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 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch.259. 1838. 74] Scruuazz II. Can. CCLIX. - dn .0ct to revive with amendments, an dd lo inco t Jlhdical Society of the District J Columbia." rpm; c me Be it enacted, <§~c., That Frederick May, M. D., Alexander McWildams, Henry Hunt, M. D., N. P. Causin, M, D., William Jones, Rich- F. May and mqmd Johnson, Thomas Sewall, M. D., George W. May, M. D., Nicholas °‘h°” m°°*Rg· W, Worthington, M. D., James Rcily, M. D., James S. Gunnel, M. D.,   0*} Harvey Lindslcy, M. D., James C. Hall, M. D., Thomas Miller, M. D., the Dismricayof J amcs Borrows, M. D., Alexander McD. Davis, M. D., Benjamin King, C°|“mbi°· M. D., Noble Young, M. D., H. F. Condict, M. D., W. B. Magruder, M. D., Perry Warfield, M. D., J. B. Blake, M. D., and such other persons as they may, from time to time, elect, and their successors, are hereby dcclared to be a. community, corporation, and body politic, for ever, or until Congress shall by law, direct this charter to cease and determine, by and under the name and title of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia; and by and under the same name and title they shall bc able and capable in law to purchase, take, have, and enjoy, to them and their successors, in fee or for lease, estate or estates, any land, tenemcms, rents, annuities, chattels, bank stock, registered debts, or other public securities within the District, by the giil, bargain, sale, demise, or of any person, or persons, bodies politic, or corporate, capable to make the same, and the same, at their pleasure, to alien, sell, transfer, or lease, and apply, to such purposes as they may adjudgc most conducive to the promoting and disseminating medical and surgical knowledge, and for no other purpose whatever: Provided, nevertheless, That Proving, 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 par annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the members of the said Smead meetsociety above designated shall hold in the city of Washington two stated i¤S¤· meetings in every year, viz : on the first Monday in January and July; Officers. 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 appointed on the first Monday in July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and on the annual meeting in January for ever thereafter, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead, (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 medical and chirurgical practitioners, within the District of Columbia, as they may deem qualixied to become members of the society; it being understood, that the officezrs of the society now elected are to remain in office until the next election after the passage of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacicd, That it shall and may be lawful Society my for the said medical society, or any numbcr of them attending, (not less mc! P b°¤f&¤Y than seven,) to elect by ballot fivc persons, residents of the District of °"mm°"’ °' Columbia, whose duty it shall be to grant licenses to such medical and chirurgical gentlemen as they may, upon a full examination, judge qualified to practise the medical and chirurgical arts, or as may produce 0. diploma from some respectable medical college or society, each person so obtaining a certificate to pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be fixed on, or ascertained, by the society. Suc. 4. And be it further enacted, That any three of the examiners Admission or shall constitute a board for examining such candidates as may apply, R¢YS<>¤¤ ¢0P1'¤¤· and shall subscribe their names to each certificate by them granted, "°°' which certificate shall also be countcrsigned 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 LO be