NEW-YORK SOCIETY 
 
 THE RELIEF 
 
 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS 
 
 MEDICAL MEN. 
 
 INSTITUTED IN THE TEAR 1844. 
 
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OF THE 
 
 NEW-YORK SOCIETY 
 
 FOE 
 
 THE RELIEF 
 
 OF THE 
 
 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS 
 
 OF 
 
 MEDICAL MEN. 
 
 INSTITUTE© IN THE YEAR 1842. 
 
 NEW-YORK: 
 ADEE & ESTABROOK, PRINTERS, 107 FULTON-STREET. 
 
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LIST OP OFFICERS. 
 
 EDWARD DELAFIELD, M.D. President. 
 
 Francis U. Johnston, M. D. } 
 
 J. Revere, M. D. i Vice Presidents, 
 
 John Stearns, M. D. ) 
 
 Isaac Wood, M. D. Treasurer. 
 
 H. D. Bulkley, M. D. Secretary, 
 
 MANAGERS. 
 
 James C. Bliss, M. D. Moore Hoit, M. D, 
 
 William P. Buel, M. D. Jared Linsley, M. D. 
 
 H. D. Bulkley, M. D. James Macdonald, M. t). 
 
 G-. P. Cammaim, M. D. J. B. McEwen, M. D. 
 
 Thomas Cock, M. D. William W. Miner, M.D. 
 
 Joel Foster, M. D. Valentine Mott, M. D. 
 
 J. H. Griscom, M. D. William Parker, M. D. 
 
 A. N. Gunn, M. D. Alfred C. Post, M. D. 
 
 R. K. Hoffman, M. D. J. Kearny Rodgers, M.D, 
 
 A* T. Hunter, M. D. Hugh Sweeny, M. D, 
 James A. Washington, M. D, 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 Qualifications and Admission of Members. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Society shall consist of Physicians 
 and Surgeons, residing in New York and Kings 
 counties, and holding regular licenses to practise, 
 under the laws of the State of New York ; and of 
 Physicians and Surgeons in the Army and Navy of 
 the United States. 
 
 Sec 2. Every person desirous of becoming a 
 member of the Society shall sign a Declaration, 
 stating his wish, and setting forth his place of abode, 
 and also whether he is a single or married man, and 
 the number, names and ages of his children. 
 
 To this declaration shall be annexed a certificate, 
 signed by at least two members of the Society, 
 vouching for the good character and standing of 
 the applicant. 
 
 The candidate, thus recommended, shall be pro- 
 posed at one meeting of the Board of Managers, 
 and balloted for at the next ; and in every notice to 
 attend such meetings, the names of the persons to 
 be balloted for shall be expressed. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person, qualified as above, may be 
 proposed as a member by the Chairman of the an- 
 nual general meeting of the Society, and may be 
 
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 balloted for and elected by the same general meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every member of the Society shall pay 
 the sum of ten dollars, as his initiation fee ; and an 
 annual subscription of ten dollars— Jive dollars pay- 
 able half yearly ; every annual subscriber being 
 considered a member, from the day upon which his 
 initiation fee has been paid. 
 
 Sec. 5. The sum of one hundred dollars, paid at 
 one time, within three months after the date of his 
 election, shall be considered as a composition for 
 premium and annual payment ; and shall constitute 
 the subscriber a member for life. 
 
 Sec. 6. A member who is an annual subscriber 
 of ten dollers, shall not be called upon, (unless by 
 his own desire,) to pay the said subscription for a 
 longer time than twenty years ; and when the said 
 term of twenty years is expired, he shall be con- 
 sidered a member for life. 
 
 Sec. 7. A member who is a subscriber of ten 
 dollars annually, may, by making up the sum of his 
 subscription one hundred and twenty-five dollars, 
 exclusive of his initiation fee, at any time within 
 ten years from the date of his admission, become a 
 member for life; and, as such, be exempt from fu- 
 ture payments, 
 
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 Sec. 8. Every annual subscriber who shall mar- 
 ry oftener than once, shall pay one years contribu- 
 tion extraordinary on every such marriage. 
 
 Sec. 9. If any member remove out of the limits 
 of the Society, or relinquish the practice of medi- 
 cine, he shall nevertheless continue to be a member, 
 and be entitled to all the privileges of the Society, 
 so long as he shall continue to pay his subscription, 
 as above named. 
 
