Laws of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Date:
1840
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Credit: Laws of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES. 1. All Fellows who practise in Edinburgh or its sub¬ urbs, shall serve in those offices to which they are elected, under the penalty of L.5 to the funds, if not otherwise provided for by the laws. OFFICE-BEARERS WHO ARE ANNUALLY ELECTED. President. 2. The President* shall he elected annually, on the third Wednesday of October, by a majority of the votes of the Fellows present at a meeting called for the purpose. 3. If the President shall be absent from Edinburgh for more than twenty-four hours without intimating his ab¬ sence to the Treasurer; or if, after such intimation, the Treasurer absent himself without giving intimation to the oldest President, they shall respectively forfeit L.l. Is. Council. 4. On the President being elected, he shall, with the approbation of the College, appoint a committee of six Ordinary Fellows, who, together with the Treasurer for the time being, shall form a Council, to assist him with their * By the constitution of the burgh, the President still holds the office of Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons, and as such is a Member of the Convenery.