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GEORGE BONUM NYE HOLMES was a native of Rochester, Mass., son of Abraham Holmes, Esq., and located in Freetown for the practice of the law in or near the year 1810. His law-office was the building now used by Mr. Philip C. Bryant for a grocery- store.
HERCULES CUSHMAN was a native of Middlebor- ough. He studied law with Hon. Wilkes Wood, of his native town, and received the appointment of clerk of Plymouth County Court. Located in Free- town in or about 1813, from which town he was elected several times as representative to the General Court, and served one year in the Governor's Council. He was promoted to the office of colonel of the Fifth Regi- ment in the local militia of Bristol County. Honor- ably discharged. He returned to Middleborough in 1828, and there died in 1832.
June 13, 1818, Mr. Bacon was commissioned cap- tain of the Assonet Light Infantry Company, which position he held until 1824; was a member of the Governor's Council one year ; chairman of County Commissioners in 1828, which year he removed to the State of New York.
ELNATHAN P. HATHEWAY was one of the leading members of the Bristol bar, and for a long time one of the most prominent Democrats in the State. He was a personal friend of James Buchanan, and also of Judge Randall, father of Samuel J. Randall, the distinguished member of Congress from Philadelphia, and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was selectman of his town, commissioner of insol- vency, member of the last Constitutional Convention, member of the Legislature, and later of the Senate, was a member of the National Convention which
nominated President Buchanan, and was subsequently offered the collectorship of Boston, which he declined. He was engaged for a long time in most of the impor- tant cases that came before the courts of Bristol County. He was popular with his brothers at the bar, and was an intimate friend of Timothy G. Coffin and William Baylies.
Mr. Hatheway was a direct descendant on the pa- ternal side from Ann Hathaway, the wife of Shake- speare, and on the mother's side from Robert Cush- man, the Puritan. Elnathan P. Hatheway was a graduate of Brown University in the class of 1816.
EZRA WILKINSON came to Freetown in March, 1829, and opened a law-office in the building that had been used for that purpose by George Bonum Nye Holmes and Rufus Bacon. Mr. Wilkinson was a native of Wrentham, Mass., and a graduate of Brown University, Providence, R. I. From Freetown he removed to Seekonk, and from thence to Dedham.
WILLIAM H. EDDY was a native of Middleborough. He located for practice at Freetown in 1835. His health failed him, and he soon after returned to Mid- dleborough and died.
JOSEPH HATHAWAY was a native of Freetown, and located for the practice of law in Fall River, where he was once elected as a member of the General Court. Came back to and opened a law-office at Assonet village in 1837. Somewhat distinguished as a temperance lecturer, claiming to be, as he did, a " reformed drunkard." Went back to the practice of law at Fall River in 1844. Did not remain long, but again returned to Freetown, where he died April 22, 1865. He was a son of John Hathaway, of Free- town, and wife Betsey Winslow.1
RUFUS BACON was a native of Rochester, Mass. Came to Freetown in 1814. Occupied as a law-office that which had been used by George Bonum Nye | guardianship and keeping of the bar and judiciary Holmes.
The senior members of the bar of this county have many of them made up their records ; those still left are soon to follow, and the juniors are to assume their places at the bar and on the bench ; to them will soon be committed these great responsible trusts. The perpetuity of our free institutions is committed to the of our free country, for the history of the world teaches, and all free governments illustrate, this truth, that to the profession of the law civil government is indebted for all the safeguards and intrenchments with which the liberties of the people are protected, that legislation is shaped, constitutions enlarged, . amended, and adopted by the enlightened administra- tion of the statesmen, both of England and the United States, who have been in both, and are in all free gov- ernments, educated for the bar, and, ascending by the inherent force of their disciplined professional life, they become the directors of the destinies of States and nations.
