Officers of county medical societies are particularly requested to examine the classification of counties, on page 710, in order to ascertain when the election of delegates by their respective societies is required. They are also invited to consult the list of permanent members, on pages 697-700, in order to exclude the names of any who may have been previously elected permanent members of the Society. Number of county homeopathic medical societies in this State, 25 Total number of delegates.. The present membership of the Society comprises: 180 This statement shows that the delegated membership of the Homœopathic State Medical Society is nearly equal to that of the Allopathic State Medical Society, and that the excess in the total membership consists chiefly in the large number of honorary and permanent members, to which annual additions have been made for many years past. Notwithstanding this advantage, the total membership of the former, indicating its relative representive status, is about thirty-three per cent that of the living members of the latter. This is truly an encouraging indication of the rapid growth of the homeopathic system, when we consider that scarcely thirty years have passed since the reliability and efficiency of this method of practice became generally known and appreciated. ARTICLE CXXIII. Classifications of Counties with reference to the election of Delegates. The State Medical Society is designed to be essentially a representative body, composed primarily of delegates from the several county medical societies; accordingly, the laws of this State provide: 1. For the organization of county medical societies. 2. The representation of said county organizations in a State medical society. 3. Delegated membership.in said State Society of four years' duration. 4. The arrangement of said delegates into four nearly equal classes. "Said (State) society shall be composed of as many members from each county medical society as there are members of Assembly from such county, elected by ballot at their annual meeting. "The members now composing the Medical Society of the State of New York, from each of the four great districts, shall remain divided into four classes, and one class from each of said districts shall go out of office annually. "In case there shall be an addition to the number of members composing the Medical Society of the State, that in that case it shall be in the power of the said Society, at any of their annual meetings, and as often as they shall judge necessary, to alter and vary the classes in such manner as that one-fourth of the members from each of the great districts, as near as may be, shall annually go out of office. "It shall be the duty of the secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York, whenever the seats of any of the members shall become vacant, to give information of the same to the respective county societies, to the end that such county societies may supply such vacancy at their next meeting."-Revised Statutes. By means of the following arrangement county medical societies are divided into four nearly equal classes, thus securing the annual election of about one-fourth the whole number of delegates to-the State Society. Inasmuch as one-fourth the number of delegates go out of office at the close of each year, all re-elections should be held at the annual meetings preceding the expiration of their respective terms. Officers of county medical societies are particularly requested to examine this classification, in order to ascertain when the elec tion of delegates by their respective societies is required. They are also invited to consult the list of permanent members on pages 697-700, in order to exclude the names of any who may have been previously elected permanent members of the State Medical Society. Whenever delegates are elected permanent members, others should be chosen in their places. Term of Office Expires December 31, 1868. Homœopathic Medical College of the City of New York. The election of delegates is required in the following counties: In 1868, Chemung, Dutchess, Kings, Livingston, Monroe, Oswego, and Homœopathic Medical Society of the City of New York. In 1869, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Otsego, Rensselaer and Saratoga. In 1870, Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Columbia, Erie, Steuben, and Hahnemann Academy of Medicine. In 1871, Madison, New York, Ulster, Washington, Wayne and Westchester. ARTICLE CXXIV. Table of Annual and Regular Meetings of County Homœopathic Medical Societies. Second Tuesday. Albany county annual meeting. Second Wednesday. meeting. New York county, monthly Otsego county semi-annual meeting. Washington county, annual meeting. January-Last Wednesday. Westchester county, annual meeting; semi-annual meeting at such time and place as may be determined upon at the annual meeting. February-First Wednesday. Erie county, monthly meeting. Hahnemann Academy, monthly meeting. Second Tuesday. February 9, 10 and 11-Annual meeting of the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of New York, in the city of Albany. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly March-First Wednesday. Erie county monthly meeting. Second Tuesday. Cayuga county, quarterly meeting. Second Thursday. Homœopathic Medical Society of April-First Tuesday. Dutchess county, semi-annual meeting. Second Tuesday. Albany county, quarterly meeting. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly meeting. May-First Tuesday. Onondaga county, annual meeting. First Wednesday. Hahnemann Academy, monthly meeting. May-Second Tuesday. Kings county, annual meeting. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly meeting. June-First Tuesday. Wayne county, annual meeting. First Wednesday. Hahnemann Academy, monthly meeting. Second Tuesday. Cayuga county, annual meeting. Oswego county, annual meeting, in the city of Oswego. Second Thursday. Homœopathic Medical Society of Cen- Third Tuesday. Broome county semi-annual meeting. Third Thursday. Chautauqua county, annual meeting. Second Tuesday. Albany county, quarterly meeting. Homœopathic Medical Society of Northern New York, annual meeting, Saratoga Springs. Saratoga county, annual meeting. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly meeting. Aug. First Wednesday. Hahnemann Academy, monthly meeting. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly meeting. Sept.-First Wednesday. Hahnemann Academy, monthly meeting. Second Tuesday. Cayuga county, quarterly meeting. Second Wednesday. New York county, monthly meeting. tral New York, quarterly meeting. |