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Records of the Committee on an Amendment to the Charter
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A committee, composed of John Barclay Biddle, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, and Anthony E. Stocker, chairman, was appointed 4 July 1854 to consider the expediency of altering the charter of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to allow annual elections in January rather than July. On 6 Sept. 1854, the committee reported favorably on the motion, due to absence of Fellows during the summer months, recommended the first Wednesday in January for elections, and asked College attorney James W. Paul to make application for the change. The committee made its final report on 5 Dec. 1855, recommending the by-laws be amended to conform with the revised charter. The College first held a January election in 1856.
Collection, preserved by committee chairman Anthony E. Stocker, includes resolutions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 7 Sept. 1854, to amend its charter and hold annual elections in January and form of amendment drafted by attorney James W. Paul, 25 Jan. 1855, applying to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for amendment of the charter.
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