Military chieftains may spring into power, tyrants may for the hour dazzle with the glamour of military parade, the pomp of war, an oppressed and frenzied
1 For Mansfield lawyers see history of that town.
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people, but they turn as the cannonade dies away to the statesmanship of the country, and call to the Par- liaments and congressional halls for final debate the arbitraments of the liberties of the people. From the days of King John to the present hour the bar and the bench have furnished the statesmen who have erected the bulwarks of constitutional law, and ex- torted from tyrants the Magna Chartas which have secured to the oppressed the guarantee of free insti- tutions. Imbued with the historical traditions of their predecessors, and tracing the paths they have trod, emulating their good example, it should become more and more the resolute purpose of the Bristol County bar to so walk in the light of their professional teachings that when they are called to follow them to that upper court and file their judgment-roll of the great trial of life with that Supreme Judge from whose bar they can take no appeal, -
" Then go not like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
CHAPTER IV. MEDICAL HISTORY.I
BRISTOL NORTII AND SOUTH DISTRICTS OF THE MASSACHU- SETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The Massachusetts Medical Society was formed in 1781, with power to elect officers, examine and license candidates, hold real estate, and " continue a body politic and corporate by the same name for- ever."
The society is intended to include all regular phy- sicians practicing medicine in the commonwealth, and admission takes place according to the following extract from Charter 82, Massachusetts Laws, 1859:
" No person shall hereafter become a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society except upon ex- amination by the censors of said society ; and any person of good moral character, found to possess the qualifications prescribed by the rules and regulations of said society, shall be admitted a fellow of said society."
The Massachusetts Medical Society includes seven- teen district societies, all of which are under the con- trol of the parent society. District societies consist of the fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society residing within such districts respectively wherein the communication of cases and experiments may be made, and the diffusion of knowledge in medicine and surgery may be encouraged and promoted. Dis-
1 The articles on the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Bristol North District Society were contributed by Silas D. Presbrey, M.D., of Taunton, and the article on Bristol South District Society by Dr. John H. Mackie, of New Bedford.
trict societies " may appoint their own officers, and establish regulations for their particular government not repugnant to the by-laws of the general society ; and shall be capable to purchase and receive by do- nation books, philosophical and chirurgical instru- ments, or other personal property, and may hold and dispose of the same, exclusive of any authority of the general society."
There are in Bristol County two such district soci- eties,-Bristol North District Medical Society and Bristol Sonth District Medical Society.
Bristol North District Medical Society was or- ganized June 20, 1849, and " consists of all the fel- lows of the Massachusetts Medical Society residing in the city of Taunton, and in the towns of Seekonk, Attleborough, Rehoboth, Norton, Mansfield, Easton, Raynham, Berkley. Freetown, Somerset, Dighton, Swansea, and none other." By a change in the State line, March 1, 1862, almost the whole of Pawtucket and a portion of Seekonk, since known as East Proy- idence, were ceded to Rhode Island. Prior to that date fellows residing therein were members of the Bristol North District Medical Society, but at that time they lost their membership in the District So- ciety and became non-resident fellows of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society.
The first meeting for the organization of this society was held at East Attleborough, Jan. 20, 1849. There were present at this meeting Drs. Benoni Carpenter, of Pawtucket ; Seba A. Carpenter, of Attleborough ; James B. Dean, of Taunton ; Johnson Gardner, of Seekonk; Thaddeus Phelps, of Attleborough ; Menzies R. Randall, of Rehoboth ; Phineas Savery, of Attle- borongh; Caleb Swan, of North Easton. Dr. M. R. Randall was made chairman, and Dr. Benoni Carpen- ter secretary. A committee was chosen, consisting of Drs. Carpenter, Gardner, and Phelps, who reported a " draft for by-laws," which were accepted and adopted in the usual manner. Thereupon the organization was completed by the choice of the following officers : President, Seba A. Carpenter; Vice-President, Men- zies R. Randall ; Secretary and Treasurer, William F. Perry (not before mentioned); Librarians, Phineas Savery, James B. Dean.
