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STATUTES,
          REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF

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         MEDICAL   SOCIETY

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                 ADOPTED JULY 6, 1819. ...--A'   QEN

   INCORPORATED JULY 1, 180G.

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                 PASSED APRIL 10, 1813.


     HERE AS  well  regulated medical societies have
been found to contribute to the diffusion of true science,
and  particularly the  knowledge of the  healing art—
Therefore,

   1.  Be it enacted  by the people of the State of New-
 York, represented in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That it
shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  physicians and sur-
geons in the several counties of this state, now author-
ized by law to practise in their several professions, ex-
cept  in those counties wherein medical  societies have
been already incorporated,  to meet  together  on the
first Tuesday of July next, at the place  where the last
term of the court of common pleas next previous to
 such meeting  was held in their  respective counties;
 and the several physicians and surgeons so convened
 as aforesaid, or any part of them, being not less than
 five in number, shall proceed to the choice of a presi-
 dent,  vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, who
 <)m\\ hold their offices for one year, and until  other?
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shall be chosen in their places; and whenever the said
societies shall be so organized as aforesaid, they are
hereby declared to be bodies corporate  and politic, in
fact and in name, by the names of the Medical Society
of the county where such societies shall respectively be
formed ; and by that name  shall  be in law capable of
suing and being sued, pleading and  being  impleaded,
answering, and being answered unto, defending and
being defended, in all courts and places,  and in all
matters and  causes whatsoever; and shall and  may
have a common seal, and may alter and renew the same
at their pleasure: Provided always,  That if the said
physicians and surgeons  shall not  meet and organize
themselves at such time and place as aforesaid,  it  shall
be lawful  for them to meet at such other time as a ma-
jority of them shall think proper,  and their proceed-
ings shall be  as valid as if such meeting had been at
the time before specified.

   2.  And be it further enacted, That the medical so-
cieties of  counties already incorporated, shall continue
to be bodies corporate and politic, in fact and in name,
by the names of the Medical  Society  of  the  county
where such societies have  respectively been  formed,
and by that name shall be in law capable of suing and
being sued, pleading and being impleaded,  answ ering
and being answered unto, defending and being defend-
ed,  in  all courts  and places, and in all matters and
causes whatsoever; and shall and may have a common
seal, and  may alter and renew the same at their  plea-
sure ;  and  the president,  vice-president,  secretary,
and  treasurer, of  such  incorporated  societies,  shall
hold their offices for one year, and until others  shall
be chosen in their places. 
                MEDICAL  SOCIETIES.               5

  3. And be it further enacted, That the medical so-
ciety already incorporated, by the style and  name of
the " Medical  Society  of the  State of New-York,"
shall continue to be a body politic  and corporate, in
fact and  in  name, and by that  name  shall be in law
capable of suing and being  sued, pleading and  being
impleaded,  answering and being answered unto, de-
fending and being defended, in all courts  and places,
and in all matters and  causes whatsoever; and shall
and  may have  and use  a  common  seal,  and  may
change and alter the same at their pleasure:  and that
the said society shall be composed of one member from
each of the county societies in the state, elected by bal-
lot at their annual meeting, who shall  meet together at
the time and  place  appointed  by the  said society for
that purpose;  and being met,  not  less than fifteen in
number,  may annually elect  by ballot a  president,
vice-president,  secretary, and  treasurer,  who shall
hold their offices for one year, and until others shall
be chosen in their places.

   4.  And be it further  enacted, That the Medical So-
ciety of the State of New-York, and also  the medical
societies  of the respective  counties,  shall  and may
agree  upon and determine the times and places of their
meeting; and the time so agreed  upon, shall for ever
thereafter, be the anniversary day of holding their re-
spective meetings;  and it is hereby made the duty of
the secretary of each of  the county medical societies,
to lodge  in the office of the clerk  of their respective
counties, if not already done, a copy of all the proceed-
ings had at their first meeting; and it shall also  be the
duty of the  secretary of the Medical Society of the State
of NewYork, in like manner, to lodge in the office of 
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the secretary of this state, a copy of their proceedings,
had at their first general meeting; and the said clerks
and secretary are hereby required to file the same in
their  respective  offices, for which they shall each  re-
ceive  the sum of twelve and an half cents.

  5. And be it further enacted, That the members now
composing the Medical Society of  the State of New-
York, from  each of the four  great districts, shall  re-
main divided into four classes ; and one class from each
of said districts shall go out of office annually.

  6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be  the
duty of the secretary of the Medical Society of the State
of New-York, whenever the seats of any of the mem-
bers shall become vacant, to  give  information  of  the
same  to the  respective county societies, to the end that
such county societies may supply such vacancy at their
next meeting.

  7.  And be it further enacted, That in case there shall
be an addition to the number of members  composing
the Medical Society of the State,  that in that case it
shall be in the power of the said society, at any of their
annual meetings, and as often as they shall judge  ne-
cessary, to alter  and vary the classes in such  manner,
as that one  fourth of  the members from each of  the
great  districts, as near as may be, shall annually go  out
of office.

  8.  And be it further enacted, That if the  seat of
any member of the Medical Society of the State of
New-York shall  be vacated,  either by death, resigna-
tion,  or removal from the county, it shall be ^the duty 
MEDICAL SOCIETIES.
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of the medical society of such county, to fill such va-
cancy at their  next meeting after  such vacancy shall
happen.