 Sec. 10. No person shall be admitted a member 
 of this Society who publicly advertises any medi- 
 cine as a secret, or publicly advertises to cure any 
 disease. 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 
 Benefactors. 
 
 The payment of one hundred dollars or uptvards, 
 by a person not belonging to the medical profession 
 shall constitute such person a Benefactor of the So- 
 ciety ; and the payment of one hundred and fifty 
 dollar by a member of the medical profession, at 
 one time, shall entitle him to the same distinction. 
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 CHAPTER 3. 
 
 Disqualification of Members. 
 
 Sec. 1. Any person having omitted to make three 
 half yearly payments of his subscription, for two 
 calendar months after the third half yearly payment 
 shall have become due, ceases ipso facto to be a 
 member of the Society, and the subscription which 
 he has paid shall be forfeited ; but the Board of 
 Managers may at their discretion, restore such per- 
 son to the privileges of membership, upon his ma- 
 king payment of all arrears of dues, with the inter- 
 est thereon. 
 
 Sec. 2. If any member shall publicly advertise 
 any medicine as a secret, or countenance the same 
 by publicly recommending it ; or publicly adver- 
 tise to cure any disease ; the Board of Managers, 
 having had due proof thereof, shall order the Se- 
 cretary to deliver, or cause to be delivered to him 
 personally, or at his usual place of abode, a copy of 
 the Laws of the Society, and also a written notice, 
 setting forth that unless he discontinue such prac- 
 tice, within three months from the service of said 
 notice, he shall be subjected to removal from the 
 Society ; and if, after the expiration of the time 
 allowed, the Board of Managers shall receive proof 
 that the notice has been duly served, and that the 
 said member has not discontinued his empirical 
 
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 practice, he shall cease, ipso facto, to be a member, 
 and the subscriptions which he has paid shall be 
 forfeited. 
 
 CHAPTER 4. 
 
 General Meetings. 
 
 Sec. 1. A general meeting open to all members, 
 shall be held on the first Thursday in October in 
 every year. And three days at least, previously to 
 such meeting, a summons shall be sent by the Se- 
 cretary to each member of the Society residing 
 within its limits ; and the said general meeting 
 shall also be advertised in two or more of the pub- 
 lic daily newspapers. 
 
 Sec. 2. No business shall be transacted at any 
 general meeting, unless nine members be present ; 
 and in case this number be not assembled within 
 an hour after the appointed time, the majority of 
 the members present shall have power to appoint 
 a meeting on some other day within a fortnight. 
 
 Sec. 3. At every general meeting, previously to 
 all other business, the minutes of the last general 
 meeting, together with those of all extraordinary 
 general meetings, and meetings of the Board of 
 Managers, assembled since the last annual general 
 meeting, shall be read ; but no new business shall 
 be introduced, unless recommended by a resolution. 
 
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 of the Board of Managers ; or by a committee ap- 
 pointed for the purpose at a previous general meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Sec. 4. At the general meeting in October, the 
 following officers shall be elected ; viz. a President, 
 three Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, and seven 
 Managers. 
 
 Sec. 5. The President, Vice Presidents, and 
 Treasurer, shall ex officio be members of the Board 
 of Managers. 
 
 CHAPTER 5. 
 
 Board of Managers. 
 
 Sec 1. The Board shall consist of the President, 
 Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and twenty-one Mana- 
 gers. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Managers shall be divided into three 
 classes of seven each ; each class in rotation shall 
 go out of office at the general meeting in October, 
 and their places shall be supplied at the election 
 which then takes place ; but such Managers shall 
 be re-eligible at the pleasure of the Society. 
 
 Sec 3. Any vacancies which may occur by death 
 or resignation in the Board of Managers, between 
 two annual elections, may be filled by the Board at 
 an election to be held for the purpose at a regular 
 quarterly meeting. 
 
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 Sec. 4. A meeting of the Board of Managers shall 
 be held four times in every year ; viz. on the third 
 Wednesday of March, June, September, and De- 
 cember. 
 
 Sec. 5. At every quarterly meeting of the Board 
 of Managers, the minutes of the last annual general 
 meeting, and of all extraordinary general meetings 
 held since the last quarterly meeting ; of the last 
 quarterly meeting of Managers, and of all extraor- 
 dinary meetings of Managers held since such meet- 
 ing; and of the Standing Committee shall be read 
 and respectively confirmed or amended. 
 
 Sec. 6. Candidates for admission shall be ballot- 
 ed for ; and no candidate shall be deemed a mem- 
 ber unless he have three-fourths of the suffrages 
 contained in the ballot box. 
 