Following is a list of the members of the Bristol North District Medical Society from 1849 to 1883, al- phabetically arranged :
Admitted to
M. M. S.
Name.
Residence.
Died.
Cessation of
Membership.
1852.
Alba, Edwin Mason.
Attleboro', afterwards Williamsport, Pa.
Mansfield.
Seekonk.
1867.
1882. Baker, Harry Beecher.
Digliton.
1869.
Bassett, Elton James.
Taunton.
1879. Battershall, Joseph Ward.
Attleborongh.
1850. Blanding, William.
Rehoboth.
1837.
1852. Bronson, John Richardson.
Attleborough.
1869.
Brown, Henry N.
North Attleborough.
1874.
1878.
Brown, John Peaslee.
Tannton.
1854.
1862. Allen, William George.
1852. Aspinwall, Thomas W.
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HISTORY OF BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Admitted to M. M. S.
Name.
Residence.
Died.
Cessation of
Membership.
1871. Bullard, Herbert Cutler.
1871. Burden, Frederick Lysander.
I859. Burge, William B.
1848.
Carpenter, Benoni.
Pawtucket, R. I.
1877.
1863. Carpenter, Marcus S.
1845.
Carpenter, Seha A.
1848. Chace, John Bowers.
Taunton.
1881.
Pawtucket, R. I. Taunton.
18 -.
1874.
1858. Cogswell, George Badger.
North Easton.
Taunton.
18 -.
1866.
Deane, Asahel Sunner.
1873. Ellis, George Livingstone.
Taunton, afterwards Middleborough.
1878.
1856.
Fobes, Joseph Bassett.
1840. Foster, James Wolcott.
1869. Gage, William Hathorne.
1882. Galligan, Edward Francis.
Taunton.
1843. Gardner, Johnson.
Seekonk, afterwards Providence, R. I.
1869.
North Attleborough.
Tannton.
1877.
I823.
Gordon, William.
Taunton.
1852.
1882. Golden, Michael Charles.
Taunton.
1835.
Gushee, John Hathaway.
Raynham.
18-
1843.
Hatch, Joseph H.
Attleborough.
Tauntonl.
Attleborongh.
1848. llowe, Charles.
Taunton.
1866. Hubbard, Charles Thacher.
Taunton.
1861. Hubbard, Henry Babcock.
Taunton.
1870.
1876. Hutchinson, Marcello.
Taunton.
1854.
Kimball, Daniel F.
Rehoboth.
1852. King, Dan.
1852.
Knapp, Ephraim.
1853. Larkin, Silas S.
1819. Leonard, George.
1882.
Mackie, George.
Attleboroughi.
Taunton. 1874.
1854. McCormick, Edward George.
Taunton.
1855.
1877. Moore, Frederick C.
Taunton.
1877
1852. Morton, Lloyd.
Pawtucket, R. I.
1859.
Murphy, Jo-eph.
Taunton.
1854. Newman, Albert.
Tannton, afterwards Kansas.
1841. Nicholas, Joseph Dean.
Taunton.
1879.
1852. Nicholas, Thomas Gilbert.
Freetown.
1883.
1864. Paige, Nomus.
Taunton.
East Taunton, Mid-
dleborough.
1867. Payne, Amesa Elliot.
1835.
Perry, William Frederick.
Mansfield.
1873.
1853. Phelps, Elisha.
North Attleborongh.
1841. Phelps, Thaddeus.
North Attleborough. 1 1879.
1865. Presbrey, Silas Deau.
Taunton.
1852. Randall, Daniel F.
1852. Randall, George Ilenry.
North Rehoboth.
1832. Randall, Menzies Rayner.
North Rehoboth.
1882.
1863.
| Ransom, Nathaniel Morton.
Taunton.
1879.
Richmond, George Barstow. Robinson, Walter Scott.
Taunton.
