AMENDED CONSTITUTION. ADOPTED AT SAaratoga, August, 1869, WITH AMENDMENTS UP TO AND ARTICLE I. NAME. This organization shall be known by the name of the AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION. ARTICLE II. OBJECTS.-The objects of this Association shall be to cultivate the science and art of Dentistry, and all its collateral branches; to elevate and sustain the professional character of Dentists, to promote among them mutual improvement, social intercourse, and good feeling, and collectively to represent and have cognizance of the common interests of the Dental Profession. NAME. OBJECTS. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1.-MEMBERSHIP; NUMBER OF DELEGATES FROM LOCAL SOCIETIES.-Each local society may send one for every five of its active members, and each Dental College one from its faculty as delegates to this Association for one year, upon complying with the requirements of its Constitution; but no society shall be entitled to representation that does not adopt or substantially recognize its Code of Ethics. SEC. 2.-EXPELLED MEMBERS.-Any member of this Association being expelled or suspended from his local society, shall from that date cease to be a member of this body. [Amended 1880.] DELEGATES FROM LOCAL SOCIETIES. MEMBERS EXPELLED FROM LOCAL CLASSES OF MEMBERS and their Privileges. HONORARY DELEGATES. Qualifications and Appointment of. After August, 1875, must be graduates. PERMANENT Reinstatement of. CONSTITUTION TO BE SIGNED before speaking or voting. DUES. Members cannot speak or vote, if unpaid. SEC. 3.-MEMBERS TO BE OF THREE CLASSES.-The members of this Association shall be of three classes, viz.: Delegates, permanent, and honorary members; the two former classes having equal rights and privileges, except eligibility to office and membership of the Sections-none being eligible to hold office except permanent members; the latter class to consist of prominent, worthy members of the dental profession residing in foreign countries, who shall be elected by ballot. SEC. 4. DELEGATES.-All delegates shall be practitioners of Dentistry; they shall receive their appointment only from permanently organized Dental Societies and Dental Colleges, having definite conditions of membership other than pecuniary, which shall have been approved by the Executive Committee, and a copy of which shall be in the hands of the Recording Secretary of this body. This Association will hereafter receive no delegates, who shall after this date [August, 1875,] enter the profession without first having graduated at some reputable dental or medical college. SEC. 5. PERMANENT MEMBERS.-Permanent members shall consist of those who, having served one year as delegates, and complied with the requirements of the Association, shall signify to the Treasurer a desire for permanent membership. After the resignation of a member has been accepted, the Association may at any time thereafter reinstate such member by unanimous consent. [Amended 1881.] SEC. 6. SIGNING CONSTITUTION.-Each new member, before voting or speaking on any subject before the meeting, shall sign these regulations, inscribing his name and the title and location of the institution from which he receives his appointment. SEC. 7.-DUES.-Five dollars shall be paid to the Treasurer by each member yearly, as dues, before he can be eligible to office, or speak or vote on any sub ject before the Association; and in case the dues remain unpaid at the close of the second annual meeting thereafter, the name of any such delinquent shall be erased from the list of members without further action. SEC. 8. GIVING NAME ON RISING.-No one shall be permitted to address the Association before giving his name and residence, which shall be distinctly announced from the Chair; nor shall he speak more than twice, nor longer than fifteen minutes in all, unless by consent of the Association. SEC. 9.-CONDUCT OF MEMBERS.-Any act of special immorality or unprofessional conduct committed by a member of this Association shall be referred to the Executive Committee (Second Division), whose duty it shall be to thoroughly examine into the case, and report at the next meeting if the charges be sustained. Whereupon, by a vote, the offending member may be reprimanded or expelled, a two-thirds vote being required for expulsion, a majority being sufficient for reprimand. ARTICLE IV. TIME OF MEETINGS.-The regular meetings of the Association shall be held annually, and commence on the first Tuesday in August. The place of meeting shall be determined each year by vote of the Association. After the selection of a place of meeting there shall be appointed by the President, annually, a committee of three, residing at or near the place selected for the next meeting, whose duty it shall be to procure rooms for meetings, clinics, and for the exhibition of mechanical appliances, and to make such other local arrangements as may be needed for the Association. This committee shall act under the direction of the First Division of the Executive Committee. SEC. 2.-The officers may, for extraordinary reasons change the time and place of meeting, upon the DUES. Penalty for failure to pay. ADDRESSING ASSOCIATION,giving name on rising. IMMORAL OR UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, how punished. TIME OF MEETINGS. PLACE OF MEETINGS. LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING, how changed. OFFICERS, How elected. Term of office. PRESIDENT, Duties of. written consent of ten (10) of the fifteen (15) officers. [Amended 1882.] ARTICLE V. SECTION 1.--OFFICERS, HOW ELECTED.--The officers of this Association shall be a President, two VicePresidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and the Executive Committee, who shall be elected by ballot without nomination. The three names, or in case of a tie, the four names having the greatest number of votes shall be the sole nominees in case of failure to elect on the first ballot, and a majority of all the votes cast for those names shall be necessary to a choice. Each officer, except as otherwise provided, shall hold his appointment for one year, or until another is elected to succeed him. SEC. 2.-PRESIDENT: DUTIES OF.-The President shall preside according to parliamentary usage, as laid down in "Cushing's Manual" and the Rules of Order adopted by this Association. SEC. 3.-VICE-PRESIDENTS.-In the absence of the VICE-PRESIDENTS, President, one of the Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties of the office, and in the absence of these officers a Chairman pro tem. shall be appointed by acclamation. CORRESPONDING RECORDING SECRETARY, Duties of. Ex-officio Chairman of Publication Committee. SEC. 4.-CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.-The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to the correspondence of the Association with the societies therein represented, and to correspondence with other scientific bodies as may be desirable. SEC. 5.-RECORDING SECRETARY.-The Recording Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of the proceedings of the Association, preserve the archives and unpublished documents, and attend to the other duties that pertain to his office. He shall be ex-officio chairman of the Publication Committee, and shall see that due notice is given of the time and place of meeting of the Association. SEC. 6.-EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.-The Executive Committee shall be the business committee of the Association, and shall consist of nine members, to whom shall be referred all business not otherwise specially provided for. They shall report at each meeting under the proper head their doings for the current year. SUB-COMMITTEES.-FIRST DIVISION: COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.-Three members of this committee shall act as the Committee of Arrangements, and shall procure suitable accommodations for the meetings and clinics, and for the exhibition and examination of appliances, of which they shall have the charge. These three shall attend generally to the wants of the Association during its session. SECOND DIVISION: CREDENTIALS AND AUDITING COMMITTEE. Other three shall examine and verify the credentials and qualifications of members, including all violations of the Code of Ethics and the Constitution, and shall also be the Auditing Committee for that year. THIRD DIVISION: COMMITTEE ON VOLUNTEER ESSAYS. The remaining three shall examine all volunteer essays, and before they are read to the Association shall give their approval, in order that time may not be taken up by unworthy or irrelevant matter. They shall report the names of places for the next meeting. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE: HOW APPOINTED.-The President shall appoint two members of this Association, who shall act in conjunction with the Recording Secretary as the Publication Committee. They shall be authorized to employ a competent reporter to furnish an accurate report of the proceedings of each meeting. . INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. They shall superintend the publication and distribution of such portions of the Transactions as the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Duties of, in general. FIRST DIVISION: Committee of Arrangements. SECOND DIVISION: THIRD DIVISION: Committee on Voluntary Essays. To report places for meeting. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, how appointed. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, Instructions to. |