 Sec. 7. The applications of new candidates, and 
 the recommendations in their behalf, shall be read. 
 
 Sec. 8. Occasional applications for relief may be 
 received and considered, and assistance may be 
 granted. 
 
 Sec 9. At the quarterly meeting in December, 
 the annual declarations of the widows whose claims 
 on the Society have already been examined and 
 approved, shall be read and considered ; and such 
 sums shall be voted to them respectively as the 
 Managers may think proper. 
 
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 Sec. 10. At the quarterly meeting in June, a 
 Committee of five members, (two of whom may be 
 of the Board of Managers,) shall be chosen to audit 
 the accounts of the Society ; and at the same meet- 
 ing the time and place of holding the Anniversary 
 Dinner, and the price of Tickets shall be fixed ; 
 and the Stewards shall be elected. 
 
 Sec. 11. At the quarterly meeting in September, 
 the Auditors' Report of the state of the funds shall 
 be received and read. 
 
 Sec 12. No business shall be transacted at any 
 meeting of the Board of Managers, unless five mem- 
 bers of the Board be present. 
 
 Sec. 13. At all meetings, if the President be ab- 
 sent, the chair shall be taken by the first Vice Pre- 
 sident ; if he be absent, by the second Vice Presi- 
 dent, or, he also being absent, by the third Vice 
 President. If neither of these officers be present, 
 a chairman shall be appointed fro tempore, from 
 the members present. 
 
 Sec 14. All motions shall be delivered to the 
 Chairman in writing, if the Chairman or any mem- 
 ber desire, and shall be read by him before any de- 
 bate or decision take place thereon. 
 
 Sec 15. No member shall speak more than twice 
 on any motion, unless he obtain special permission 
 from the Chairman for that purpose. 
 
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 Sec. 16. All elections shall be by ballot, and be 
 decided by a majority ; the Chairman having, in 
 all motions and elections, a casting vote. 
 
 Sec. 17. The Chairman shall appoint all Com- 
 mittees, unless otherwise ordered by special reso- 
 lution. 
 
 Sec 18. No resolution tending to alter or repeal 
 any law shall be valid, until approved by one quar- 
 terly meeting of the Board of Managers, and con- 
 firmed at the next, by a majority of at least three- 
 fourths of the members present, and voting at each 
 of the said meetings. 
 
 Sec. 19. The Board of Managers shall have pow- 
 er to call extraordinary general meetings of the 
 members of the Society, notices being served in 
 the same manner as for regular annual meetings. 
 
 Sec 20. The Board of Managers shall have pow- 
 er to hold meetings by adjournment, and also ap- 
 point extraordinary meetings. And any five man-' 
 agers shall also have power to require extraordina- 
 ry meetings, their requisition being signified in 
 writing to the Secretary, who shall call a meeting 
 in conformity therewith upon some day to be fixed 
 by the President within fourteen days after the date 
 of such requisition. 
 
 Sec 21. A general list of the members of the 
 Society shall be published at least once in four 
 
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 years. A supplementary list shall be printed an- 
 nually together with a printed statement of the So- 
 ciety's affairs. 
 
 CHAPTER 6. 
 Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Secretary shall be elected by the 
 Board of Managers from their own number. He 
 shall attend at all meetings and committees, and 
 shall enter into proper books the minutes of the 
 transactions of each meeting. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Secretary shall receive all applica- 
 tions made to the Society for relief, and shall give 
 notice of the same to the Standing Committee and 
 to the next quarterly meeting of the Board of 
 Managers ; and as soon as any sum or sums of mo- 
 ney shall be ordered to be paid to applicants, or to 
 those persons who are properly authorised to re- 
 ceive the same, he shall inform them by letter of 
 the exact time and place when and where the Trea- 
 surer will be ready to make such payments. 
 
 CHAPTER 7. 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 1. Before the Treasurer enters upon the du- 
 ties of his office, he shall give a bond to the Society, 
 
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 with two sufficient sureties, in a sum of not less 
 than two thousand dollars, for the faithful perform- 
 ance of the trust reposed in him. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall collect the interest of all monies 
 of the Society loaned on bond and mortgage, and 
 the dividends on all stocks held by the Society. 
 
 Sec. 3. He shall pay all specific orders drawn on 
 him by a resolution of the Society and signed by 
 the presiding officer, and all drafts of the Standing 
 Committee made in conformity with the provisions 
 of the By-Laws. 
 
