bers of this Association, from the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Insane Hospital, reported verbally, through their Chairman, Dr. S. D. Seelye, that after consultation, it was thought better not to present the protest; and on motion the committee was discharged. Motions, resolutions, and miscellaneous business being next in order, Dr. Jerome Cochran introduced a draft of a plan for a new constitution for the Association, as follows:

DRAFT OF NEW CONSTITUTION.

SECTION I.-Name and Seal.

ARTICLE 1. The name and style of this Association shall be "THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.”

ART. 2. The seal of this Association shall have, on the obverse, a winged globe on a shield with the motto Nos etiam speravimus meliora; and on the reverse the arms of the State of Alabama, with the inscription "The Medical Association of the State of Alabama, 1872," It shall be attached to sealed documents of the Association by a ribbon of yellow silk.

SECTION II.-Objects.

ART. 3.-The objects of this Association shall be to organize the medical profession of the State in the most efficient manner possible. To encourage a high standard of medical education, and regulate the qualifications of practitioners of Medicine in the State. To promote professional brotherhood, and encourage a high standard of professional ethics. To combine the influence of all the medical men in the State, so as to secure by legislative enactments their own legitimate rights and privileges, and the protection of the people against all medical quackery and humbug. To encourage the study of the medical botany, medical topography, and medical climatology of the State. To secure careful and reliable accounts of all the endemic and epidemic diseases of the State. In a word, to watch over and protect, encourage and aggrandize all the interests of the medical profession of the State.

SECTION III.-Members.

ART. 4. There shall be four classes of members of the Associa

tion, namely:

1. Members.

2. Delegates.

3. Counsellors.

4. Correspondents.

ART. 5. All members of county societies which hold charters from the Association shall be members of the Association.

ART. 6. Members shall have the privilege of seats on the floor at

the sessions of the Association; but they shall not vote, nor hold office.

ART. 7. Members shall pay annually to the Association the sum of one dollar, which shall be sent up to the annual sessions of the Association, in charge of the delegates of the respective societies. SECTION IV.-Delegates.

ART. 8. Delegates shall be elected by the members of the county societies to represent them in the Association; and each county society shall be entitled to two delegates, whose term of service shall be for one year.

ART. 9. Delegates shall sign the Roll of Delegates for the current year; and shall pay the same annual dues as Counsellors.

ART. 10. Delegates shall be entitled to vote on all questions which come before the Association; but they shall not hold office.

ART. 11. Delegates may at the discretion of the President be appointed Reporters, and members of special committees.

SECTION V.-Counsellors.

ART. 12. The Counsellors shall be restricted in number to one hundred; and shall consist, first, of all the permanent members of the present organization who give their consent to accept the position and its responsibilities; and, secondly, of such other members as the Counsellors shall from time to time elect.

ART. 13. All vacancies which shall at any time exist in the House of Counsellors shall be filled, as to them may seem expedient, by the quorum of Counsellors present at any regular annual session of the Association; the vote for this purpose being by ballot, without nomination, and a majority of two-thirds of the votes necessary to election.

ART. 14. Counsellors shall hold their positions permanently, or until removed by death, resignation, impeachment or neglect of duty.

ART. 15. Counsellors shall sign the Roll of Counsellors; shall pay the annual dues; shall attend at least one annual session of the Association every three years; shall perform any constitutional duty assigned to them by the President; shall fill all the regular of fices of the Association; shall have the privilege of voting on all questions coming before the Association; and shall not serve as delegates under any circumstances whatever.

ART. 16. Any Counsellor who shall fail to pay the annual dues as hereinafter provided; or any Counsellor who shall be absent from three successive sessions of the Association, shall forfeit membership, and his name shall be struck from the Roll of Counsellors.

ART. 17. The Counsellors present at any annual session, in number not less than seven, shall constitute a quorum.

ART. 18. The House of Counsellors shall hold annual sessions concurrently with the annual sessions of the Association, for the

revision of the Roll of Counsellors; and for the election of members to fill vacancies.

SECTION VI.-Correspondents.

ART. 19. Correspondents of the Association shall be elected at the regular annual meetings, and upon the recommendation of the Board of Censors.

ART. 20. They shall consist of distinguished members of the medical profession living out of the State of Alabama; or of those who, having done the Association faithful service as Counsellors for not less than ten years, may have resigned that position.

ART. 21. They shall be elected by ballot and must receive twothirds of the votes cast.

ART. 22. They shall be furnished with the annual volumes of Transactions; they shall pay no dues; they may transmit to the Association from time to time such communications as they may think proper.

SECTION VII.-Officers.