   9.  And be it further  enacted, That the medical so-
cieties established as aforesaid, are  hereby respectively
empowered to examine all students who shall and may
present themselves for that purpose, and to give diplo-
mas under the hand of the president and seal of such
society, before whom such students shall be examined;
which diploma shall be sufficient to empower the person
so obtaining the same, to practise physic or surgery, or
both, as shall be set  forth in the said diploma, in any
part of this  state.

   10. And  be it further enacted, That if any student
who shall have presented himself for examination be-
fore any of the medical societies of the several coun-
ties of this  state, shall think himself  aggrieved by the
decision of such society, it shall be lawful for such stu-
dent to present himself for examination to the Medical
Society of the State of  New-York ; and if, in the opin-
ion of such society, the student  so applying is well qua-
lified for the practice of physic or surgery, or both, as
the case may be, the president of said society shall,
under his hand and the seal of such society, give to the
said applicant a diploma agreeable to such decision.

   II. And  be it further enacted, That it shall and may
be lawful for the several medical societies so established
as aforesaid, at their annual meetings,  to appoint not
less than three, nor more than  five censors, to continue
in office for one  year,  and until  others are chosen,
whose duty it shall be carefully and impartially to ex-
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amine all students who shall present themselves for that
purpose, and  report their opinion in writing,  to the
president of said society.

   12. And be it further enacted, That no person shall
commence the practice of physic or surgery within any
of the counties of this state, until he shall have  passed
an examination,  and received a diploma from  one of
the medical societies  to  be  established as aforesaid;
and if any person shall so practise without having ob-
tained a diploma for that purpose, he  shall for ever
thereafter be  disqualified from collecting any debt  or
debts incurred by such practice, in any court of this
state.

   13. And be it further enacted,  That it shall and may
be lawful for  the medical societies of the respective
counties in this  state,  and also the Medical Society of
the State  of  New-York,  to  purchase and hold any
estate, real and personal, for the use of said respective
societies :  Provided, such estate, as well  real as per-
sonal, which  the county societies are hereby respec-
tively authorized to hold,  shall not exceed the  sum of
one thousand  dollars; and that the estate, as well real
as personal, which the Medical Society of the State of
New-York is hereby authorized to hold, shall not ex-
ceed five thousand dollars.

   14.  And be it further enacted, That it shall be law-
ful for the respective societies to make such by-laws
and regulations  relative  to the affairs, concerns, and
property of said societies; relative to  the admission
and expulsion of members; relative to such donations
or contributions as they, or a majority of the members, 
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at their annual  meeting,  shall think fit and proper:
Provided, That  such by-laws, rules,  and regulations,
made by the Society of the State of New-York, be not
contrary to, nor  inconsistent with, the constitution and
laws of this State, or of the  United States; and that
the by-laws, rules, and regulations,  of the respective
county societies, shall not be repugnant to the by-laws,
rules, and regulations of the medical society of the state
of New-York, nor contrary to,  nor  inconsistent with,
the Constitution and laws of this  State, or of the United
States.

   15. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer
of each  Society established as aforesaid, shall  receive
and be accountable for all monies  that shall come into
his hands by virtue of any of the by-laws of such socie-
ties, and  also for all monies that  shall come into the
hands of the President thereof, for the admission of
members, or licensing  students ; which monies the said
President  is hereby required to pay over to the said
Treasurer,  who shall  account therefor to the society,
at their annual meetings; and no monies shall be drawn
from the Treasurer,  unless  such sums, and for such
purposes as shall  be agreed upon by a majority of the
society, at their annual meeting, and by a warrant for
that purpose, signed by the President.

   16. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of each of the said medical socie-
ties to provide a book, in which  he shall make an entry
of all the resolutions and proceedings which  may be
had from time to time, and also the  name of each and
every member of said society, and the time of his ad-
mission, and also the annual reports relative to the state 
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of the treasury, and all such other things as a majority
of the society shall  think proper, to which book  any
member of the society may, at any time, have recourse;
and the same, together with all books, papers, and re-
cords, which may be in the hands of the Secretary, and
be the property of the society, shall  be delivered to .his
successor in office.

  17. And be it further enacted,  That it shall be law-
ful for each of the said medical societies to cause to be
raised and collected from each of the members of such
society, a sum not exceeding three  dollars in any one
year,  for the purpose of procuring a medical library,
and  apparatus, and for the encouragement of useful
discoveries in chemistry, botany, and  such other  im-
provements as the majority of the society  shall think
proper.

  18. And be it further enacted,  That any student who
may receive a diploma from the medical society of this
state, shall  pay to the President thereof, on receiving
the same, ten dollars; and for each diploma that a stu-
dent  may  receive from the  medical  society of  any
county, he shall pay to the President thereof, on re-
ceiving the same,  five dollars:  Provided,  That  the
students who have  been  examined previous to  the
twenty-sixth  day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and twelve, and were entitled to receive diplomas, but
who have not received the same, shall not pay therefor
more than  two dollars.