 CHAPTER 8. 
 Collector. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Collector shall be elected by the 
 Board of Managers ; and on first entering into of- 
 fice shall give such security for the faithful per- 
 formance of his duties "as the Board may deem suf- 
 ficient, i 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall be allowed a commission of five 
 per cent, on all sums he shall collect for the Society. 
 
 Sec 3. He shall call upon each annual subscri- 
 ber for his half yearly payment, within one month 
 after it has become due. 
 
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 CHAPTER 9. 
 Standing Committee. 
 Sec 1. The President and two Managers, to be 
 chosen by the Board annually at their quarterly 
 meeting in December, shall constitute the Stand- 
 ing Committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. All applications for relief, shall be refer- 
 red to the Standing Committee. 
 
 Sec 3. They shall enquire into the circumstan- 
 ces of all widows or orphans of any deceased mem- 
 ber, who may apply for assistance, and through the 
 Secretary, report their cases to the Board of Mana- 
 
 ^Sec. 4. They shall give drafts upon the Trea- 
 surer to all persons who shall be authorized by the 
 Board of Managers to receive assistance from the 
 Society, and no payment shall be made for such 
 purpose without such draft. 
 
 Sec. 5. In cases where applications are made to 
 the Standing Committee, during the recess of the 
 Society and if on examination it shall appear that the 
 applicant or applicants are entitled to relief by the 
 By-Laws, and that the circumstances of the case 
 are such as to require immediate assistance, it shall 
 and may be lawful for them to make a donation not 
 to exceed twenty-five dollars, to meet such emer- 
 
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 gency ; provided always, that they shall report in 
 writing at the next meeting of the Board of Mana- 
 gers, the amount thus advanced, and the name and 
 situation of the persons thus relieved. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Standing Committee, with the ad- 
 vice of the Treasurer, shall invest all the funds of 
 the Society, and no change of investments shall be 
 made except by their order. 
 
 CHAPTER 10. 
 
 Disposition of Funds. 
 
 Sec. 1. The funds of the Society shall be invest- 
 ed in bonds and mortgages on real estate in the 
 cities of New-York and Brooklyn, the borrowers 
 also residing in one of the said cities; and in 
 stocks of the United States or of the City and State 
 of New- York, and in no other mode. 
 
 Sec 2. All payments constituting members for 
 life, all initiation fees, and all benefactions and 
 legacies shall at all times be added to the capital 
 stock of the Society, unless a contrary disposition 
 of them be directed by the Benefactors or Testa- 
 tors. 
 
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 CHAPTER 11. 
 Proper Subjects op Relief. 
 
 Sec 1. The widow of any member of this So- 
 ciety having no child, and who has no estate, sal- 
 ary, or other provision, exceeding altogether the 
 yearly value of two hundred dollars, is eligible to 
 receive such assistance from this Society anuually, 
 as the state of its funds will permit, Provided, that 
 if such widow shall marry again, her annuity shall 
 cease, unless the Board of Managers think proper 
 to continue it. 
 
 Sec. 2. The widow of any member of this So- 
 ciety who is left with a child or children under 
 fourteen years of age, entirely or in part depend- 
 ent on such widow for support, and who has no 
 estate, salary or other provision, exceeding the 
 yearly value altogether of fifty dollars for each 
 child respectively, in addition to the two hundred 
 mentioned in the preceding section, is eligible to 
 receive such additional assistance from this Society 
 annually, as the state of its funds will permit. 
 
 Sec 3. The orphan of any member of this So- 
 ciety who has no estate, salary or other provision, 
 exceeding the yearly value altogether of one hun- 
 dred dollars, is eligible to receive such assistance 
 annually \ as the funds of the Society will permit. 
 
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 Sec, 4. If any member at his death, leave nei- 
 ther widow nor child, but a widowed mother, liv- 
 ing with him at the time of his decease, and de- 
 pendent on him for support, or a sister above the 
 age of fifty years, who had lived with him for at 
 least three years, and was living with him at the 
 time of his death, and dependent on him for sup- 
 port ; such widowed mother or such sister shall be 
 deemed eligible to receive assistance from the 
 funds of the Society, at the discretion of the Board 
 of Managers. 
 
 Sec. 5. No widow or child, mother or sister of 
 any medical practitioner shall receive any assist- 
 ance from the funds of this society, unless the per- 
 son from whom they claim, was a member at the 
 time of his death ; and had been a member two 
 years at least previously to his decease. 
 
