Dr. J. N. Baker, of Montgomery; Dr. W. S. Britt, of Eufaula; Dr. J. P. Farrell, of Farrell; Dr. J. R. Goodloe, of Demopolis; Dr. J. B. Killebrew, of Mobile; Dr. A. N. Steele, of Anniston. It was then moved and carried that the Secretary of the Association be authorized to cast the ballot for Counsellors. This was done and the above mentioned nominees were elected to fill the vacancies in the College of Counsellors. The President then announced to these newly-elected Counsellors that their names would be placed on the list of "Counsellors-Elect," and if, at the next meeting of the Association it should be found that they had complied with all of the constitutional requirements, their names would be transferred to the Roll of Junior Counsellors. He stated that the requirements above alluded to were as follows: I. The payment of dues. 2. The signing of the Counsellor's Pledge. 3. The furnishing to the Secretary of a brief life history. At this juncture, Dr. Wm. H. Sanders, Chairman of the Committee on the Jerome Cochran Monument, asked the privilege of the floor in order to submit the following report: REPORT OF THE COCHRAN MONUMENT COMMITTEE. The Committee on the Jerome Cochran Monument is glad to be able to report more success since the last meeting of the Association in raising funds than heretofore. Whilst the success has not by any means been such as was hoped for, yet it affords encouragement for the future. It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the Association an Auxiliary Committee, consisting of one from each county society, was provided for, which committee was intended to co-operate with the original committee in efforts to secure the necessary funds for erecting a monument to our deceased leader. The original plan adopted was to raise $5,000.00 in three annual installments, the amount to be apportioned among the county societies in proportion to their numerical strength and material environments. The Auxiliary Committee consists of the following: Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Coosa Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas DeKalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Geneva Greene Hale Henry Jackson Lamar Lawrence Lee Lowndes _M. D. Smith J. H. Hastie W. P. Copeland W. H. Bell W. B. Allgood Seale Harris *J. C. Kendrick A. N. Steele W. D. Gaines H. L. Appleton F. E. Christopher L. O. Hicks Thos. Northen S. L. Williams P. T. Fleming G. T. McWhorter W. F. Betts .Julius Jones J. R. Ealum -J. R. Horn G. Hartung S. M. C. Howell S. G. Gay H. P. McWhorter W. A. Huddleston S. C. Henderson L. Kendrick J. R. G. Howell J. G. Palmer Macon *Deceased. L. W. Johnson Madison Marengo Marion Mobile Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Sumter Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston ---W. C. Wheeler W. L. Kimbrough J. C. Johnson ..H. T. Inge W. J. Mason -C. A. Thigpen F. P. Pettey O. L. Shivers H. B. Upchurch J. A. McEachern ---W. G. Floyd _T. A. Johnson D. L. Wilkinson J. McLaughlin M. B. Cameron B. B. Sims A. J. Coley W. G. Somerville A. M. Stovall _F. A. Webb .-L. E. Starr W. R. Bonds STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS. Had all of the county societies responded as generously as some have done, the entire amount needed would now or soon be in hand and when the time arrives for another annual meeting of the Association in this city the finished monument would stand ready to be unveiled as a token and evidence to the world that the Medical Association of Alabama appreciates Jerome Cochran's work and honors his memory. W. H. SANDERS, J. B. GASTON, Committee. At the conclusion of the reading of the report, Dr. E. H. Sholl moved that the report be accepted by the Association, and that the Committee be instructed to continue the work. This motion of Dr. Sholl was duly seconded and carried. Dr. Sanders said that all governments and chartered bodies, living under written constitutions, find it necessary from time to time to amend or revise their constitutions, so as to embody in them alterations or additions that time and experience have shown to be wise or necessary. The Constitution of this Association is thirty-two years old; during that long period comparatively few amendments to it have been made. Under its operation the Association has prospered as no other similar body in this country has done, and uniform organization has been effected in every county of the State. When conceived and formulated by its author (Jerome Cochran) and adopted by the Association, it deservedly ranked as a unique and remarkable document, remarkable for the original and philosophical principles it embodied, as well as for the clear and logical way in which these principles were put together. The time seems to have arrived, however, for a general revision of the instrument, so as to make it express more fully, and in some places more sequentially, the organic principles it contains. Whilst important additions and alterations have been made, not one of the fundamental and essential principles has been altered or modified; they all stand as crystallized by the hand of Jerome Cochran, If desired the manuscript will be read, but as the reading would occupy considerable time, it will probably be more satisfactory to the members to read it at their leisure after it appears in the published proceedings of this meeting. An appeal is made to the members to read and re-read it very carefully, so as to feel fully prepared to act on it at the next meeting. During the reading the members are urged to compare the proposed revision with the original, as it is believed that such comparison will justify every one of the proposed changes. It was moved and adopted that the reading of the manuscript-be dispensed with. |