   19. And be it further enacted, That  the medical so- ,
ciety of this state may elect, by ballot, at their annual
meetings, eminent and respectable physicians and sur- 
MEDICAL  SOCIETIES.
11
geons, residing in any part of this state ; which persons
so elected, shall be permanent members of the society,
and entitled to all the privileges of the same :  Provided,
That not more than two such m< mbers shall be elect-
ed  in any one year, and that  they receive no com-
pensation for their attendance from the funds of the
society.

   20. And be it further enacted, That any person who
shall practise physic or surgery, without being regular-
ly licensed, shall forfeit and pay twenty-five dollars for
each offence, of which he may be duly convicted, to be
recovered with costs of suit, before any justice of the
peace of the county where such penalty shall be incur-
red, by  any person who will  prosecute for  the same;
and the  justice, before whom  such conviction may be
had, shall pay  the same to the overseers of the poor of
such town where such conviction shall be had, for the
use of the poor thereof, whose duty it shall be to prose-
cute for the same : Provided,  The person so practising
without license, who  shall not receive any fee or re-
ward for the same,  shall be exempt from the penalty
of this act:  And provided also,  That nothing in this
 act contained, shall be construed to extend to debar
 any person  from  using or applying for the benefit of
 any sick person, any roots, barks, or herbs, the growth
 or produce of the United States.

   21. And  be it further enacted, That all persons who
 may be hereafter licensed to practise physic and sur-
 gery, shall deposit a copy of such license with the clerk
 of  the county in  which such practitioner may reside;
 and until such license shall be so deposited, these prac-
 titioners who  may neglect the  same, shall  be liable to 
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the penalty of this act, in the same manner as if they
had no such license ;  and it  shall be the duty  of the
Clerk to  file  such  license in  his office, for  each of
which he shall receive  twelve and a half cents,  and
no  more, from the  practitioner who  may deposit the
same.

  22. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
act contained, shall be construed to prevent any person
coming from any other state or country from practising
physic or surgery within this state,  such person being
duly authorised to practise by the laws of such state or
country, having a diploma from a regular medical socie-
ty : Provided  however, That none of the societies, es-
tablished as aforesaid, shall proceed to the examination
of any student, in order to license him for the practice,
until such student shall have produced satisfactory tes-
timony that  he has regularly studied physic or surgery,
or both, as the case may be, with one or more reputa-
ble  practitioner or practitioners, for the  term of three
years.

  23. And be it further enacted, That it  shall be in the
power of the legislature to alter, modify, or repeal this
act, whenever they shall deem it necessary or expe-
dient.

  24. And be it further enacted,  That if there should
not be a  sufficient number of physicians and surgeons
in any of the counties of this state, to form themselves
into a medical society, agreeably to this act, it shall be
lawful for such physicians and surgeons to associate
with the  physicians and  surgeons of an adjoining coun-
ty,  for the purposes hereby contemplated. 
                MEDICAL  SOCIETIES.              13

  25. And be it further enacted,  That this act shall be,
and hereby is declared to be a public act.

  (a  true COPY.)

               Compared with the original in the office
                 of the  Secretary of  this State, this
                 25th June, 1813.

                             JAS. VAN INGEN. 
A ^C  A\3 il
To amend an Act, entitled " An Act to incorporate Me-
  dical Societies, for the purpose of regulating the prac-
  tice  of physic and  surgery  in  this state."—Passed
  April 20,  1818.

  1. Be it enacted by the people of the  State of New-
York, represented m Senate and Assembly, That  no per-
son shall, after  the first day  of May, 1821, be admitted
to an  examination as a candidate for the  practice  of
physic and surgery,  in this  state, unless he shall have
previously studied medical science four years, after the
age of sixteen, with a regular physician and surgeon;
but any portion of time not exceeding one year, during
which, any person, after the age of sixteen, shall have
pursued any of the studies pursued in either of the col-
leges in this state, shall be accepted  in lieu Of an equal
portion of time of the study of medical science; and if
any person shall  have attended one or more complete
courses of medical lectures, delivered by each of the
professors, on all  branches of medical science, in either
of the medical colleges or institutions in this  state,  or
elsewhere, the same sh-^ll   be accepted in lieu of one
year spent in the study of medical science as aforesaid;
and  the person with whom  the student shall commence
his studies,  shall  file a certificate with the president of
the board to which he belongs, certifying that  the per-
son has commenced his studies with  him, and  the day
of filing such certificate shall be the commencement of
such term of study ; and if the term of study shall be in-
tended to be for less than four years, by reason that the
person has  pursued the studies pursued in colleges as 
AMENDMENT TO  AN ACT.            16
aforesaid, or that he hath attended lectures as aforesaid,
then on application  to the said  president, he shall, on
examining the matter, make an order annexed to the
certificate aforesaid, purporting  that it hath satisfacto-
rily appeared to him that the person hath pursued the
studies pursued in colleges as aforesaid, or that he hath
attended one or more course of lectures as aforesaid
after he was 16 years of age, for such a period of time
not exceeding one year, as shall be specified  in the
order, and thereupon order the term of study in such
case may be for a time which  shall remain after de-
ducting from 4 years the time so specified in the order:
Provided always,  That no person shall  be  licensed to
practice physic and surgery until he shall be of the age
of 21 years.

