The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Philadelphia Medical Society, instituted 1789.

Date:
Dec. 1824
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Credit: The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Philadelphia Medical Society, instituted 1789. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III. Motions for making, altering, amending or repealing by-laws shall be in order. IV. In this place, at the extraordinary meeting in February, it shall be in order, to proceed to the elec- tion of officers. V. The minutes shall be read, and on motion, the society shall be adjourned. 2-REGULATIONS CONCERNING EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS. Every motion for making, altering, amending, or repealing by-laws, shall be made in writing, second- ed, and laid before the society, at the ordinary meet- ing, immediately preceding the extraordinary meet- ing at which it is to be considered. To carry any motion on the subject of by-laws, a majority of at least two-thirds of the members pre- sent shall be required. II. OF OFFICERS. No one shall be eligible to any office in the society who is not a graduate in medicine, and also a mem- ber of the society, excepting the recording secretary, who shall be a junior member of the society. The officers of the society shall be chosen by bal- lot, and no one shall be considered duly elected who has not a majority ofihe votes given in. The vice-presidents and corresponding secretaries shall be designated on the tickets of members, as 1st and 2d, not to establish any precedency butto prevent confusion. At any time the society shall have power to fill va- cancies caused by the death, resignation or expulsion of officers. i. Of the President. It shall be the duty of the President to sign all diplomas granted by the society, to preside, if pre- B