ART. 85. The Board of Censors shall make their investigation of charges referred to them as speedily as may be consistent with the attainment of correct knowledge in the premises, and make such report to the Association as will enable the Association to have a proper understanding of the case.

ART. 86. Every member against whom charges are alleged shall have the right to be heard in his own defense, either in person or by counsel; and shall be furnished with a copy of the charges against him and allowed a reasonable time to obtain any necessary testimony.

ART. 87. The case being brought back to the consideration of the Association, by the report of the Board of Censors, shall be subjected to such discussion as the Association may determine, and shall be decided by vote by ayes and noes.

ART. 88. A vote of censure may be passed by a majority of the members present; but a vote of expulsion shall require the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.

ART. 89. The State Association shall have appellate jurisdiction in all trials before County Societies. In all such cases a full report of the proceedings in the case in the County Society shall be presented to the Association properly authenticated. The charges shall be referred to the Board of Censors, and the whole process of trial shall be in conformity with the provisions of the previous articles of this section.

SECTION XVII.-Amendments.

ART. 90. All amendments of the provisions of this Constitution shall be proposed in writing, at a regular annual Session of the Association, shall lie over until the next annual session, and shall then require for enactment a majority of twothirds of the members present, the vote being taken by ayes and noes.

SECTION XVIII.-Grand Senior Life Counsellors.

ART. 91. A new Class of Counsellors is hereby created in addition to the Century of Counsellors provided for in section five of the Constitution of this Association; the said new class of counsellors shall consist of such persons as have served the Association as counsellors for the full term of twenty years under the provisions of said section five; the members of said

2

new class of counsellors shall have all the rights and privileges belonging to the Century of Counsellors; and they shall owe the same services to the Association, except that they shall be exempt from the payment of the annual dues, and from compulsory attendance on the annual sessions. They shall be known as Grand Senior Life Counsellors,

NOTE. The ten years of discretion allowed the County Societies in Article 76 of the Constitution expired in April, 1883, since which date compliance with the requirements of Articles 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, has become a matter of obligation.

The Constitution is here printed as originally adopted in Tuscaloosa in 1873, with such amendments as have been subsequently made.

THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION.

AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE ROLLS AND RECORDS.

Be it ordained by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, 1. That the Secretary of the Association shall keep a book, of size and style suitable for the purposes intended, in which there shall be recorded these four Rolls, namely; (1) The Roll of the County Medical Societies holding Charters from the Medical Association of the State of Alabama; (2) The Roll of the Officers of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama; (3) The Roll of the College of Connsellors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama; (4) The Roll of the Correspondents of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. This book to be bound in blue, and to be known as the Book of the Rolls of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and to be used as the basis for the revision of the rolls prescribed in the Constitution.

2. That the Secretary of the Association shall keep a photographic album, of size and style suitable for the purpose intended, and capable of containing one hundred photographic portraits. This album to be bound in red, and to be known as the Book of the Portraits of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and in it there shall be inserted the photographs of those counsellors who have served the Association

as such for five consecutive years, every counsellor so honored to furnish his own photograph.

3. That the Secretary of the Association shall keep a book, of suitable size and style for the purpose intended, arranged with alternate leaves for the reception of photographs and for the reception of records, and capable of containing one hundred of each. This book to be bound in gold, and to be known as the Book of the Dead-the Grand Roll of Honor of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and in it there shall be inserted upon the death of any counsellor the same photographic likeness of him that was before contained in the Book of Portraits, together with a sketch of his life.

RULES IN REGARD TO ELECTIONS.

The rules that here follow should be read to the Association by the President as a preliminary to the revision of the rolls to the end that members may act advisedly in casting their ballots.

(1.) No member shall be elected to any of the offices of the Association, or to the College of Counsellors, unless he is in actual attendance on the session of the Association at which the election is held.

(2.) No one shall be elected a counsellor who has not been a member of the Association for five consecutive years; except in the case of members of county societies whose charters are less than five years old.

(3.) In the election of counsellors it is the avowed policy of the Association to distribute them in a general way by congressional districts so as to give to each district a number of counsellors in approximate proportion to the number of members of the county societies in the said district. To facilitate the application of this principle the President should have read and posted for the information of members, a statement showing for each congressional district; (1) The aggregate membership of the county societies in it; (2) The number of counsellors resident in it; (3) The number of counsellors to which it is entitled under the rule; and, (4) The difference in excess or in deficiency between these two numbers.

(4.) As long as the Association continues its present policy

of holding its successive annual sessions at different places the President elected at any annual session shall not be a resident of the county in which said session and election are held.

AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE REVISION OF THE ROLLS.

Be it ordained by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, That the revision of the four following Rolls, namely: (1) The Roll of the County Medical Societies; (2) The Roll of the College of Counsellors; (3) The Roll of the Correspondents; (4) The Roll of the Officers; shall constitute a part of the regular order of business at every annual session of this Association.

SECTION I. The Order of the Revision of the Roll of the County Medical Societies.

Be it further ordained, (1) That whenever at any annual session of the Association the time comes for the Revision of the Rolls, the President shall make the announcement thus: Gentlemen of the Association, the order of business now is the Revision of the Rolls. And he shall see that the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Senior Censor, are in their several places.

(2.) He shall then say: We will proceed to the Revision of the Roll of the County Medical Societies. Then addressing the Secretary, he shall continue: The Secretary will call the Roll of the County Medical Societies. Which the Secretary will proceed to do, naming them in the order in which they stand in the Book of the Rolls.

(3.) When the secretary calls the name of any county medical society, the proper representative of such society shall respond: Present by one delegate-or, present by two delegates, as the case may be--and the annual report has been duly rendered.

(4.) Or, if there is no delegate present, the response may be made by any counsellor belonging to the same county, who has been so authorized: Not present by delegates, but the annual report has been duly rendered.

(5.) Or, if the facts give such warrant, the Secretary may respond: Not present by delegates, but the annual report has been rendered.

(6.) As the response is made the President shall give the order: Let it be so entered on the Roll.

(7.) Then the President shall ask: Shall the medical soci ety of blank county pass?

(8.) And if the facts give such warrant, the Senior Censor shall answer: Let it pass.

(9.) Or if the facts give such warrant, the Senior Censor shall answer, stating why it should not pass, as thus: On the recommendation of the Board of Censors, it has been ordered by the Association that this society shall be expelled from the fellowship of the Association; and I therefore move it be stricken from the Roll.

(10.) Whatever the decision may be, the President shall say: It is so ordered. And the record shall be made accordingly.

(11.) When the Secretary has finished the calling of the Roll, the President shall say: Have all of the county medical societies been called? and this to the end that if there has been any oversight it may be corrected at once.

(12.) Then the President shall say: Are there any County medical societies to be added to the Roll?

(13.) And if the fact is so, the Senior Censor shall answer: No application for charters have been made during the present session of the Association, and there are, therefore, no additions to be made to the Roll.

(14.) Or if the fact is so, the Senior Censor shall answer : During the present session of the Association charters have been granted to the following county medical societies (here naming them), and I therefore move that they be added to the Roll.

(15.) Then the President shall say: It is so ordered. The revision of the First Roll is here ended. The Roll of the County Medical Society stands closed uutil the next annual session of this Association.