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 222 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 26. 1819. or lease and apply, to such purposes as they may adjudge most conducive to the promoting and disseminating medical and surgical know- Proviso. ledge, and for no other purpose whatever; Provided, nevertltelcss, That the said society, or body politic, shall not, at any one time, hold or possess property, real, personal, or mixed, exceeding, in total value, the sum of six thousand dollars per annum. Fo,,, 8,,,,,,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, _That the members of the said meetings every society above designated, shall hold, in the city ol'Washington, four Year. stated meetings in every year, viz: on the first Mondays in January, Omccm April, July, and October: the officers of the Society to consist of a ` President, two Vice Presidents, one Corresponding Secretary, one Recording Secretary, one Treasurer, and one Librarian, who shall be ap- · pointed on the second Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and on the annual meeting in January forever thereafter, (not less than seven members being present at such meeting:) And the Society may make a common seal; and may elect into their body such P,,,,,,,,,, ,,m_ medical and chirurgical practitioners, within the District of Columbia, cers to remain as they may deem qualified to become members of the Society; it bellll ¤¤X* °l°°· ing understood that the officers of the Society now elected, are to re- °°"' main in office until the next election after the passage of this act. The Society Sm:. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful gm? §l¢?33¤ for the said Medical Society, or any number of them attending, (not m?;;,,,? X"' less than seven,) to elect, by ballot, five persons, residents of the District, who shall be styled the Medical Board of Examiners of the District of Columbia; whose duty it shall be to grant licenses to such medical and chirurgical gentlemen as they may, upon a full examination, judge adequate to commence the practice of the medical and chirurgi- F¤°¤ lbf li- cal arts, or as may produce diplomas from some respectable college or §:,'?° °° P'"` society; each person o obtaining a certificate to pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be fixed on or ascertained by the society. Further regu- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any three of the examiners l¤3l°!*$_¤¤*0,,¤h¤ shall constitute a board for examining such candidates as may apply, practise. which certificate shall also be countersigned by the President of the society, and have the seal of the society affixed thereto by the Secretary, upon paying into the hands of the Treasurer the sum of money to be ascertained, as above, by the society; and any one of the said examiners may grant a license to practise, until a board, in conformity to this Proviso. act, can be held: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall anthorize the said corporation in anywise to regulate the price of medical or surgical attendance, on such persons as may need those services. Penalty for Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, after the appointment of E;‘;§é$l;§h’g¤; the aforesaid medical board, no person, not heretofore a practitioner of ,, d,,,,,,,,,,, " medicine or surgery within the District of Columbia, shall be allowed to practise within the said District, in either of the said branches, and receive payment for his services, without first having obtained a license, testified as by this law directed, or without the production of a diploma, as aforesaid, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offence, to be recovered in the county court where he may reside, by bill of present- or t at o the in ormer. New ,,,8,,,,},,.,,, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every person who, upon apre pity netex- plicauon, shall be elected a member of the Medical Society, shall pay fsfsdlng *°" d°l· a um not exceeding ten dollars, to be ascertained by the society. 1:,,},.6,,, 0,- me Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Medical Society be, and society. they are hereby, empowered, from time to time, to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as they may find requisite, to break or alter their common seal, to fix the times and places for the meetings of the board of examiners, filling up vacancies in the medical board, and to do and
 * ,,,lg£;°::,° and shall subscribe their names to each certificate by them granted,
 * _nen,1andfindictn;_ent; one half for the use of the· society and the other