Laws of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Date:
1831
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Credit: Laws of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i CHAPTER 11. Ekction of Office-Bearers^ and their respective Duties, 1. All Fellows who practise in Edinburgh or its sub¬ urbs, shall serve in those offices to which they are elect¬ ed, under the penalty of L. 5 sterling to the funds, if not otherwise provided for by the laws. OFFICE-BEARERS WHO ARE ANNUALLY ELECTED. PRESIDENT AND DEACON. 2. The time and forms to be observed at this election are prescribed by the Set of the city of Edinburgh. Tlie different steps of the election are as follows:— Is/, On the third Wednesday preceding the feast of Michaelmas, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, give notice to the Corporation to meet and choose a leet or list of six of the best and worthiest of the Craft, one of whom is to be chosen Deacon. 2f/, On the day following, being Thursday, the Corpo¬ ration being met, and having taken the oaths to Govern-