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130 HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY
Honorable Lvman J. Gage, then vice-president of the First National Bank
of C!liicago, and subsequently secretary of the treasury of the United States,
became treasurer of this association, and the board of directors consisted of
Doctors J. N. Crouse. Truman AV. Brophy and E. D. Swain, all of Chicago.
Seven thousand dentists joined this association, each paying the required
fee of ten dollars.
Considering that this was a purely voluntary organization, offering no
security for the faithful discharge of the great trust imposed, and the lionest
expenditure of this in the aggregate large amount of money, the faith evidenced
by this large proportion of the dental profession of the country in the integrity,
fidelity and judgment of tliree men was certainly very great. The manner in
which this trust has been discharged, speaks volumes in support of the propo-
sition that high moral obligation and financial faithfulness are actively alive
among us.
Section 12 and 13 of the l)ylaws of the association show the unusual powers
given to the directors and the obligation of the members.
DIRECTORS, AND THEIR POWERS.
Sec. XII. The Board of Directors shall consist of three members, to whom the
policy, conduct, property and affairs of the Association and its membership are hereby
confided. The Bbard of Directors shall have power
To accept or reject applications for membership in the Association.
To fill any vacancy that may occur in any office.
To levy and collect, if necessary, assessments which, in all, shall not exceed ten dol-
lars per member.
To take entire charge of the defense of members of the Association in any of the
States or Territories, when prosecuted for the infringement of patents, the validity of
which has not been fully established, and with the funds of the Association to retain
and pay one or more counsel of their own selection, and with the funds of the Association
to pay and defray all necessary and proper expenses of any such litigation.
MEMBERSHIP.
Sec. XIII. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, any member of the
Dental profession may become a member of the Association on payment to the Treas-
urer of a membership fee of ten dollars, and subscribing to the By-Laws of the Asso-
ciation.
In 1895, after this association had been in existence seven years, the "Dental
Ditrest" informs us that so far in its history it had won every suit which had
been brought against any of its members, and that "it has one suit now pending
130 HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY
Honorable Lvman J. Gage, then vice-president of the First National Bank
of C!liicago, and subsequently secretary of the treasury of the United States,
became treasurer of this association, and the board of directors consisted of
Doctors J. N. Crouse. Truman AV. Brophy and E. D. Swain, all of Chicago.
Seven thousand dentists joined this association, each paying the required
fee of ten dollars.
Considering that this was a purely voluntary organization, offering no
security for the faithful discharge of the great trust imposed, and the lionest
expenditure of this in the aggregate large amount of money, the faith evidenced
by this large proportion of the dental profession of the country in the integrity,
fidelity and judgment of tliree men was certainly very great. The manner in
which this trust has been discharged, speaks volumes in support of the propo-
sition that high moral obligation and financial faithfulness are actively alive
among us.
Section 12 and 13 of the l)ylaws of the association show the unusual powers
given to the directors and the obligation of the members.
DIRECTORS, AND THEIR POWERS.
Sec. XII. The Board of Directors shall consist of three members, to whom the
policy, conduct, property and affairs of the Association and its membership are hereby
confided. The Bbard of Directors shall have power
To accept or reject applications for membership in the Association.
To fill any vacancy that may occur in any office.
To levy and collect, if necessary, assessments which, in all, shall not exceed ten dol-
lars per member.
To take entire charge of the defense of members of the Association in any of the
States or Territories, when prosecuted for the infringement of patents, the validity of
which has not been fully established, and with the funds of the Association to retain
and pay one or more counsel of their own selection, and with the funds of the Association
to pay and defray all necessary and proper expenses of any such litigation.
MEMBERSHIP.
Sec. XIII. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, any member of the
Dental profession may become a member of the Association on payment to the Treas-
urer of a membership fee of ten dollars, and subscribing to the By-Laws of the Asso-
ciation.
In 1895, after this association had been in existence seven years, the "Dental
Ditrest" informs us that so far in its history it had won every suit which had
been brought against any of its members, and that "it has one suit now pending
