. The Board shall have power to sus- 
pend or dismiss, for cause, any officer, agent or 
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the Directors or otherwise, and may fill any va- 
cancy in any office of the Company. 
Sec. XII. Bound books of certificates of stock, 
of the form and tenor determined by the Direc- 
tors, shall be placed in the custody of the Secre- 
tary, and all certificates of stock shall be signed 
by the President and Secretary and countersigned 
by the Treasurer. 
Certificates of Stock. 
Transfer of Stock. 
Sec. XIII. In cases where stock has been fully 
paid the same may be transferred or assigned by 
endorsement of the certificate, lri cases where 
stock has not been fully paid up, the same may 
be assigned or transferred in the usual way of 
assigning or transferring such stock. 
Association to Regulate Transfer of Stock. 
Sec. XIV. The bonds shall be so worded that 
the Association shall have the refusal of stock, 
and can regulate the transfer of the same. • 
Sec. XV. It shall be the duty of the Presi- 
dent, Secretary and Treasurer to make to the 
Board of Directors full reports of all matters 
pertaining to their respective offices annually. 
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and the Board of Directors may require of any 
officer of the Corporation, at any time, to make 
such reports touching the business of his office. 
Editors. 
Sec. XYI. There shall be elected by the Di- 
rectors an Editor and four Associate Editors, 
who shall hold their office for the term of four 
years from the first Tuesday in December proxi- 
mo : Provided, that the four Associate Editors 
appointed in 1875 shall hold office for one, two, ■ 
three and four years respectively, and that they 
determine their respective terms amongst them- 
selves by lot. On the first Tuesday in the Octo- 
ber preceding the expiration of each Editor, his 
place shall be refilled by the Directors. In case 
of a vacancy occurring in the editorial corps at 
any other time, the Directors shall fill such va- 
cancy at once. The editorial corps shall control 
the publication of the Chicago Medical .Journal 
and Examiner, and they shall divide the edito- 
rial work for issuing the Journal amongst them- 
selves as they deem best. They shall transfer all 
books, journals, pamphlets, etc., to the Librarian 
as soon as they shall have finished with them for 
purposes of furnishing copy for the printers. PRESS ASSOCIATION. 
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Librarian. 
Sec. XVII. The Librarian shall have the cus- 
tody of all books, periodicals, papers, etc., of the 
Association (as soon as they are given over to 
him by the Editors) and shall take good care that 
they are preserved, arranged and exhibited to 
members of the Association, as he shall, from 
time to time, be instructed by the Board of Di- 
rectors. lie shall keep a correct catalogue of all 
such books, papers and periodicals. lie shall 
keep an index rerum of the original artidles in 
the Journals, and of the pamphlets received by 
the Association. He shall allow the privileges 
of the library to none but members of the Asso- 
ciation, and shall allow no books, papers or pe- 
riodicals to be removed therefrom. 
Sf.c. XVIII. These By-Laws, or any of them, 
may be altered, or amended or repealed at any 
regular meeting of the Board of Directors, by a 
a majority of the Board. 
Alteration of By-Laws.