I~~~FTXIIG OF THE HOARD OF IZDICAL ~~,1IV~I5 OFMOIKH CAROL"'PA

Sir ',Valter Hotel, Ral sigh~ IIorih Carolina

January 15-17~ 1947.

The Hoard of IIedical Maminers of the State of Iiorth Caro-lina met at Che Sir Vfalter Hotel~ Raleigh, IIorth Carolina, Jan-uary 15-17th, 1947, in an extra session. for Che consideration ofgeneral business and licensure by endorsement of oredentiala ~

The board convened .edneada;:r, January 15th, 1947, at 6:30 P. !.f.for a dinner and executive session. The meeting vras oalled io orderby Dr» Paul G» Parleyer, President» Drs Charles ".i. Armstrong, ThomasLeslie Lee, R, B, .'iclmight, Ilalo"y A» Pi iman~ ivan Pzocter, and infra ~

Louise J» Mclieill, Acting Secretary-Treasurer~ vrere present»

he agenda for the meeting vraa discussed and the members of theboard studied credentials of applicants for licensure by oomiiy.

Xt ivus reported that Dr. ',:T. D James, for~r secreta~- of theHoax d of '$8dical Mam" nera, Izad just expired. Dr. R. H ~ .".~r&nightmoved that Cho board send a message of sympathy and flo",rara to thexamily o Dr. James ~ This motion vraa duly seconded and unanimouslypassed»

Dr. R» H ~ Iicl'night, Chairman of the Basic Science Committeemade the folio!zing report:

Tzvo corznitiee meetings nave been he~A vsithout full attendance»A general discussion of.' the basic soienoe subject and proposed XGTT vrasentered into» Dr, licEnigh stated thai tlze secretary of the Hm rd ofIiedical Examiners had studied ".'.a various baaio aoience lavra in effectthroughout the United States and made a suranazy report on these larvaand the e z»eot vms sent io eaoh member of the overall committee»Tile Decezi1ber meeting of the Haaio Scienoe Committee vraa attended byDrs. Paul G. Par~ver, "t C ~ Daviaon, C. C. Carpenter~ ~iubert Hayvrood,R~ D. '-ic!rillan~ and. Che chairman, At 'his meeting it vras deoided topos.pone act;ion on the proposed lavr until the 1949 session of theGeneral Assembly, This action vraa taken after consideration of theremarks made by Dr. C ~ ". Carpenter~ vrho stated:

1. That the present Iiedical Practice Aot had been in effectfor forby years vrj. th very little chango; that the Lrwdical PracticeAct needed revision.

2 ~ That Che 1947 Legislature had a great deal of medicalmaterial bo consider in the f orm of' the propos ed at'ate vride GoodHealth Program.

3~ That the Amex'oan Feder- tion of State Hoards reportedthat a plan vras being vror'~ed out for a uniform national basic sciencelaYr»

Dr» IfcL'b lian and Dr, Hayvrood boih expressed their concurrenceto postpone legislative action. In a letter Dr ivan Pzocter statedthat he agreed vrith the action of ihe committee. Furthermore~ ihatvrhen le gi slat ive prop oaala vrere made to change ihe Iiedi cal PracticeAot, vre should consider a number of features in order to brin~ thislavr up to date,

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Several proposals made by the secretary of the bm rd ~vere:

1. Annual registration of physicians2 ~ Requirement of one year's interneship for licensure3 ~ Inclusion in the i'Ledical Practice Act of the injunctive

process vrhich vrould eliminate tri.al by a jury in tne caseof irregularity

In commenting upon the duties of the State Board o" iIedicalExaminers, the secretary made cerbain tentasive recommendations:

1~ That the office of the seo"etary-tre. , surer be set up in amost business-lilac and modern manner; that the office be located per-manently in the Oity of Raleigh. This location is advisable on accountof its pro..imity to otner state offices and officers ~ It is frequentlynecessary for the secretary to have the services of the Attorney Gen-eral ~ the State Bureau, of Invest i ga, ion, and the att orne ys for theState i'tedical Society~ as &veil as consul ation vrith attorneys forthis boa rd ~

2 ~ It is suggested that the board prepare a reoord giving itshistory, function, members, requirements, fundamental policies, etcetera.

3~ The policy of an annual audit has been instituted by thepre" ent hoard,

4 ~ That the treasurer and assistant treasurer are bonded and thisshould be a regular policy of the boards

5 ~ The secretary sur.-gested for consideration the adoption ofthe North Carolina State Treasurer as the board's financial officer+

In considering ru3.ee of applicants' for examination or reoipro-city~ Dr. Ri BE 'tSKnight moved that a certified check be required xviththe application; that the check be deposited in a regular rnnner tothe oredit of the board and this amount also be recorded to the creditof the applicant in the tr asurer's books; that a certain part of thisfee be retained under the following circumstances ."

l~ If applicant is declined licensure by reciprooity, 10 of thefee be retained.