ART. 23. The Officers of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama shall be ten in number, as follows, namely:

1. One President.

2. Two Vice-Presidents.

3. One Secretary.

4. One Treasurer.

5. Five Censors.

ART. 24. The President shall be elected for one year; the VicePresidents for one year; the Secretary for five years; the Treasurer for five years; the Censors for five years. But every officer shall continue in office until his successor is duly elected and installed.

ART. 25. Of the five Censors one shall be elected at each annual meeting. But at the first election after the adoption of this Constitution five Censors shall be elected; one to serve for the full term of five years; one to serve for four years; one to serve for three years; one to serve for two years; one to serve for one year. ART. 26. The election of officers shall be done in open meeting, by ballot, and without nomination. Delegates and Counsellors shall vote; and a majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to election.

SECTION VIII.—The President.

ART. 27. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Association. He shall preside at all the meetings of the Association; preserve order; give the casting vote when necessary; and perform such other duties as parliamentary usage imposes on presiding officers.

ART. 28. He shall prepare and deliver at the opening of each

annual session an address on some subject connected with the interests and objects of the Association.

ART. 29. He shall every year appoint Reporters on the diseases, surgery, topography, and climatology of the various parts of the State, and on such other matters of professional interest as may in his judgment require investigation.

ART. 30. In the appointment of Reporters he shall give preference; first, to Counsellors; secondly, to Delegates; thirdly, to Members; and last of all, he may request reports from physicians who are not connected in any way with the Association, in counties where there are no county societies.

ART. 31. He shall appoint annually the requisite number of delegates to the American Medical Association; and to such other scientific bodies as it may be expedient to have this Association represented in.

ART. 32. He shall appoint every year an Orator, whose duty it shall be to prepare and deliver a public address on some subject connected with Medicine or the Medical Profession at the next annual meeting after his appointment.

ART. 33. He shall, in the intervals between the annual sessions, direct and control the general policy and business of the Association; but always with careful attention to the precedents and customary usages of the Association and to its constitutional provisions.

SECTION IX-The Vice-Presidents.

ART. 34. The Vice-Presidents in their order shall, in case of the absence or the death of the President, discharge all the duties belonging to the Presidential office.

SECTION X.-The Secretary.

ART. 35. The Secretary shall have charge of all the books,

papers, and records of the Association, except those belonging to office of Treasurer.

ART. 36. He shall record the minutes of the transactions of the Association in all its sessions.

ART. 37. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Association under the direction of the President.

ART. 38. He shall have the custody of the Seal of the Association, and affix it to all official documents of the Association under the direction of the President.

ART. 39. He shall be ex officio Chairman of the Publishing Committee.

ART. 40. He shall keep a list of all the delegates from county societies who attend the sessions of the Association, and publish their names annually in the Transactions.

ART. 41. He shall keep the Roll of Counsellors, and shall report

annually to the House of Counsellors the names of those who have retained their membership by compliance with the provisions of this constitution, and also the names of those who have forfeited membership, together with the cause of such forfeiture.

ART. 42. In the absence of the Treasurer he shall collect the annual dues of the Delegates and Counsellors in attendance at the annual sessions.

ART. 43. The necessary expenses incurred by the Secretary in attending the annual sessions shall be defrayed out of the funds of the Association.

SECTION XI.-The Treasurer.

ART. 44. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all the moneys, bonds and securities belonging to the Association.

ART. 45. He shall collect from the Delegates and Counsellors the annual dues and give receipts for the same.

ART. 46. He shall at the annual sessions of the Association make Annual Reports of the financial condition of the Association, stating in full, all moneys, bonds and securities on hand; the several amounts received during the year, from whom and on what account; the several amounts paid out during the year, to whom and on what account; the several amounts due by the Association, (if any,) to whom and on what account; the several amounts due to the Association, (if any,) to whom and on what account.

ART. 47. He shall also include in his annual reports the names of all Counsellors who may have discontinued their membership by failing to pay the annual dues.

ART. 48. He shall furnish the Secretary of the Association, two months after the adjournment of the Annual Sessions, with the names of all Counsellors and Delegates who have paid their annual dues, as a guide to that officer in the distribution of the annnal volumes of Transactions.

ART. 49. He shall transfer none of the moneys, bonds or securities of the Association except on a written order signed by the President and Secretary.

ART. 50. He shall give bond with security, to be approved by the Board of Censors in an amount to be fixed by the Board of Censors equal to about double the sum likely to be in his hands at any one time, for the faithful performance of his duties; and said bond shall be properly certified and recorded according to the laws of the State of Alabama.

ART. 51. The necessary expenses incurred by the Treasurer in attending the annual sessions shall be paid out of the funds of the Association.

SECTION XII.—The Board of Censors.

ART. 52. The Board of Censors shall hold such meetings, concurrently with the annual sessions of the Association, as the busi