The act of incorporation, together with the medical police, by-laws and rules, of the Rhode-Island Medical Society.

  • Rhode Island Medical Society
Date:
1841
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Credit: The act of incorporation, together with the medical police, by-laws and rules, of the Rhode-Island Medical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL POLICE, BY-LAWS, &c. Whereas it is granted and declared, in and by the Charter for incorporating a Medical Society in the State of Rhode-Island, that the fellows may enact such By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, rel¬ ative to the affairs, concerns and property of said Society, and relative to the duties of their several officers, as they may think proper; it is therefore ordained, that the following be the Medical Police, By-Laws and Rules of the said Society: CHAP. 1. Of Meetings, &c. Sec. I. Annual Meeting. There shall be an annual meeting of the Rhode Island Medical Society, to be held alternately in the towns of Newport and Providence, on the last Wednesday in June, at ten o’clock, A. M. at such place as the President may appoint; fourteen days notice being previously given in two public papers, one printed in the town of Newport and one in the city of Providence; at which meeting, ten fellows shall constitute a quorum for transact¬ ing business. Sec. 2. Order of Business. At the opening of the annual meeting, the Re¬ cording Secretary shall read the proceedings of the last meeting ; and the proceedings of the cen¬ sors, and shall receive the report of any commit¬ tee or committees. A discourse or dissertation on some medical subject shall then be delivered by the person appointed for that purpose. The Society shall then make such alterations in the by-laws as may be judged expedient—after which
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