   II. And be it further enacted, That each and every
student of medicine who shall  present  himself to the
censors of either of the county medical societies of the
state for examination, and be found disqualified for the
practice of physic and surgery,  or either of them, shall
not be allowed the privilege of an examination before
the censors of any other  county medical society,  but
shall in all cases  where  he thinks  himself aggrieved,
have a right to appeal to the censors of the state medi-
cal society, and that any license obtained contrary to
the provisions of this act shall be void.

   III. And be it further enacted, That the state medi-
cal society shall annually elect  not more than twelve,
nor less than six,  censors, any three of whom shall be
a quorum for the  examination of students.

   IV.  And be it further enacted, -That no physician or
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 16            AMENDMENT TO AN ACT.

 surgeon from any other state or county shall be admit-
 ted to practice in this state, until  he shall have filed a
 copy of his diploma from some college of medicine or
 legally incorporated medical society, with the clerk of
 the county in which he may reside, agreeably to the
 twenty-first section of the act hereby amended,  nor
 until  he shall have exhibited to the medical society of
 the county where he resides, satisfactory evidence that
 he has regularly studied physic and  surgery, agreeably
 to the requisitions contained in the first section of this
 act.

   V.  And be it further enacted,  That in those coun-
 ties where the anniversary meetings of any county me-
 dical  society shall occur on the same day on  which the
 court of common pleas shall meet, it shall be lawful for   ,
 such society to alter the time of their anniversary meet-
 ing, to such a day as a majority of the said society pre-
 sent may think proper.

   VI.  And be it further enacted, That each of the col-
leges  of medicine in this state, may elect a delegate to
represent their colleges respectively in the medical so-
 ciety of  the state, who shall be entitled to all the pri-
vileges, and subject to the same regulations as the dele-
 gates from the county medical societies.

   VII. And be it further enacted,  That hereafter it
 shall be  the duty of every practitioner of medicine in
this state, to report himself to, and connect himself with,
 the medical society in the county where he resides, by
lodging with the president of such society a  certificate
under his hand to that effect. 
AX  ACT
Further to amend "An Act to incorporate Medical Socie-
  ties, for the purpose of regulating the practice of Phy-
  sic and Surgery in this State. Passed April 13, 1819.

  Be it enacted by the people of the State of Neiv- York,
represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and
may be lawful for each medical society in this state to
cause to be raised and collected from each practising
physician or surgeon, residing in the county or counties
where such society is by law established, a sum not ex-
ceeding one dollar in any one year;  which sum when
collected, shall be part of  the fund of said society, to be
applied as directed by the 17th section of the act, enti-
tled " an act to incorporate  medical societies for the
purpose of regulating the  practice of physic and surge-
ry in this state," passed April ljO, 1813.

  And be it further enacted, That no college of physi-
cians and surgeons in  this state, shall confer a diploma
for the degree of Doctor  of Medicine, upon  any stu-
dent, until  such student shall have fully complied with
the requisitions contained in the first section of the act,
entitled  " an act to  incorporate  medical societies, for
the purpose of  regulating the  practice of physic and
surgery in this state," passed twentieth  April, 1818;
and also in addition  thereto, have  attended  one com-
plete course of  lectures delivered by each of the pro-
fessors of such college. 
AX  ACT
To enable the County Medical Societies in this State to
  alter  the  time  of  holding  their annual meetings.
  Passed April 23,  1823.

  Be it enacted by the people of the State of New- York,
represented in Senate  and  Assembly,  That it shall and
may be lawful for any society  incorporated under the
act entitled  " an  act to incorporate  medical societies
for the purpose of regulating the practice of physic and
surgery in this state," at any anniversary meeting of
such society, to change the day  of holding their annual
meeting, to  such other day in the year as may be more
convenient.   Provided, That two thirds of the mem-
bers present concur in voting for such change: notice
of intention to move the same having been first  given
at some previous regular meeting of the society. 
           BYLAWS
                OF THE
MEDICAL  SOCIETY
                OF THE
       County oi Xtfw-Xoxk.


          Revised and adopted August 9,1824.
4 
OFFICERS
3NledicaV Society oi the County oi Xe^f "Wk.
                  ELECTED JULY 6, 1824.
DAVFD HOSACK, M. D. President.
JOHN WATTS, Jr. M. D. Vice President.
FELIX PASCALIS, M. D. Corresponding Secretari,
NICOLL H. DERING, M. D. Secretary.
Dr. DAVID ROGERS, Treasurer.
SAMUEL W. MOORE, M. D. ~\
JOHN C. CHEESMAN, M. D. f
JOHN B. BECK, M. D.      > Censors.
Dr. PETER C. TAPPEN,     \
JOHN STEARNS, M. D.

       Delegate to the State Medical Society
JAMES R. MANLEY, M. D.
         Lecturers.
JOHN B. BECK, M. D.
STEPHEN BROWN, M. D.
THOMAS COCK, M. D.
Dr. ELBRIDGE G. DUNNEL.
JOHN W. FRANCIS, M. D.
 SAMUEL W. MOORE, M. D.
FELIX PASCALIS, M. D.
WM. F. SEAMAN, M.  D.
JOHN STEARNS, M.  D.
JEREMIAH VAN RENSSELAER, M. D 
                   ^X-liAWS
                      OF THE
       MEDICAL   SOCIETY

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                  CHAPTER I.

             MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.

  Art. 1.  The anniversary meeting shall be held on
the first Monday in July in  every year.  If the Inde-
pendence of the United  States shall be celebrated on
this day, the secretary, and one other member  in at-
tendance, may adjourn to the next day.