1867. Ryan, James C.
Taunton, afterwards East Abington.
187 -.
1867.
1843. Sampson, Ira.
Taunton.
1871.
1841, Savery, Phineas,
Attleborough.
1853.
1833.
Swan, Caleb.
Easton.
1870.
1835.
Talbot, Charles.
Dighton.
1880.
1852. Thompson, Charles K.
Attleborough.
1876.
Tilden, Frank Elmer.
North Easton.
1880.
Totten, John Edmund.
Attleboronghi.
Attleborough.
1873.
1869, Whitney, James Orne.
Pawtucket, R. I.
Taunton.
Taunton.
1875. Yale, Joseph Cummings.
Taunton.
1879.
June 20, 1849 .- President, Seba A. Carpenter; Vice-President, M. R. Randall; Secretary and Treasurer, William F. Perry ; Librarians, Phineas Savery, James B. Dean.
March 20, 1850 .- President, Johnson Gardner; Vice-President, Joseph H. Hatch; Secretary and Treasurer, Thaddeus Phelps; Librarians, Phineas Savery, James B. Dean.
March 19, 1851 .- President, Johnson Gardner; Vice-President, Joseph H. Hatch; Secretary and Treasurer, Thaddeus Phelps; Librarians,
Phineas Savery, James B. Dean ; Councilors, Benoni Carpenter, Johnson Gardner, Charles Howe; Censors, Caleb Swan, M. R. Randall, Phineas Savery.
March 10, 1852 .- President, Caleb Swan; Vice-President, Joseph H. Hatch; Secretary and Treasurer, Thaddeus Phelps; Librarians, Phineas Savery, James B. Dean ; Councilors, Benoni Carpenter, Ira Sampson, Charles IIowe : Censors, Phineas Savery, M. R. Randall, Daniel King, James B. Dean, Joseph D. Nichols.
March 9, 1853 .- President, M. R. Randall ; Vice-President, Ira Sampson ; Secretary and Treasurer, William Dickinson ; Librarians, James B. Dean, Phineas Savery ; Councilors, Benoni Carpenter, J. D. Nichols, Daniel King; Censors, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Howe, J. B. Dean. March 8, 1854 .- President, Ira Sampson ; Vice-President, Thaddeus Phelps; Secretary and Treasurer, William Dickinson ; Librarians, Elisha Phelps, James B. Dean ; Councilors, Daniel King, Benoni Carpenter, Joseph D. Nichols; Censors, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Howe, James B. Dean.
March 14, 1855 .- President, Ira Sampson; Vice-President, Thaddeus Phelps; Secretary and Treasurer, Elisha Phelps: Librarians, J. B. Dean, Albert Newman ; Councilors, Dauiel King, Benoni Carpenter, J. D. Nichols ; Censors, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Howe, Thomas G. Nichols.
March 12, 1856 .- President, Thaddeus Phelps ; Vice-President, Benoni Carpenter; Secretary and Treasurer, Charies Ilowe; Librarians, James B. Dean, Albert Newman ; Councilors, J. D. Nichols, Benoni Carpenter, William Dickinson, Caleb Swan; Censors, Thomas G. Nichols, Lloyd Morton, Johnson Gardner.
March 11, 1857 .- President, Thaddeus Phelps: Vice-President, Benoni Carpenter; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles Howe; Commissioner on Trials, Daniel King; Librarians, James B. Dean, John R. Brou- son ; Councilors, Benoni Carpenter, Daniel King, Joseph D. Nichols; Censors, Thomas G. Nichols, Jolinson Gardner, Lloyd Morton.
March 10, 1858 .- President, Benoni Carpenter ; Vice-President, Daniel King; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles Howe; Commissioner on Trials, Daniel King; Librarians, John B. Chace, John B Bronson ; Councilors, Daniel King, J. D. Nichols, Johnson Gardner; Censors, J. G. Nichols, Johnson Gardner, Charles Ilowe.