 Sec. 6. Although the general intention of the 
 Society is to relieve the widows and children of 
 medical men ; yet, if it should unfortunately hap- 
 pen, that any member be incapacitated from at- 
 tending to his business, the said member and his 
 family being involved in distress, it shall be lawful 
 for the Board of Managers to allow him such 
 temporary relief as they shall deem necessary. 
 
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 CHAPTER 12. 
 Applications for Relief. 
 Sec. 1. All applications for relief from the So- 
 ciety must be made by letter to the Secretary ; 
 stating the name and age of the parties applying ; 
 the name and relationship of the member through 
 whom they become qualified to receive relief, and 
 the circumstances which make assistance neces- 
 sary. The applications having been examined by 
 the Standing Committee, must be reported to the 
 Board of Managers at their next quarterly meet- 
 ing, and such relief granted as they may deem 
 proper. 
 
 Sec. 2. All persons whose claims on the Society 
 shall have been allowed, and who are desirous of 
 receiving regular assistance from its funds, must 
 send to the Secretary early in the month of No- 
 vember of each year, the Declaration set forth in 
 the Appendix, properly filled up ; and if the Board 
 of Managers shall require it, verified by affidavit ; 
 which declaration must be signed by two Members 
 of the Society, if the applicant reside within its 
 limits ; and if beyond these, the applicant, if a 
 widow, or if an orphan, or orphans, their guardian 
 or nearest friend, must make affidavit of the truth 
 of the statement therein contained, before an of- 
 ficer legally qualified to administer oaths in the 
 county or district in which he or she resides ; or 
 
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 shall procure the signature of a respectable clergy- 
 man in the town in which he or she may reside, as 
 to his belief in the truth of such declaration. 
 
 Sec. 3. All sums of money granted by the Board 
 of Managers, shall be paid within twenty days 
 after such sums are voted, by the Treasurer, to the 
 parties who are properly authorised to receive the 
 same; and the Secretary shall by letter inform 
 them of the time and place, when and where, the 
 Treasurer will be ready to make such payments. 
 
 Sec. 4. All annuities shall be paid in two equal 
 semi-annual payments. 
 
 CHAPTER 13. 
 Anniversary Dinner. 
 Sec. ] . A dinner by the Members of the Society 
 shall be held in the month of October or Novem- 
 ber, in every year. 
 
 Sec. 2. The expenses of the Anniversary Din- 
 ner shall be paid by the proceeds of the tickets 
 issued for the same. 
 
 Sec. 3. A general statement of the affairs of the 
 Society shall be made upon this occasion, and espe- 
 cially the amount expended by the Society for or- 
 
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 dinary expenditures, other than the sums granted 
 to relieve applicants under its By-Laws; and a 
 collection shall be made from the Members present 
 for the purpose of defraying these expenditures. 
 Any surplus which may be collected over and a- 
 bove what is required for such purpose, shall be 
 paid into the general fund of the Society. 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 The Declarations of Persons desirous of receiving 
 regular Assistance from the Fund. 
 
 To the Managers nf the New- York Society for the 
 Relief of Widows and Orphans, 
 
 Mrs Years of Age, 
 
 resident at 
 
 hereby maketh declaration, that she 
 still continues the Widow of 
 
 late Member of this Society, having 
 never since been married to any other 
 person, that she has Chil- 
 dren under fourteen years of age now 
 living and unprovided for, namely, 
 
 Here state the aged 
 
 Names and 
 
 Ages of the 
 
 Children and 
 
 their present 
 
 situation. 
 
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 That she has no Estate, Salary, or 
 other Provision whatever, from any 
 source except 
 
 which, taken together, do not produce 
 
 more than per annum, and 
 
 therefore she is still under the necessity 
 
 of presenting her claims to the Society. 
 
 Date and Resi- Signed 
 dence. ° 
 
 N. B. If the Applicant reside either in Nev\- 
 York or Kings Counties, this Declaration must be 
 certified by the signatures of two Members of the 
 Society; and if beyond these limits, Affidavit of 
 the truth of such Declaration must be made before 
 an Officer legally qualified to administer oaths in 
 the County or District in which the Applicant re- 
 sides ; or the signature of a respectable Clergyman 
 in the town in which she may reside, as to his be- 
 lief in the truth of such declaration. 
 
 The Board of Managers have the power of 
 requiring this Declaration to be verified by the 
 Affidavit of the Claimant. 
 