  Art. 2.  The stated meetings shall be on the second
Monday in every month, except July.

  Art. 3.  Extraordinary meetings  may  be called by
the president, or in his absence  by the vice-president,
at the  request, in writing, signed by eleven members;
a printed notice of which shall be sent to each  mem-
ber, at least three days previous to the meeting.

  Art. 4.  The society may adjourn, from day to day,
their anniversary, stated, or  extraordinary meetings.

  Art. 5.  Eleven members shall constitute a quorum
at each meeting.

  Art. 6.  In the  absence of the president, vice-pre-
sident  and censors, the senior member on  the roll shall
preside. 
±1                  BY-LAWS.

  Art.  7.  Every member shall  observe order and de-    ,
corutn in the society, shall pay due respect to the pre-
sident, and other officers, and to  his fellows,  and no
member  shall withdraw, during the session,  without
special permission from the chair.



                 CHAPTER  II.

                ORDER OF BUSINESS.

  Art.  1.  At each stated meeting, after the presiding
officer shall have declared the society formed, the mi-
nutes of the last meeting shall  be read, the examina-
tion of candidates for license shall be held, if any be
recommended by the Comitia Minora.  The presiding
officer may direct the order in which communications
shall be read.
  Motions, and other unfinished  business of the last
meeting shall be considered ;  and  at  extraordinary
meetings, the business for which the  society is conven-
ed shall be first considered.

  Art.  2.  No member shall be permitted to speak on
any subject of business  more than twice, without spe-
cial leave of the presiding officer.

  Art. 3.  At each anniversary  meeting, after the ex-
amination of candidates,  the minutes of the Comitia
Minora of the last year shall be read.

  Art.  4.  The election of officers  shall be held by
ballot. Accounts against the Society  shall be consider-
ed, and acted on.                                     ;

  Art. 5.  Amendments to the  by-laws may be  con-
sidered and decided.
 
BY-LAWS.
23
                 CHAPTER III.

                   PRESIDENT.

  Art.  1. It shall be the duty of the president to pre-
side at all meetings of the Society, and preserve order
and decorum.

  Art.  2. He shall perform the duties prescribed by the
statutes, by-laws, and resolutions of the Society.

  Art.  3.  He shall appoint  all committees,  unless
otherwise ordered by special resolution.

   Art.  4. He shall take the sense of the  Society on
every motion made and seconded.

   Art.  5. He, or any officer who may preside, shall
have no vote,  except on questions where there is an
equal division of voices.

   Art.  6. He shall keep on file  all documents and cer-
 tificates in relation to the Society, which are by law de-
 posited with him,  and these he shall deliver to his suc-
 cessor.

   Art. 7. He shall lay before the Society, at each stated
 meeting, the certificates delivered to  him since the last
 meeting, from physicians respecting themselves, in con-
 formity to the  7th section of the  act regulating the prac-
 tice of Physic and Surgery, passed April 20, 1818.


                  CHAPTER IV.

                   VICE-PRESIDENT.

    The vice-president, in the absence of the president,
 shall preside and perform the duties of the president. 
24                  BY-LAWS.

                  CHAPTER V.

                    CENSORS.

  Art- 1.  The censors shall perform the duties pre-
scribed by the  statutes, the by-laws, and resolutions
of the  Society.

  Art. 2.  In the absence of the  president and vice-
president, the senior censor present shall preside.

  Art. 3.  It shall be the duty of  the Comitia Minora
to take cognizance of breaches of the precepts of Me-
dical Ethics which shall be laid before them, and may
report  the result of their proceedings thereon to the
Society, if they think proper.


                 CHAPTER VI.

                    TREASURER.

  Art. 1. The treasurer shall perform the duties dU
rected  by the statutes,  the by-laws, and resolutions of
the  Society.

  Art. 2.  It shall be the duty of  the treasurer to put
all the  monies of the Society into  one fund, to be ap-
propriated to the  payment of current expenses,  or
such other  objects and improvements  as the Society
may occasionally direct; pursuant to the 17th section
of the statute of 1813, and the amendment of 1819, 
BY-LAWS.
25
                 CHAPTER VII.

                    SECRETARY.

  Art.  1.  The  secretary shall perform the duties di-
rected by the statutes, the by-laws, and resolutions of
the society.

  Art.  2.  He shall publish, at least once in each year,
in one or more newspapers of this city, a list  of the
members of the  Society, and shall also publish, at the
same time, the fourth and seventh sections of the law,
entitled  " an Act to amend an Act,  entitled, an Act
to Incorporate Medical Societies,  for the purpose of
regulating  the Practice of Physic  and Surgery in this
State,"  passed on the 20th April, 1818.

   Art.  3. It shall be the duty of the secretary to no-
tify each person proposed as a member of this society,
that he has been so proposed, and to transmit him a
copy of the first Art. of the 13th chapter of the by-laws.

                       —©<©©—

                 CHAPTER VIII.

             CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

   Art.  1. At each anniversary meeting a correspond-
 ing secretary shall be elected by ballot.