March 9, 1859 .- President, Benoni Carpenter; Vice-President, Daniel King; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles Howe ; Commissioner on Trials, Daniel King; Librarians. J. B. Chace, Thaddeus Phelps; Councilors, Ira Sampson, Thaddeus Phelps, Johnson Gardner; Cen- sors, Johnson Gardner, T. G. Nichols, Charles Howe.
March 14, 1860 .- President, Charles Ilowe; Vice-President, J. R. Bron- son ; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas G. Nichols; Commissioner on Trials, B. Carpenter; Librarians, J. B. Chace, Thaddeus Phelps; Councilors, Johnson Gardner, Benoni Carpenter, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Talbot; Censors, Johnson Gardner, Joseph Murphy, J. D. Nichols.
March 13, 1861 .- President, Charles Howe; Vice- President, J. R. Bron- son ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Chace : Commissioner on Trials, Thaddeus Phelps; Librarian, Thaddeus Phelps; Councilors, John - son Gardner, Thaddeus Phelps, Joseph Murphy, Benoni Carpenter; Censors, J. B. Chace, H. B. Hubbard, J. R. Bronson.
March 12, 1862 .- President, John R. Bronson ; Vice-President, Joseph Murphy ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Chace; Commissioner on Trials, J. Phelps; Librarian, Ira Sampson ; Councilors, Benoni Car- peuter, Charles lowe, Ira Sampson, Thaddeus Phelps ; Censors, J. B. Chace, H. B. Hubbard, J. R. Bronson.
March 11, 1863 .- President, John R. Bronson; Vice-President, Joseph Murphy; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Chace ; Commissioner on Trials, J. Phelps; Librarian, Ira Sampson; Councilors, 1I. B. Ilub- bard, Charles Howe, William G. Allen; Censors, H. B. IIubbard, J. B. Chace, J. R. Bronson.
March 9, 1864 .- President, Joseph Murphy ; Vice-President, H. B. Hub- bard; Secretary and Treasurer, Nomus Paige; Librarian, Ira Samp- son ; Councilors, Thaddeus Phelps, J. R. Bronson, William G. Allen, Charles Hlowe; Censors, J. B. Chace, H. B. Ilubbard, J. R. Bronson. March 8, 1865 .- President, Joseph Murphy ; Vice-President, Henry B. Hubbard; Secretary and Treasurer, Nomus Paige; Commissioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson ; Librarian, Ira Sampson ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, Thaddeus Phelps, William G. Allen; Censors, H. B. Hubbard, J. R. Bronson, J. B. Chace.
March 14, 1866 .- President, Henry B. Hubbard; Vice-President, J. B. Chace; Secretary and Treasurer, Nomus Paige; Commissioner on Trials, W. G. Allen ; Librarian, Ira Sampson ; Councilors, Thad- deus Phelps; William G. Allen, J. B. Fobes, Obed. C. Turner ; Cen- sors, J. R. Bronson, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey.
1882.
Gerould, Joseph Bowditch. Goddiog, William W.
1858,
Taunton and Green- ville, R. I.
1864.
Attleborongh.
1860.
Attleborough.
Taunton.
1865.
1862. Manley, Edwin.
1855.
1862.
1855. Holman, Silas Atherton. 1866. | Iloward, George C.
Taunton, afterwards Bridgewater.
1868.
North Attleborough. Taunton.
187 -.
1839. Clapp, Sylvanus. 1866. Cobb, John Edward.
North Attleborough. North Attleborongh. Taunton.
1861.
Mansfield.
1864.
Attleborouglı.
1844. Dean, James Brinton.
Taunton.
1869. Paun, Amos Bosworth.
Taunton, afterwards Brockton.
1872.
Rehoboth, afterwards Chesterfield, N. H.
Dighton.
1876.
1865. Sproat, Henry Hamilton.
Freetown.
Turner, Obed C.