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 CERTIFICATE. 
 
 We, whose names are hereunto 
 subscribed, certify, that we believe 
 the above Declaration to be strictly 
 true. Dated 
 
 Signed 
 
 WIDOWS and the Guardians of ORPHANS 
 are requested particularly to take Notice, that it is 
 necessary that a Renewal of their Declaration 
 and Certificate, regularly signed as above di- 
 rected, be sent to the SECRETARY, on or 
 before the Second WEDNESDAY in the Month 
 of November, in every year ; in default of which, 
 no Widow or Orphan can receive assistance from 
 the Board of Directors, who meet in December. 
 
 N. B. With the FIRST Application for Relief 
 there must be sent a Copy of the Certificate of 
 Marriage of the Widow with the deceased Mem- 
 ber ; evidence of the Ages of the Children under 
 fourteen years ; and also the certificate of theburia^ 
 of the deceased person. 
 
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 LIST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Valentine Mott. 
 David L. Rogers. 
 Edward Delafield. 
 J. Kearny Rodgers. 
 James Cameron. 
 Alban Goldsmith. 
 James Campbell. 
 A. N. Gunn. 
 Joseph Worster. 
 William Power. 
 John Stearns. 
 Walter C. Palmer. 
 David Smith. 
 J. A. Washington. 
 Isaac E. Taylor. 
 James O. Smith. 
 R. S. N. Anderson. 
 R. Cooper Anderson. 
 Hugh Sweeny. 
 Lewis Hallock. 
 William P. Buel. 
 Samuel P. White. 
 Moore Hoit. 
 J. Revere. 
 James R. Greacen. 
 James Knight. 
 Joel Foster. 
 J. Augustine Smith. 
 H. D. Bulkley. 
 
 John Conger. 
 John S. Bowron. 
 Alfred C. Post. 
 J. H. Borrowe. 
 J. C. Beales. 
 Luke Barker. 
 G. P. Cammann. 
 John Graham. 
 William W. Miner. 
 F. E. Berger. 
 James C. Bliss. 
 R. K. Hoffman. 
 J. R. Chapin. 
 Robert Sibree. 
 James Hallam. 
 J. A. McVickar. 
 F. Vanderberg. 
 S. T. Hubbard. 
 George L. Adams. 
 R. T. Horsefield. 
 E. F. Maynard. 
 Galen Hunter. 
 Samuel Sargent. 
 John Trenor. 
 Richard S. Kissam. 
 Aaron Jarvis. 
 John L. Vandervoort. 
 J. B. McEwen. 
 Ezra Wood. 
 
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 Oliver White. 
 R. P. Tanner. 
 William Parker. 
 J. W. Andariese. 
 C. R. Gilman. 
 M. D. Van Pelt. 
 J.W. Schmidt, Jr. 
 William H. Maxwell. 
 James R. Wood. 
 John R. Van Kleek, 
 Isaac Wood. 
 A. T. Hunter. 
 Middleton Goldsmith. 
 Abraham Dubois. 
 A. B. Robeson. 
 James Macdonald. 
 F. U. Johnston. 
 Jared Linsly. 
 William H. Macneven. 
 L. Detmold* 
 
 J. W. DuvalL 
 G. Newcomb. 
 John H. Griscom* 
 Hugh McLean. 
 B. B. Coit. 
 F. A. Putman. 
 M. W. Williams, 
 John T. Tuttle. 
 William Miner. 
 Elias S. Nichols. 
 William J. Olliffi 
 Alfred S. Purdy. 
 P. Van Arsdale. 
 J. J. Lasher. 
 George Leo Wolf* 
 E. R. Belcher. 
 B. Sherwood. 
 Charles R. King* 
 S. R. Harris- 
 Alexander H. Stevetosu 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Chap. p age 
 
 I. Qualifications and Admission of Members 3 
 
 II. Benefactors 5 
 
 III. Disqualification of Members - - - 6 
 
 IV. General Meetings 7 
 V. Board of Managers - ... 8 
 
 VI. Secretary 12 
 
 VII. Treasurer - - - - - - ib. 
 
 VIII. Collector 13 
 
 IX. Standing Committee - - - 14 
 
 X. Disposition of Funds - - - 15 
 
 XI. Proper Subjects of Relief - - - 16 
 
 XII. Applications for Relief - - - 18 
 
 XIII. Anniversary Dinner - - - - 19 
 
 Appendix 21 
 
 List of Members - - - - 26