    Art. 2. He  shall conduct the correspondence of
 the Society  under the direction of the Comitia Mino-
 ra.  He shall retain copies of  all letters written  by
 him in behalf of the Society, and preserve on file all
 letters and communications received by him in his of-
 ficial capacity, and shall report the same  at each sta-
 ted meeting. 
16
UY-LAWS.
  Art. 3.  He  shall  record, in a book provided  for
that purpose, all communications read before the So-
ciety, which shall be  approved by the Comitia Mino-
ra, and such papers shall  be considered the  property
of the Society.

  Art. 4.  He  shall  obey all orders and resolutions
appertaining to the duties of his office.

  Art.  5.  In cases of absence or sickness, the secre-
taries shall reciprocally perform each others duties.


                 CHAPTER IX.

                    DELEGATE.

  Art. 1.  The delegate shall perform the duties pre-
scribed by law.

  Art. 2.  He shall support the honour and dignity
of the Society.
  Art. 3.  He shall obey the orders and resolutions
of the Society.


                  CHAPTER X.

                 COMITIA MINORA-

  Art. 1. The president and other officers shall consti-
tute the Comitia Minora.

  Art. 2.  The Comitia Minora shall meet on the
Wednesday preceding  each anniversary and stated
meeting. 
BY-LAWS.
21
  Art.  3.  The  president may call an extraordinary
meeting of the  Comitia Ninora whenever  he shall
deem it necessary.

  Art.  4.  The  president or  vice-president,  together
with three censors, shall constitute a quorum for the
examination of candidates, but any four members may
constitute a quorum for the transaction of other busi-
ness.

   Art. 5* The journal of the proceedings of the Co-
mitia Minora shall be kept by the secretary,  and read
at each anniversary meeting,  together with the names
of the attending and absent  members, and if it shall
appear that any member has been absent from three
meetings in succession, without having assigned a sa-
tisfactory reason, he shall be ineligible  to office for
the year ensuing.

   Art. 6. All  communications, memoirs, or essays
on medical subjects, after having  been read and ac-
cepted by the Medical  Society,  may be  submitted to
the Comitia Minora for their  subsequent examination,
by whom they may be ordered to be published.

   Art. 7. The Comitia Minora  shall execute such
duties as shall be prescribed by the society.

   Art. 8. The Comitia Minora may make  rules and
regulations for their government, not inconsistent with
the charter or by-laws of the  corporation. 
28
BY-LAWS.
                 CHAPTER XI.

                   LECTURERS.

  Art.  1.  Ten lecturers shall  be elected by ballot at
each anniversary meeting.

  Art.  2.  Each lecturer shall read  according to the
alphabetical arrangement of his name at each meeting
of the society, except the anniversary, a dissertation
on some subject  connected with medicine or surgery,
or some important case in practice.

  Art.  3.  He shall furnish the corresponding secre-
tary with a  copy of his dissertation  previous to  the
jfiext stated meeting after it is read.



                 CHAPTER  XII.

               ORDINARY MEMBERS.

  Art.  1.  The  ordinary members  shall  consist  of
physicians and surgeons only.

  Art.  2.  It shall be  the  duty of every member  of
the society to answer  before the Comitia Minora  to
complaints made against him; and in case of refusal to
answer when required,  the name of such member shall
be reported to the society.

  Art.  3.  When the name of any gentleman settled
in the city as a medical practitioner,  is reported to the
Society, the president  shall  appoint  a committee  to
wait upon him,  presenting the by-laws under which
they act, and offer to lay his credentials before the 
BY-LAWS.
29'
Society, to the end that he may be known to the pro-
fession as a regular practitioner ; and if the gentleman
so called upon shall not exhibit satisfactory creden-
tials, it shall  be  the duty of  the secretary to inquire
at the clerk's office, and ascertain whether  a copy of
his license  has been lodged there, and report the re-
sult at the next meeting.



                 CHAPTER XIII.

              ADMISSION OF  MEMBERS.

   Art.  1. Any member may propose a candidate for
a seat as member of this society, and when  the docu-
ments and testimonials relative to the moral character
and professional qualifications of such candidate shall
be placed in  the  hands of the secretary, he shall lay
them before the  Comitia Minora, whose duty it shall
be to recommend the  admission of such candidate, if
they think him eligible, at the  next stated meeting  of
the society.

   Art.  2. Every member shall be proposed  at one
stated meeting, and ballotted for at the  next;  and if
he shall  have a majority of votes of the members pre-
sent, he shall become  a member.

   Art.  3. Every member thus admitted,  shall sign
the  by-laws, end designate the state or country of his
birth, and the medical rank  or station  held by him
at, or previous to, his  admission.

   Art.  4. Every member admitted  into the society
shall, before signing the by-laws, be required by the
secretary to present the treasurer's receipt for his ini- 
30
BY-LAW*.
tiation fee, (ten dollars,) which shall be appropriated
to the  use  of the society :  whereupon the secretary
shall present him with a copy of the by-laws.

  Art. 5. The name  of  each person admitted  or
elected, who has refused or neglected  to sign the  by-
laws, shall be reported in writing,  by the secretary,
at the next anniversary meeting.

  Art. 6. Each person so reported shall be  inform-
ed thereof by the secretary within one month there-
after ; and every person thus informed, who shall re-
fuse or  neglect to  sign  the  by-laws before the next
anniversary meeting, shall  cease to be an  elect'mem-
ber.


                CHAPTER  XIV.

