American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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14 American College of Surgeons dignity of the College or inconsistent with its purposes. Such expulsion must be voted by a majority vote of the whole Board of Regents at any meeting, at which meeting the member against whom charges are made shall be invited to be present, and may appear or may be represented, in a manner to be determined by the Board of Regents. XI. These by-laws may be amended by a majority vote of those present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Governors, or at a meeting called for the purpose on request made in writing by a hundred members of the Corporation, provided that such proposed amendments are included in the call of the meeting at which such action is contemplated. INCORPORATION STATE OF ILLINOIS Department of State Cornelius J. Doyle, Secretary of State To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, a Certificate, duly signed and acknowledged has been filed in the Ofl ce of the Secretary of State, on the 25th day of November, A. D. 191 2, for the organization of the American College of Surgeons under and in accordance with the provisions of An Act Concerning Corporations approved April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereto attached; Now Therefore, I, Cornelius J. Doyle, Secretary of State, of the State of IlHnois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify that the said American College of Surgeons is a legally organized Corporation under the laws of this State. In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the great Seal of State. Done at the City of Spring- field this 25th day of November, A. D. 191 2, and of the Independ- ence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-seventh. [seal] (Signed) C. J. Doyle, Secretary of State.

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The By-Laws 13 the Chairman of which shall be a member of the Board of Regents. The other four members may be selected from the Board of Gov- ernors or from the body of Fellows of the College. {b) Other standing committees may be elected from time to time by the Board of Regents. 5. Eight members of the Board of Regents shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Regents shall occur once in six months on the call of the Secretary. Special meetings may be convened at any time by the Secretary, or on a request to him made in writing and signed by thirty members of the Board of Governors, or eight members of the Board of Regents. VII. Fellows, i. The Fellows of the College shall be grad- uates in medicine who are hcensed to practice medicine in their respective states and provinces, or medical officers of the federal services who have made an appHcation for fellowship (such ap- pHcation being endorsed by three Fellows of the College, one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Governors), who meet the qualification requirements that shall from time to time be estab- lished by the Board of Regents, and who shall be elected to fellow- ship by the Board of Regents on recommendation of the Com- mittee on Credentials, and who shall have signed the roll. 2. Each individual elected to Fellowship in the College shall be designated as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and shall be authorized and encouraged to use the letters F. A. C. S. after his name on professional cards, in professional directories, and in articles published in surgical literature. VIII. Fees. An initial fee of twenty-five dollars shall be re- quired of each member of the College on his election to Fellowship by the Board of Regents. A fee of five dollars shall be required each year for five years. A payment of fifty dollars at entrance shall relieve the member of further payments. rX. PuBLiCATioi s. The Board of Regents shall issue each year a directory containing the names and addresses of the Fellows of the American College of Surgeons arranged by states, provinces, and colonies. X. Any member of the College may be expelled for conduct which in the opinion of the Board of Regents is derogatory to the

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METHOD OF SELECTING FELLOWS The Board of Regents at its earlier meetings announced that it would be the spirit of the association to open the fellowship to all competitors in surgery without favor. The Board of Regents is anxious to have every surgeon on the continent who can fulfill the membership requirements become a Fellow of the organiza- tion. The General Secretary is therefore instructed to send ap- plication blanks to any legally qualified practitioner of medicine on the American continent who may signify his desire to become a member. The by-laws specifically state that the Fellows of the College ' shall be graduates in medicine who are legalized to practice medicine in their respective states or provinces and who meet the qualification requirements that shall from time to time be estab- lished by the Board of Regents. It was determined by the organization to admit surgeons to fellowship under two groupings: First, the charter members, con- sisting of surgeons of distinction and ability who have been in the practice of medicine not less than eight years and who, in the opinion of the Board of Regents, should be entitled to fellowship without the formality of an examination; second, those who should be required to submit to an examination or other test of qualifica- tion required by the Board of Regents. It was decided to limit the time of admission of the first group or charter members to November i, 1914, and to postpone the admission of Fellows by examination until the Board of Regents had formulated detailed plans of a satisfactory nature for admission by this method, not earlier than November i, 19 13. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP The application blanks are uniform and each applicant for membership is required to file an application blank filled out in detail and signed. The blank contains the following questions and specifications : Name. Address. Place and date of birth. What school, academy, college or university did you attend? Date of graduation? Degrees? 15