exceed three dollars. The officers authorized by the
law are a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, librarian
and three or more censors. to hold their offices for one year, or. until
others are chosen. The several societies were required to " hold
Bcmi-annual meetings in the shire town in each county, at the time
of the sitting of the County Court, for the purpose of establishing
and regulating the libraries of said society, receiving and communi-
cating medical information, examining students," and any other
proper business. The act requires that students examined and ap-
proved by the censors " possess a good moral character," and '• have
pursued the studies of physic or surgery at least three years ;" and,
being approved, shall receive a diploma from the president, which
shall entitle him to all the privileges of a memberHall and Dan Stone were ap-
pointed a Committee to report a code of by-laws. It was further
voted, that future meetings shall be held at Dr. William Bass's, in
Middlebury, and that the President deliver an inaugural address,
before the society, at their next meeting. This meeting was ad-
journed to the 19th of January, 1814. ^Vt this meeting the Presi-
dent delivered his inaugural address, and a code of by-laws, reported
by the committee, was adopted. William Bass and Luther E.
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Hall and Dan Stone were also appointed a committee, to '■ present
to the Society a device fop a seal and form of diploma." At the
first meeting a tax of one dollar was assessed, which at the next
was increased to one dollar and fifty cents ; and at both these