            CONTRIBUTION AND ARREARS.

  Art. 1. The Society, at the anniversary meeting,
may establish such contribution as shall meet the year-
ly expenses.

  Art. 2. Every member  applying for a certificate
of membership,  shall produce a certificate from the
treasurer that he is not in arrears.

  Art. 3. The treasurer shall, from time to time, at
the cost of the Society, employ a person to collect the
arrears of each member, to whom,  in case of refusal
to pay, a copy of the following section  shall be de-
livered in writing.

  Art. 4. Every member who shall  continue  delin-
quent  m the payment of his contributions during the 
BY-LAWS.
31
term of one year, after being notified thereof by the
treasurer, shall  forfeit the privileges  of membership.

                     —oo©—

                 CHAPTER XV.

                HONORARY MEMBERS.

   Art. 1.  Any member may propose a  candidate as
 an honorary member, but the medical rank or station
 held by him shall be  furnished in writing by the pro-
 poser, at or previous to the time of such proposal, and
 if satisfactory, the person so proposed shall be ballot-
 ted for at a subsequent meeting.   A majority of votes
 shall constitute him an honorary member.

   Art. 2. Not more than six honorary members shall
 be annually elected.

    Art. 3. The honorary members  may take part in
 debate, but shall not be entitled to vote.

    Art. 4. The Governor and Chancellor of the State,
 and the Mayor of the city of New-York, for  the time
 being, shall be, ex-officio, honorary members.

                       ■*»l»"-

    The following shall  be the form of the diploma for
 honorary  members.

 Societas Medica Civitatis Novi Eboraci atque Comita-
          tus, Omnibus  has literas perlecturis.

                    SALUTEM.
  Virum probum et ornatissimum,            p. D.
A. B.               Quern fama promit, scientiarum 
32
BY-LAWS.
medicinae et chirurgiae cultorem, liberalium honoribus
artium  provectum, Placuit nobis Praesidi, caeterisq:
Sociis hujusce Comitatus Concil: Med : Facultatis So-
cium constitnere Honorarium ;  atque auctoritatem  ei
donare, privilegia et immunitates ad nostrates Medi-
caeq : Facultatis quae pertinent; ubiq : terrarum dex-
tra et honore amplectendum.
       In quorum  fidem, hae literae, pro Emerito So-
         cio  D. D.  A. B.  manibus, sigilloq.  Ar-
   L. s.  chiatrum  munitae lubentissime mandantur.
         Medicis jEdibus Novi-Eboraci.  A. D. 18
         Apr: Kalend ;

                                          Prees.

                                          Scr.

                      —QOO

                CHAPTER XVI.

                   LICENTIATES.

  Art.  1.  All applicants for a license to practice phy-
sic and surgery, who shall be approved of by the Co-
mitia Minora, shall by them  be recommended to the
Society, and be subject to such formalities as the Co-
mitia Minora shall  direct.

  Art.  2.  Every  candidate for license, on presenting
himself for examination, shall pay to the censors, for
the benefit of the Society, the sum of ten dollars.

  Art.  3.  Every person admitted to the practice  of
physic or surgery,  shall  sign the following declara-
tion, viz.

  I, A. B.  do  solemnly declare, that I will  honestly, 
BY-LAWS.
3S
virtuously, and chastely conduct myself in  the prac-
tice of physic and surgery, and that I will with fideli-
ty and honour, do every thing  in  my power for the
benefit of the sick committed to my charge.

  This  declaration,  so signed, shall  be  preserved
amongst the archives of the Society.

  Art. 4. Every person admitted to the practice  of
physic and surgery shall receive the following diplo-
ma, viz :

         Omnibus ad quos hce literce pervenerint.

                    SALUTEM:

   NOS, Societatis Medicae Comitatus  Novi Eboraci,
 Prseses, Caeterique Socii, hoc scripto testatum volu-
 mus, (here insert the name and country of the candi-
 date)  Artis  medicae et chirurgicae sub viris in medici-
 na peritis, tempore praestituto, se studio incubuisse, et
 in hisce studiis progressum, luculento testimonio, no-
 bis probasse et commendasse.   Quocirca, ex  auctori-
 tate nobis commissa, medicinae  et artis  chirurgicae, in
 hac civitate  exercendae, ei potestatem, cum omnibus
 privilegiis ad has artes pertinentibus, concedimus.
        In quorum testimonium  hocce diploma, sigillo
         ^lostro munitum,  donavimus.   Datum  Novi
          Eboraci die A. D. Millesimo octingentesimo.

                                          Prases.

                                        a Secretis.

   Art. 5. If instead of the above, a diploma in the
 English language  should  be requested  by the person
 so admitted, it shall be in the following form, viz. 
<_>4
BY-LAWS.
To all to whom these presents shall come, or may in
                 any wise concern:

  The President and Members of the Medical Socie-
ty of the County of New-York,  send greeting:—
Whereas (insert the name and country of the candi-
date)  hath exhibited unto us satisfactory testimony
that he hath studied physic and surgery, for the term,
and in the manner  directed  by law; arid  hath  also,
upon  examination by  our censors, given  sufficient
proofs of his  proficiency in the healing art, and of his
moral character.  Wherefore, by virtue of the power
vested in us by law, we do grant unto the said (insert
the name of the candidate) the privilege of practising
physic and surgery in this state, together with all the
rights and immunities which usually appertain to phy-
sicians and surgeons.
       In  witness whereof, we have granted this di-   j
         ploma, sealed  with  our seal, and testified by
         our President and Secretary, at (insert place,
         day, and year.)

