American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The By-Laws 7 I, Credentials; 2, Standardization of Fellowships; 3, Legislation; 4, Graduate Schools and Hospitals. (a) Each standing committee shall consist of five members, 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. {h) 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 licensed to practice medicine in their respective states and provinces, or medical officers of the federal services who have made an application for fellowship (such ap- plication 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 pubUshed in surgical literature. VIII. Fees. An initial fee of twenty-five dollars shall be re- quired of each Fellow of the College on his election to fellowship by the Board of Regents. A fee of five dollars, payable on the first day of January, shall be required each year thereafter for five years. A payment of fifty dollars at entrance shall relieve the Fellow of further payments. DC. Publications. The Board of Regents shall issue each year a directory containing the names and addresses of the Fellows

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6 American College of Surgeons (d) The Treasurer shall receive all funds of the College and disburse the same on checks signed by him and countersigned by the Secretary. He shall make a report in writing to the Board of Regents at each meeting of that Board of the moneys received and expended, and shall furnish a detailed statement of the financial condition of the College at each annual meeting of the Board of Regents. The Treasurer shall furnish a suitable bond to the Board of Regents for the faithful performance of his trust. (e) In the event of the death or resignation of the General Secretary or the Treasurer, the Board of Regents shall elect his successor from among the members of the Board of Governors to serve until the next annual meeting of the Board of Governors and until such time as his successor is elected and qualified. VI. Board of Regents, i. The Board of Regents shall consist of the President of the corporation, the General Secretary of the corporation, the Treasurer of the corporation, and twelve members of the Board of Governors elected as hereinbefore pro- vided. 2. The duties of the Board of Regents shall be those ordinarily performed by a board of trustees, namely: the transaction of all detail business devolving upon the Board of Governors in carrying out the object of the organization; the regulation and conserving of its property interests; the creating, appointing, and directing of all standing committees; the election of Fellows to the College; the calling of all meetings of the corporation not already provided for; the arrangement of convocations or other meetings for the conferring of fellowships; the transaction of all business not other- wise provided for, that may pertain to the organization. 3. The officers of the Board of Regents shall be a Chairman and a Secretary. (a) The Chairman of the Board of Regents shall be elected from among the members of the Board of Regents for a term of one year and shall preside at all meetings of the Board. In the event of his death or resignation, the office shall be filled by election at the next meeting of the Board. (b) The General Secretary of the corporation shall be the Secretary of the Board of Regents. 4. The Board of Regents shall elect the following committees:

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8 American College of Surgeons of the American College of Surgeons arranged by states, provinces, and colonies. X. Any Fellow of the College may be expelled for conduct which in the opinion of the Board of Regents is derogatory to the 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 Fellow 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 Office of the Secretary of State, on the asth day of November, A. D. 191a, 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 Illinois, 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 afl xed 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. [sealI (Signed) C. J. Doyle, Secretary of State.