Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--
SECT. 1.--Samuel Gregg, William Wesselhoeft, Luther Clark, George
Russell, Milton Fuller, John A. Tarbell, David Thayer, their
associates and successors, physicians, be, and they hereby are, made
a Corporation, by the name of the MASSACHUSETTS HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL
SOCIETY, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the
duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth
chapter of the Revised Statues.
SECT. 2.--Said Corporation may hold real and personal estate to the
amount of fifty thousand dollars.
SECT. 3.--The members of said Society shall not be liable to be
mustered or enrolled in the militia of this Commonwealth.
SECT. 4.--The members of said Society, or such of their officers or
members as they shall appoint, shall have full power and authority to
examine all candidates for membership, concerning the practice of
specific medicine and surgery, provided said candidates shall sustain
a good moral character, and shall present letters testimonial of
their qualifications from some legally authorized medical
institution; and if, upon such examination, the said candidates shall
be found qualified for membership, they shall receive the approbation
of the Society.
SECT. 5.--This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
House of Representatives, May 30, 1856.
Passed to be enacted, CHARLES A. PHELPS, Speaker.
In Senate, May 31, 1856.
Passed to be enacted, ELIHU C. BAKER, President.
June 3, 1856. Approved, HENRY J. GARDNER.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 24, 1856.
A true copy.
Attest: FRANCIS DE WITT,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.