Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-06-19
LINZ Of ILLINOIS.
BY REeUEsT.)
AN ACT for the establishment of Medical
Societies

Societies.
Sec. |. Be it enacted by the heohle
Of the state IF Illinois, represented in
the General assembly, That this state
shall be divided into four medical dis
tricts, in each of which there shall be
he'd board Of physicians. The coun-
tics of Bond, Madison, Washington, st.
Clair, and Monroe, shall form the hrst
district; and it shall be the duty of each
and every practising physician Of said
district to meet at the town of Belleville
ON the second Monday of May next. The
counties of Franklin, Alexander, john
son, Union, Jackson, and. Randolph, shall
form the second district; and shall meet
at Brownsville on the same day. The
counties of Pope, Gallatin, White, and
Jefferson, shall form the third district,
to meet at Shawnoetown the same day.
The counties of Edwards, Crawford,
WAYNE, and CLARK, to form the fourth
district, and to meet at Palmyra the day
above mentioned; and being SC conven-
ed as aforesaid, or any of them, being not
less than five in number, shall proceed
to the choice Of President, Vice Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall
hold their offices for one year, and until
others are chosen in their places.
Sec. Q. Be it further enacted, That
whenever any of said societies shall be
organized as aforesaid, they are hereby
declared to be bodies polite and corpo-
rate, in fact and in name, by the names
of the Medical Society of the district
where such society shall be respectively
formed and by that name shall in law
be capable of suing and being sued,
pleading, and being implicated, answer
ing and being answered unto, in all mat
tiers and causes whatsoever; and shall
and may have common seal, and may
alter and renew the same at pleasure !;
and the said medical societies shall and
may agree upon the times and places OF
their next meeting.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted, That
said society, when formed as aforesaid,
shall have power to examine all students
who may make application for that pur-
pose, and grant diplomas under the hand
and seal of the president, before such
student may be examined. Provided,
That nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued to prevent any person coming
from any other place from practising in
this state, such person producing to either
.of.said societies diploma from any re-
spectacle university of the United States
or any other country; and the person
receiving such diploma shall, upon the
receipt of. the same, pay to the treasurer
of said society the sum of ten dollars
for the use of said society.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
from and after the organization of the
said medical societies, no person not hav-
ing diploma or previously practising
in the state, shall commence the practice
of physic and surgery in either of the
aforesaid districts, until he shall have
passed an examination as hereinafter de-
scribed: and if any person shall so prac-
tise previous to having obtained diplo-
ma, he shall thereafter be disqualified
from collecting any debt or debts incur
red by such practice, in any court or be-
fore any magistrate in this state.
OCC. De A1C % y Hftbef tHoN1I"5 iieee
the aforesaid medical societies shall, at
each annual meeting, appoint commit
tee of FIVE of their members, whose duty
it shall be, Or any two of them, at all
times To examine such students as may
make application for that purpose, and
shall grant to said student certificate, if
qualified, which shall be sufficient to
empower him to practise until the next
meeting of said society; whereupon, by
producing said certificate, the president
shall grant diploma agreeably to the
rules and regulations of said society.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That it
shall and may be lawful for the medical
societies established by this act to pur-
chase and hold any estate real or personal
for the use of the societies respectively
Sec. 2. &c il further enacted, That
the societies established by this act shall
be empowered to make such bylaws,