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<HEAD>REASONS For Pa&s;&s;ing the PHYSICIANS BIL<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Which Prays only the following <HI>GRANTS</HI> and <HI>CONFIRMATIONS.</HI></HEAD>
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<HEAD>_THAT the Number of Fellows encrea&s;ed from 40 to 80 may be continued.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. BECAUSE of the great encrea&s;e of Inhabitants in the Town &s;ince the year 1660, when there w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Fellows, which Number was in 1663 encrea&s;ed to 40. And in proportion to the Populou&s;ne&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> City &s;ince that time, the Number of 80 is thought nece&s;&s;ary, the College having declared upon<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> making that private By-Law; That the Number might be encrea&s;ed, if the Honour or Intere&s;t College required; which accordingly was done, to an&s;wer the forementioned Ends, as likewi&s;e by Acts of the &s;aid College.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To take into the Body of the Fellows &s;everal Phy&s;icians of great Eminency and Reputation; &s;uch as Dr. <HI>Bidgood<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+eter,</HI> Dr. <HI>Pierce</HI> of <HI>Bath,</HI> Dr. <HI>Needham,</HI> Dr. <HI>Stokeham,</HI> Dr. <HI>Li&s;ter,</HI> Dr. <HI>Radcliffe, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. BECAUSE by the U&s;ual Fees and Sub&s;criptions upon the Admi&s;&s;ion of 40 new Fellows, there has been advance<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> 1500 <HI>l.</HI> towards the payment of a Debt of 6000 <HI>l.</HI> contracted partly by the ill management of the late Pre&s;idents<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+lects, which is de&s;ired to be remedied by this Bill for the future. And it al&s;o makes a Fund for the payment of the<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+der, in half the time.
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<ITEM><HI>NOTE,</HI> That each Member paid upon his admittance the Summe of <HI>70 l.</HI> And they who would not &s;ub&s;cribe were not admitted; &s;o that there was a perfect Contract upon valuable Con&s;ideration.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THAT the Number of Elects (out of which Pre&s;idents are to be cho&s;en) may be encrea&s;ed from 8 to 16.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. Becau&s;e it is convenient the Number of the Elects &s;hould be encrea&s;ed in &s;ome proportion to the Number of there having been 8 Elects when there were but 30 Fellows.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Pre&s;ident being to be cho&s;en only out of the Elects, there may be the better choice of fit Per&s;ons for that<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. BECAUSE the auditing and pa&s;&s;ing of the College Accompts wholly depending of late upon the Pre&s;ident and E<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> hath been found by Experience, that either by Combination in &s;o &s;mall a Number, or Neglect, the Colledge i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> brought into great Debts.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THAT the Pre&s;ident &s;hould be cho&s;en by the Majority of all the Fellows out of the 16 Elects.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. Becau&s;e the Statutes of the College have been notoriou&s;ly violated by the late Pre&s;idents cho&s;en by the Elects, College can have no redre&s;s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Money of the College hath been much imbezled and ill managed by Pre&s;idents &s;o elected, and &s;ome part appropriated by &s;uch Pre&s;idents to their own U&s;e; Whereby every Fellow becomes an equal &s;ufferer by the mi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> of &s;uch Pre&s;idents in who&s;e Election they have no &s;hare. And by this means great part of the forementione<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> 6000 <HI>l.</HI> hath been contracted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. BECAUSE the Elects choo&s;ing the Pre&s;idents out of &s;o &s;mall a Number, they combine to favour one another Elections without regard to the Intere&s;t of the Fellows; who are equally concerned to &s;ee their Statutes pre&s;erved Trea&s;ury well managed; and have no other way to prevent &s;uch Mi&s;carriages, and pre&s;erve the Being of the Coll<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> by the choo&s;ing a Pre&s;ident according to the Methods propo&s;ed in this Bill.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Becau&s;e the Pre&s;ident being an Officer of the greate&s;t con&s;equence to the good of the College, it is highly re<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> that as he be cho&s;en only out of the 16 Seniors or Elects of the &s;aid College; &s;o that he &s;hould be Elected by t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> &s;ent and &s;uffrage of the Majority of the Fellows, as is de&s;ired by this Bill.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THAT the Cen&s;ors may have Power to admini&s;ter Oaths to Witne&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. This is no new Power, but only a Confirmation of a Grant implied in our Original Charter granted by K. <HI>H.</HI> Confirmed by 2 Acts of Parliament, <HI>viz.</HI> 14, 15 <HI>H.</HI> 8. <HI>c.</HI> 5. and by the 1. Q. <HI>Mary.</HI> Se&s;&s;. 2. <HI>c.</HI> 6. and al&s;o expre&s;ly Charter of King <HI>James</HI> the Fir&s;t.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. This is &s;o far from being an Arbitrary Power, that it is the greate&s;t &s;ecurity again&s;t it, and much for the adva<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> the King's Subjects; For &s;eeing four Phy&s;icians of the College (called Cen&s;ors) are both obliged and enabled Laws of the Kingdom to puni&s;h all Practi&s;ers of Phy&s;ick (as well their own Members, as others) for dangerous<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> ages in pre&s;cribing improper and hurtful Medicines by fine or amerciaments, not exceeding 20 <HI>l.</HI> As likewi&s;e by I<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+ment; (which duty they are Solemnly &s;worn faithfully to perform) 'Tis highly rea&s;onable that no Fine &s;hould b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+ed, or Per&s;on committed to Pri&s;on for any &s;uch Fault, without Oath duly made before the Cen&s;ors of the Coll<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> credible Witne&s;&s;es. This therefore, is not (as &s;ome fal&s;ly &s;ugge&s;t) a &s;ort of Oath <HI>ex Officio,</HI> whereby any Per&s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> &s;hall be oblig'd to accu&s;e them&s;elves, for it is not to be admini&s;tred to the Party offending, but to witne&s;&s;es who di&s;cover the plain matter of Fact upon complaint of mi&s;chief done to any of the King's Subjects by the unski<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> pernicious admini&s;tration of Phy&s;ick. And in this Ca&s;e the Per&s;ons cited are not whom&s;oever the Cen&s;ors plea&s;e, b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Per&s;ons only as attended the Patient in the time of their &s;ickne&s;s.</ITEM>
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<P>THAT they may be exempted from Watch and Ward, and all Parochial Duties within the City of <HI>London</HI> and 7 Miles<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> This is no new priviledge, but what was granted though not &s;o fully expre&s;&s;ed by the 32 <HI>H.</HI> 8. <HI>c.</HI> 40. where th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+emption is expre&s;ly granted us within the City and Suburbs, but the Suburbs extending no farther then the Bills of<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+tality, and all our other priviledges reaching &s;even Miles round; we &s;uppo&s;e the Intention of the Act was, that thi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">+emption &s;hould reach as far as our Juri&s;diction, and therefore pray it may be &s;o Explained.</P>
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