American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lo American College of Surgeons tions and societies of North America, and one each from the United States Army and from the United States Navy. 1. American Surgical Association. 2. Surgical Section of the American Medical Association. 3. Section on Obstetrics, Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery of the American Medical Association. 4. General Surgical Division of the Clinical Congress of Sur- geons of North America. 5. Division of Surgical Specialties of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America. 6. American Gynecological Society. 7. Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association. 8. Western Surgical Association. 9. Section on Surgery of the Canadian Medical Association. 10. American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 11. American Orthopedic Association. 12. American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgebns. 13. American Laryngological Association. 14. American Ophthalmological Society. 15. American Otological Society. Twenty members shall be elected at large to represent surgeons of North America not affiHated with the above societies or associa- tions. In case of failure of any of the above named organizations to make its quota of nominations, or in case of duplication of nominees, the Board of Regents shall nominate members from among the Fellows at large for the vacancies so caused in the list of nominees. The Board of Regents shall in the same manner fill all vacancies in the current membership of the Board of Governors due to death, resignation, or other causes. 3. The Board of Governors shall at its first meeting elect from among its own membership twelve who shall be members of the Board of Regents; this group shall be divided into three classes of four members each, whose terms of office shall expire in one, two, and three years respectively. As the term of service in each class expires, their successors shall be elected, each for a term of three years. Not more than three of each class shall be selected from one country. In event of death or resignation of any member of the Board of Regents, his successor shall be elected at the next regular or special meeting of the Board of Governors, but the Board of Regents may appoint a member of the Board of Governors to serve as Regent until this election takes place.

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THE B Y-LAWS 1. Name. The name of the corporation shall be the American College of Surgeons. II. Object. The object of the College shall be to elevate the standard of surgery, to establish a standard of competency and of character for practitioners of surgery, to provide a method of granting fellowships in the organization, and to educate the public and the profession to understand that the practice of surgery calls for special training, and that the surgeon elected to fellowship in this College has had such training and is properly qualified to practice surgery. III. The College, i. The College shall consist of all members of jthe corporation. Such members are to be designated as Fel- lows. The College shall vest the general management of the cor- poration in a Board of Governors. The Board of Governors shall in turn vest the details of the management in a board of trustees to be known as the Board of Regents. 2. The College shall hold an annual meeting on the day and at the place selected for the annual meeting of the Board of Governors. IV. Board of Governors, i. The original Board of Gov- ernors shall consist of the surgeons invited by the Organization Committee to serve as founders of the College, who have qualified as Fellows. The members of this first Board of Governors shall also be known as the Founders of the American College of Surgeons. 2. The original Board of Governors shall be divided by lot into three classes to serve one, two, and three years respectively. At the annual meeting in 19 14, and at the annual meeting in each year thereafter, the Fellows of the College shall elect (in a manner to be determined by the Board of Regents) fifty surgeons from among the Fellows of the College to membership on the Board of Governors, each to serve for a term of three years; thirty of these members are to be elected from a list of nominations, consisting of three members each, nominated by the following fifteen surgical associa- 9

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The By-Laws ii 4. The Board of Governors shall meet in executive session annually for the transaction of business, which business shall in- clude the election of members of the Board of Regents and the election of officers as provided in Article IV, Section 3, and other routine business which may be brought before it by the corporation or the Board of Regents. Such meetings shall be called by the Secretary at the direction of the Board of Regents. Special meet- ings of the Board of Governors may be called by the Secretary at any other time at the request of the Board of Regents. Members of the Board of Governors shall be expected to attend other formal meetings and convocations called by the Board of Regents for the purpose of conferring fellowships and the transaction of other business. 5. Fifty members of the Board of Governors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. V. OFriCERS. The officers of the College shall be a President, a First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Treasurer and a General Secretary. Such officers shall be elected by the Board of Governors from among the Fellows of the College, each for a term of one year, and shall serve until their successors are elected. The President, the General Secretary, and the Treasurer shall upon their election to office become members of the Board of Regents. {a) The President shall preside at all regular and special meet- ings of the College and of the Board of Governors and at all con- vocations for the conferring of fellowships. {h) The Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the College in the absence of the President, and in the event of the death or resignation of the President, shall assume the duties of that officer. (c) The General Secretary shall keep all records of the Corpora- tion, of the Board of Governors and of the Board of Regents, shall mail to the proper addresses all notices of regular and special meetings of the College, of the Board of Governors and of the Board of Regents, and shall have a general supervision of the business affairs of the Corporation under the direction of the Board of Regents. {d) The Treasurer shall receive all funds of the College and disburse the same on checks, signed by him and countersigned by