1866. 1846. Wellington, James Lloyd.
Swansea.
1881. Wilmarth, Alfred Warren. 1834. Wood, Alfred.
1877.
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March 13, 1867 .- President, Joseph B. Fobes; Vice-President, Silas D. Presbrey ; Secretary and Treasurer, Nomus Paige : Commissioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson ; Librarian, Ira Sampson; Councilors, William G. Allen, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Hlowe, J. B. Fobes; Censors, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, George C. Howard.
March 11, 1868 .- President, William G. Allen ; Vice-President, S. D. Presbrey ; Secretary and Treasurer, Nomus Paige ; Commissioner on Trials, Charles Howe; Librarian, Edwin Manley ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, 11. B. Hubbard, Joseph Murphey, S. D. Presbrey ; Censors, Thaddeus Phelps, J. B. Chace, O. C. Turner.
March 10, 1869 .- President, Silas D. Presbrey; Vice-President, Obed. C. Turner; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles T. Hubbard; Commis- sioner on Trials, N. Paige; Librarian, John E. Cobb; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, II. B. IInbbard, Charles Howe, Joseph Murphy ; Cen- sors, Thaddeus Phelps, J. B. Chace, William G. Allen.
March 9, 1870 .- President, Silas D. Presbrey ; Vice-President, Nomus Paige; Secretary and Treasurer, Elton J. Bassett ; Commissioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson ; Councilors, Nomus Paige, Joseph Murphy, Amos B. Paun, Henry 11. Sproat ; Censors, J. B. Chace, Thaddeus Phelps, Charles Howe.
March 8, 1871 .- President, Nomus T'aige; Vice-President, Obed. C. Turner; Secretary and Treasurer, E. J. Bassett; Commissioner on Trials, A. B. Paun ; Librarian, H. H. Sproat; Councilors, S. D. Presbrey, Charles Howe, J. R. Bronson, Joseph Murphy ; Censors, W. W. Godding, Benoni Carpenter, S. D. Presbrey.
March 13, 1872 .- President, William W. Godding ; Vice-President, F. L. Burden; Secretary and Treasurer, E. J. Bassett; Commissioner on Trials, Charles Howe ; Librarian, Il. H. Sproat ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, Joseph Murphy, Benoni Carpenter, S. D. Presbrey ; Cen- sors, Joseph Murphy, William G. Allen, J. B. Chace.
March 12, 1873 .- President, Benoni Carpenter ; Vice-President, Charles Howe; Secretary and Treasurer, E. J. Bassett ; Commissioner on Trials, W. W. Godding; Librarian, J. B. Chace ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, Nomns Paige ; Censors, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, A. B. Pann.
March 12, 1874 .- President, Benoni Carpenter; Vice-President, Charles Howe; Secretary and Treasurer, E. J. Bassett ; Commissioner on Trials, W. W. Godding; Librarian, A. B. Paun ; Conncilors, J. R. Bronson, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, A. S. Dean ; Censors, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, George L. Ellis.
April 22, 1875,-President, Charles Howe; Vice-President, E. J. Bassett; Secretary and Treasurer, A. S. Deane ; Commissioner on Trials, H. C. Bullard; Librarian, Il. II. Sproat; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, S. D. Presbrey, Nomns Paige, Joseph Murphy ; Censors, W. W. God- ding, G. E. Ellis, N. M. Ransom, S. D. Presbrey, Joseph Murphy.
April 20, 1876 .- President, W. W. Godding; Vice-President, Nomus Paige; Secretary and Treasurer, A. S. Deane; Commissioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson; Librarian, A. S. Deane; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, Charles Howe, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey ; Censors, H. C. Bullard, G. L. Ellis, E. J. Bassett, W. G. Allen, S. D. Pres- brey.