   Art.  6. Every person receiving  a  diploma of li-
cense, shall be  notified by the secretary that he must
deposit  a copy  of the same with the clerk of the coun-
ty in which he may reside, and that until this be done,   1
he is  subject  to penalty as an illegal practitioner.

   Art. 7. Every person admitted to the  practice of   J
Physic and  Surgery by this Society, shall pay to the
secretary five dollars, and he  shall be presented with a
copy of the charter and by-laws. 
HONORARY  MEMBERS
                   OF  THE


                   OF  THE
          founts ot Ktto-irotife.


Hugh Williamson, M. D.*—New-York.
Lewis Valentine, M. D. P.—Nancy, France.
M. Teabuck, M. D. P.—New-Orleans.
M. Gerardin,  M. D. P.—France.
M. L.  Breuletou,  M. D. P.—Bordeaux, France.
Hippolite Cloquet, M. D. P.—Paris, France.
Don  Augustine Frutos, M.  D.—Madrid, Spain.
Pierre Frederick Thomas, M. D.—New-Orleans.
M. Berard, M.  D.—Montpellier, France.
Zollickhoffer.—Philadelphia.
J. L. Chabert, M. D. M.—New-Orleans.
Augustus Fitz Randolph Taylor.—New-Jersey.
P. M.  Roux,  M. D.—Marseilles, France.
* Deceased. 
MEMBERS
             OF THE


MEDICAL SOCIETY

             OF THE

     COUNTY  OF NEW-YORK.
 Samuel Akerly, A. M.
 Andrew Anderson, M. D.
 Anthony L. Anderson
 William Barrow, M. D.
 John Baxter, M. D.
 Joseph Bayley, M. D.
 John B. Beck. M. D.
 Stephen D. Beekman
 Francis E. Berger, M. D.
 Cornelius C. Blatchly
 Ebenezer S. Blatchly
 James C. Bliss, M. D.
 Samuel Borrowe", M. D.
 Thomas Boyd
 David B. Brooks, M. D.
 Stephen Brown, M. D.
 Nehemiah Brush, Jun.
 Andrew Buckham
 James Cameron
 John C. Cheesman, M. D.
 Alexander Clinton, M. D.
 Thomas Cock, M. D.
 James Cockcroft, M, D.
John S. Conger, A. M.
 Gerardus A. Cooper, M. D.
Fayette Cooper
John Davis
Daniel  Dayton
James E. Dekay, M. D.
Edward Delafield, M. D.
Nicoll H. Dering, M. D.
John H, Douglass
Charles Drake, M. D.
 Elbridge G. Dunnel
 Caspar W. Eddy, M. D.
 Floyd T. Ferris
 Joshua Fisher, M. D.
 John W. Francis, M. D.
 Augustus R. Griffen, M. D.
 Israel Hallock
 Andrew Hammersly, M. D.
 William Hammersly, M. D.
 Joseph Hanson, M. D.
 Peter B. Helrae, M. D.
 George Herriot
 William Hibbard
 David Hosack, M. D.
 John I. Howe
 Amos G.  Hull
 Abraham  T. Hunter, M. D.
 Thomas W. Hunter
 Ansel W. Ives, M. D.
 John D. Jaques, M. D.
 Francis U. Johnston, M.  D.
 H. Tomlinson Judson, M. D.
 benjamin P. Kissam, M.  D.
 Benjamin R. Kissam, M. D.
 Daniel W. Kissam., M. D.
 Samuel S. Kuypers
 Samuel M'Auley, M. D.
J. M Scott M'Knight
Hugh M'Lean
William James M'Nevin, M.  D.
James R.  Man ley, M. D.
 Samuel R. Marshall
 Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D.
 Otho Monroy, M. D.
 Samuel W. Moore, M. D. 
MEMBERS.
Valentine Mott, M. D.
John Neilson
John Onderdonk
Samuel Osborn, M. D.
Jacob Ostrom
Felix Padtfalis, M. D.
D. L. M. Peixotto, M. D.
James M. Pendleton, M. D.
Richard Pennel, M. D.
James L. Phelps
William F. Piatt
Wright  Post, M. D.
Benjamin R. Robson
John R. B. Rodgers, M. D.
J. Kearney Rodgers, M. D.
David Rogers
David L. Rogers, M. D.
J. Smyth Rogers, M. D.
Richard Seaman
William F. Seaman, M. D.
Gilbert  Smith, M. D.
Joseph M. Smith, M. D.
John Stearns, M. D.
John W. Sterling, M. D.
Alexander H. Stevens, M. D.
William Stillwell
Hugh Sweeny,  M. D.
William Swift, M. D.
Peter C. Tappen
Thomas Van Beuren
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, M. D.
Henry M. Van Solingen, M. D.
Richard Ver Meule
John Wagner, M. D.
John Watts, Jun. M. D.
John W. Weed
Abraham D.  Wilson, M. D.
Egerton L. Winthrop, M. D.
Amaziah Wright
Isaac Wood,  M. D.
Christopher C. Yates. 
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