ARTICLE V.-DISCIPLINE. Any member of the Society guilty of intoxication, unprofessional or irregular practice, or of gross immorality, or for other good reasons, may be expelled or suspended from the Society by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any annual meeting. ARTICLE VI. This Constitution may be repealed, altered or amended at any annual meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided such repeal, alteration or amendment be proposed at a previous annual meeting at which such repeal, alteration or amendment will come up for action. ARTICLE VII. This Society may adopt such By-Laws, not repugnant to this Constitution, and may repeal, alter or amend the same, in such manner as a majority at any annual meeting may deem proper. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE I.-DUTIES OF OFFICERS. SEC. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings and perform all the duties incident to such office. He shall deliver or cause to be read an address or dissertation on some medical subject at the annual meeting at which he presides. SEC. 2. The Vice-President shall preside in the absence of the President, and perform all his duties and possess all his privileges. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Society, and of the members present at each meeting; shall arrange and publish the programme at least two weeks before each meeting; shall conduct the correspondence; and shall have his necessary expenses defrayed from the funds of the Society. He shall, if unable to attend the meeting of the Society personally, send the Records to some member in attendance. He shall receive an annual salary of fifty dollars. SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall collect and disburse all monies of the Society, agreeable to their directions, and make report of his doings to the Society at its annual meeting. SEC. 5. The Auditor shall examine and verify the accounts of the various officers. SEC. 6. The Executive Committee shall make selection of a subject or subjects for the programme for the next ensuing meeting; shall make assignments of the parts to any of the members, as in their judgment they think advisable, and report the same to this meeting and to each and every subsequent meeting. They shall make such other arrangements for the meetings of the Society as they shall deem essential for its best interests. SEC. 7. The Publication Committee shall receive all papers referred to them by the Society, and as soon as possible subsequently to the annual meeting of the Society, shall publish such of those papers as they may deem best suited to promote the interests of the profession and the public good, under the title, Transactions, and perform all other appropriate duties. SEC. 8. The Board of Councillors shall choose its own officers and make its own regulations, providing they do not conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of this Society. There shall be a meeting of said Board on the first day of the annual and semi-annual meetings, and at such other times as the Board shall determine. The duties of said Board shall be to examine the credentials and qualifications, with reference to their method of practice, etc., of persons desirous of becoming members of the Society, and present at each meeting the names of such as, in their opinion, are eligible to membership under the Constitution and Regulations of the Society, and to report the names of members deceased, if any, and recommend such action in each case as they may deem best. The Councillors shall recommend for membership, only such physicians as shall present to them their diplomas, or a certificate in writing signed by some member of the Society in good standing, stating that he has personal knowledge of said applicant having a diploma of a regular medical school. SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the Board of License Censors to issue license certificates to regular physicians wishing to practice medicine in this State, in accordance with the State law regulating such practice. ARTICLE II.-DUES. SEC. 1. Every member of this Society (honorary excepted) shall pay to the Treasurer an annual fee of two dollars. SEC. 2. Any member who shall fail to pay his dues for a period of three years, shall be dropped from the Society, and his name stricken from the roll of membership, and he shall be so notified by the Secretary. SEC. 3. Any member who has been dropped from the Society for non-payment of dues may be re-elected after any number of years by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any regular meeting, upon payment of the three years' arrearages. ARTICLE III.-HONORARY MEMBERS. The Society may elect at each annual meeting, not more than four honorary members, non-residents of the State, who shall have the same privileges as ordinary members, except that they shall not be eligible to office, nor have the right to vote. ARTICLE IV.-DELEGATES. Delegates shall be appointed annually to represent this Society in the American Medical Association; the Medical Department of the University of Vermont and of Dartmouth College at the examination of candidates for graduation, when duly notified; the Connecticut River Valley Medical Society; the White Mountain Medical Association; the White River Valley Medical Association; the Northern New York Medical Association; the State Medical Societies of the New England States together with those of New York, and such other States and Societies as the mutual interests of the societies may direct. In cases where delegates are unable to attend to the duties of their appointment, it shall be their duty to notify the Secretary, of such inability, and the Secretary and President shall appoint others to supply their places. ARTICLE V. Every member who is appointed to prepare a paper for any meeting shall, at least thirty days before such meeting, furnish to the Secretary a short abstract of the same, which abstract, or an epitome of which, the Secretary shall cause to be printed in the programme, following the announcement of the paper. ARTICLE VI. Any member wishing to withdraw from the Society shall be permitted to do so on his written request after he shall have presented the Treasurer's receipt for all monies due. ARTICLE VII. The Constitution and By-laws, together with the names and residences of the members in good standing, shall be published in every volume of the Transactions. ARTICLE VIII. The names of the deceased members of the Society, with the dates of birth, graduation, admission to membership, death and such other items in brief, of personal history, as may seem desirable to the Committee on Publications, shall be printed in each copy of the Transactions under the caption, "In Memoriam." The following is the list of the members of the Society. Allen, J. M. St. Johnsbury. Adgate, L. W. East Hardwick. Bailey, A. C. West Randolph. Bugbee, A. G. Derby Line. Clarke, J. M. Burlington. Davenport, Geo. East Randolph. Dana, E. P. South Royalton. Daley, O. W. White River Junction. Erwin, C. L. Newport Centre. Eddy, M. H. Middlebury. Fox, G. H. Rutland. Foster, George S. Putney. Flanders, G. W. E. Fairfield. Goodrich, V. A. Brookfield. Huntington, W. M. Rochester. Huntington, W. D. Rochester. Moody, A. E. Isle La Motte. +Maynard, L. A. Burlington. Morgan, F. C. Felchville. Nutting, D. H. Randolph. Newell, H. L. Proctor. Nichols, George B. Barre. Porter, Edwin Northfield. Peck, C. W. Brandon. Hutchinson, Wm. R. Enosb'gh Falls. +Phelps, O. W. Bellows Falls. Hamilton, J. H. Richford. Johnson, R. T. West Concord. Keenan, J. C. Rutland. Kincade, R. M. Highgate Centre. McSweeney, P. E. Burlington. Perry, C. C. Proctor. Pettingill, E. H. Saxtons River. Petty, C. W. Keeler's Bay, So. Hero. Rutherford, Jacob C. Burlington. |