The Act of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society | Page 3

shall, upon his election, pay the sum of five dollars.
XVIII. Any member in good standing shall have the privilege of withdrawing from the Society, by giving notice, in writing, of such intention, and paying all arrearages due to the Society.

RETIRED MEMBERS.
XIX. Members on removing from the State, or on retiring from practice, may, provided all their dues to the Society are paid, by vote of the Executive Committee, be placed on the list of retired members, and as such, shall be exempt from any assessments, and shall not receive, except by courtesy, any of the publications of the Society, nor be entitled to speak or vote at any of its meetings.
XX. Any person who has resigned his membership, or been placed on the list of retired members, may, on application in writing, be reinstated by vote of the Society at any regular meeting.
Any member removing out of the State shall have liberty to retain his membership, on paying his annual assessment.
XXI. Any member may be expelled from the Society, or, having resigned his membership, may be deprived of his privileges, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, upon charges of the following description; provided the charge or charges against him have first been considered by the Executive Committee, and provided he has been notified of the same by the Secretary, and an opportunity has thereby been given him to make his defence before the Society:--
1. For any gross and notorious immorality or infamous crime under the laws of the land.
2. For any attempt to subvert the objects or injure the reputation of the Society.
3. For advertising, publicly vending, or pretending to the knowledge and use of any secret nostrum.
4. For furnishing to any person, or presenting in his own behalf, a false certificate of character and studies as a student of medicine, tending to deceive the public, or the Censors of the Society.
5. For habitually furnishing advice or holding professional consultations with persons who practice medicine without the necessary acquirements to entitle them to the respect, confidence or courtesy of the members of the Society.
XXII. As the object of the Society is to improve the science of medicine, to increase the influence and usefulness of its members, and to secure greater harmony and friendship among them, therefore it is of the highest importance that each member should so conduct himself, both in his private and professional life, as to command the entire respect of his colleagues.
Every person who becomes a member is understood to take upon himself an obligation to communicate to the Society any discoveries he shall have made relating to the science of medicine or surgery, and to co- operate in such measures as my be adopted by the Society for the advancement of these sciences; and, on his refusal to do so, he shall be subject to such censure as the Society, by a two-thirds vote, shall inflict.
XXIII. Every member of the Society shall be assessed annually three dollars ($3), and such other assessments as a majority of the members, at any legal meeting, may determine.

DELEGATES.
XXIV. The Executive Committee may appoint delegates to other Societies and Associations whenever they deem it advisable to do so; and such delegates shall receive certificates of appointment from the recording Secretary.
Accredited delegates from other Societies and Associations shall be allowed to participate in the scientific deliberations of this Society.

MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.
XXV. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the second Wednesday of April, and the semi-annual meeting on the second Wednesday of October, at ten o'clock, A.M., in such one of the cities or towns of the Commonwealth as the Executive Committee may determine. A special meeting of the Society shall be called by the President, on the written request of ten members, stating the object of said meeting.

MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
XXVI. The Executive Committee shall meet on the third Wednesday of April, July, October, and January. At the first or annual meeting the Committees and the Orator shall be appointed for the ensuing year.
At the meetings of the Executive Committee, five persons shall constitute a quorum. A special meeting of the Executive Committee shall be called by the President, on the written application of three of its members.
XXIII. All proposals for alteration of the By-Laws shall be presented to the Society in writing, and shall be refereed, without debate, to a special Committee, who shall consider and report on the same at the next annual meeting of the Society.

FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The subscribers agree to comply with the By-Laws of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society.

MASSACHUSETTS HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The SEMI-ANNUAL Meeting will be held in the Meionaon Hall, Tremont Temple, Boston, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1864, at 10 o'clock A.M.
In the morning session, the following, among other papers will be read.
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