April 19, 1877 .- President, W. W. Godding; Vice-President, Nomns Paige; Secretary, W. S. Robinson ; Treasurer, Charles Howe ; Com- missioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson ; Librarian, A. S. Deane; Conn- cilors, J. R. Bronson, Charles Howe, Joseph Murphey, S. D. Pres- brey ; Censors, Il. C. Bullard, G. L. Ellis, E. J. Bassett, W. G. Allen, S. D. Presbrey.
April 18, 1878 .- President, Nomus Paige ; Vice-President, H. C. Bullard ; Secretary, W. S. Robinson ; Treasurer, Charles Howe ; Commissioner on Trials, J. R. Bronson ; Librarian, N. M. Ransom ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, Charles Ilowe, Joseph Murphey, S. D. Presbrey ; Censors, S. D. Presbrey, H. C. Bullard, G. L. Ellis, N. M. Ransom, E. J. Bassett.
April 17, 1879, -- President, II. C. Ballard ; Vice-President, N. M. Ran- som ; Secretary, W. S. Robinson ; Treasurer, Charles lowe ; Com- missioner on Trials, J. Murphy ; Librarian, Charles Howe; Coun- cilors, J. R. Bronson, N. Paige, S. D. Presbrey; Censors, E. J. Bassett, Charles lowe, S. D. Presbrey, N. Paige, J. P. Brown.
April 15, 1880 .- President, HI. C. Bullard ; Vice-President, N. M. Ran- som; Secretary, W. S. Robinson ; Treasurer, Charles llowe; Com- missioner on Trials, N. Paige ; Librarian, Charles Howe; Council- ors, J. R. Bronson, S. D. Presbrey, Joseph Murphy ; Censors, E. J. Bassett, S. D. Presbrey, N. Paige, Charles Howe, J. P. Brown.
April 21, 1881 .- President, N. M. Ransom ; Vice-President, .f. P. Brown; Secretary, George B. Richmond; Treasurer, Charles Howe; Com- missioner on Trials, N Paige; Librarian, Charles Howe ; Councilors, J. R. Bronson, S. D. Presbrey, Joseph Murphy; Censors, Charles
Howe, E. J. Bassett, A. W. Wilmarth, W. S. Robinson, J. E. Totten.
April 20, 1882 .- President, N. M. Ransom; Vice-President, J. P. Brown; Secretary, E. F. Galligan ; Treasurer, Charles Howe; Commissioner on Trials, N. Paige ; Librarian, J. B. Gerould ; Councilors, Joseph Murphy, S. D. Presbrey, J. E. Totten, N. Paige; Censors, Charles IIowe, W. S. Robinson, E. J. Bassett, J. E. Totten, A. W. Wilmarth.
According to Article V. of the by-laws, adopted June 20, 1849, the meetings of the society were quar- terly, and holden on the third Wednesdays of June, September, December, and March, the last being the annual meeting, at which meeting all officers were elected. Article IV. provides that " the society shall hold its meetings alternately at East Attleborough and Taunton." But this article was amended Sept. 13, 1854, so as to read, "This society shall hold its meet- ings at such places as by vote it shall determine." Sept. 9, 1854, both these articles were again amended, so that there should be but two regular meetings a year, the annual in March, and the semi-annual in September. The last meeting held in Attleborough was on Sept. 10, 1873. Since that time all the meetings have been held in Taunton. At a meeting, Sept. 16, 1875, a new code of by-laws was reported by a special committee which had been appointed to suggest the alterations of the by-laws necessary to make them conform to those of the parent society. According to Article VII. of that code, which is now in force, " The annual meeting of the society shall be held between the 15th of April and the 15th of May, and, if not otherwise ordered, it shall be on the third Thurs- day of April. If in any year this day should be less than ten days before the annual meeting of the State society, this society shall fix another day by vote, or, if it neglects to do so, a day shall be specified by the president. A stated meeting of the society shall like- wise be held on the third Thursday in September. The secretary shall call a special meeting on the writ- ten application of five members.
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