2 ~ For failure of Part I or Part II and/or Parts I and II»,'.2 ' 50of the fee to be retained.

3+ If applic nt is granted privilege of re-examination~ the fullfee is to be paid

This resolution Twas adopted unanimously,

Dr R. B. i'IcEnight reported to the board on a recommendation ofAttorney General Harry IlciEullan as foll cps:

l. That ~rhen a narcotic addict vedas oalled before the board onaccount of addiction~ if the board considered his case of suffioientgravity as to recommend institutional treatment, that his license topra;tice medicine should be revoked at that time,

2 ~ Vthen the said physician had received adequate and satisfactorytreatment so that he vras in a condition to carry on a normal type ofpractice, the board oould then reinstate h" s license,

3 That such positive aotion vsould be better than the previouspolicy of holding a threat of revocation over the addict, 17ith thelicense revolmd~ the addict Vrould have an incentive to carry out hisimprovement and rega" n his position of respeot in the community andbefore his fellow practitioners ~

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The audi bv John F, Proscotb~ Certified Public Accountant,for tho year of 1946 vras presented to the board+ Dri Procter mov-ed th!u the president appoint a 'inance Committee to examine thebooks and report to the board 'oeforo the end of this meeting. Thismotion vras duly seoonded and passed unanimously, The presidentappo-'nted Dr. Ch=rlea !7~ Ar'!stron and Dr+ 'thomas Leslie Lee to ser!reas the Finance Corznitteo+

Heport vna made on the following matters:

IN HE: I'Irs. J L Broughton I»aleigh, I'I ~ C ~ Solicitor ';7 Y.Bicioott of the Seventh Judicial District, advised as follow":

"Your letter of the 25th, vrith enclosure, in connection withthe above named party received, anti aa soon aa I can talkvrith lrlr. iIcLIullan~ the At ornoy Gen;, ral, and the directorof the State Bureau of Investigation about tho matter~ itis my intention to send a Bill of Indictment to the ".randJuzg~ charging Its ~ Broughton -ri bh "praoticing medicinevh. thout firs b obtaining a li "ense ~

IN HE: IIrs ~ Blanche Case, H I' ~ D, -";q2, Greenville, N. C. ,Solicitor David IIi Clark, Fixbh Judic-.'al Diatriot, advised as follcjra:

"In my opinion you do not have sufficient e»ridence to vrarrantan j.ndictmont and prosecution

IN W: George A ~ Andrews lr. D, the following reporb fromthe United Soates Public Service Hospital~ Lexingt on, Ky. ~ waa madeon January 8th, by the ' ureau of Narco' i.ca:

"The patient vvas admitted here on September 16, 1946, andahovred signs of phyaioal dependence on opium or opium de-rivativeai He also ahovred signa of aouto barbiturate intozication and vras malnourished, had sclerosed veins, nu!m-erous pigmen ed soars over back~ and enlarged cervicallynph nodea ~ Diagnosis: (1) Drug addiction, opium de«rivative"~ viith ph'.;aical dependence~ (2) acute barbiturateintoxication, (3) malnutritioni

"Since admission hero vri"-hdravral from. drugs has been acc!m!-pliahed and ~tient ahovrs genaral improvement. "

Il! HE: Dri S ~ ".7+ Fleming~ grade B graduate~ working in Col-umbia Hospital~ Columbia~ N. C ~ Thc Bureau of Inveabigation vras re-quested to maim investigation aa bo Dl ~ Fleming praoticing medicinewithout a license~ hovrever~ this reporb hate not been received to date~

Dr II+ A ~ PiMmn moved that Dr. S ~ 'i7. Fleming be direoted toappear before the Board of IIedical M!'aminers at its April, 1947 meet-ing. This motion was duly seconded and unanimously passed~

III ErL' Dro J~;7+ RIillor, Osteopath~ ~lehard, I': ~ C. TheBureau of Inveatiga ion vras requested to make investigation as 'bo

Dr~ lIillor practicing medicine vrithout a license~ however, this re-port haa nob been reoeived to d tee

TheBoard of !Iedical I&aminors vms advised on January 8th thatthe case of State va I&ichard C ~ Baker~ Osteopath~ vrould not be triedat the pre"ent term courb due to the crowded docket~ vrhich c'onsiatedof several murder and capital cases; that tho attorneys for the NorthCarolina State imdical Society had made every effort to have tllis caseso'b foi triale

III HE: Gaaton Be Justice, l. . D„IIarion, I~I. Co

Dr. Justice appeared oefore the Board o I'fedical ExaminersJuno 19th, 1945~ at vrhich time ho pledged himself not to uae narcoticsor i.ndulge in alcoholic drinking and the board advised him not toapply for narcotic license, On August 21st, 1946, the Narcotic Bureau

advised Chat Dr, Justioe had applied for re-registration underChe Harrison Narcotic Law On August 29th~ 1946, Dr R B~IJIeKnight, President of the Board of I'Iedical Examiners, vrroteDr. Justice as follmvs:

"We have been advised that you have applied Co CheTreasury Department~ Bureau of Narcotics, for re-registration under Che Harrison Narcotic Lavr. Accord-ing to Che minutes of Che State Hoard of Icledical Ex-aminers of June 19.h, 1945~ at vrbicb Ci.me ynu vrere call-ed before Che board, you vrere instructed not Co applyfor a lioense and gave Cbe board your vrord of honorChat you would not do so We oan not understand thisstep o

Qa January 2nd the secretary of Che Board of IIedieal Bzaminers re-&uested Che Narcozie Bureau to advise if it bad any additional evi-denoe in regard to Dr, Justice, if he Imd been issued a narcoticlicense, and if there were any evidenoe Chat he vras breaking Chelavr in any manner vrbatsoever~ a copy of vrhioh mg sent Co CheCouncilor of Che State I'ledical Sooiety, Tenth District ~

The follovring letter vras received from Dr+ D, El+ Mclntosh, Sr. ,Counoi3. or, State 1$edical Society~ under date of january 4th:

"I received copy of your lotter of Januarr 2nd, 1947 toMr~ H ~ 1I+ I'Iarbin of the Bureau of Narcotics in regardCo Dr~ Gaston H ~ Justice. I have been informed by anumber of people Chat be does use narcotics~ also thebarbiturates and occasionally alcoholics Co excess ~ Ihave been unablo to find any evidence Chat he dispensesany narootics to his patients or others ~ I did find Chatbe did vrrite presoriptinns sometime ago and tried Co getthen fil. led at a drugstore in Cbis county~ and that he in-formed the druggist Chas be vrould Cake the morphine and de-1:ver it Co his patient ~ The druggist refused to fill theprescription on the pretense Chat he vras out of morphine. "

The follovring letter under date of Janua~ 10th, 1947, vras reoeivedfrom Che I,"arcotic Bureau:

"Reference is made Co your letter of January 2nd, 1947, cnn-oerning Dri Caston Bo Justice~ 1%rien, N. C ~ I have not approvedCbe applieatinr filed b Dr. Justice, wherein he asked. for regis-tration under the harrison Narcotic Lavr for the current fiscal yearfor Che very reasons which ynu set forth in your letter of January2, 3.94?, referring bacl- to Che Board's instrueti. ons to Dr. Justiceof Juno 14~ 1945 ~ To-day I vrrote Dr ~ Justi. ce a letter~ a copy ofvrhicb is enc3. osedi I shall appreciate your advice as Co what~ if any,furCher instructions you give Dr. Justioe so Chat I may know vrbether,or not Co imnediately disapprove Cbe r onn 678-A vrhiob is in my poss-essi. on and vrhioh must of oourse be returned Co Cbe Colleotor of In-ternal Hevenue~ Greensboro~ N. C "

The Narcotio Bureau advised Dri Justice under date of January3.0th, 1947~ that it vrould. not give furtl'er cnnsideratinn Co bis app-lication under the EIarrison Narcotic Lavr until Che North CarolinaState Board of' iLedica3. Examiners had advised him that it met vritbtheir approval for him Co be registered

Dri Ivan Procter moved that the Board of Iredical F~miners goon record as advising the Narcotic Bureau not Co issue Dn Gaston B.Justioe of Marion, N ~ C ~ p narcotic license because he had violatedCbe board's order of June 15th, 1945, not to apply f' or narcotic lic-enseg that Dr. Justice be advised Chat be vill be called before thenext session of the Board of 14dica3. ZMaminers ~ This motion vras dulyseonnded and unanimously passed.

The fo13.erring lett er from Dr. Renzo Sutter, I@& Airy, N. C ~

under date of January 2nd, 1947, to Cbe Heard of Kiedical Examinersvas read:

"The State Board of lredical Examiners has refused me the prj. -

vilege of taking the Stato Board Examinatj;ons on the groundsthat I am not a graduate of an accredited achoo3. in the Unj. t-ed States ~ I sm a graduate of the University cf Havana andthis school has ncL. been graded by the American I~dical Asso-ciation. Since I have been in blount Ai~, Il. C. , for thepast five years and have my fri.enda, family~ and homo here,I vrou3. d not lilm to move out of the State cf North Carolina~I am vri3. 1 ng to undergo most any sacrifice to secure 1 cense,even. go back to school ~ If I should take the senior yearin an accredited school and receive an Il D. degree, vrouldthe Board of I:iedical Exam nera pernit ma to take the oxaIII-iIIations thenzn

Dr. Thorns Leslie Lee moved that Dre Renzo Sutter be advisedif he has a diplora from a grade A medical schoo3. that he vrould beadmitted, to take the examinations of the B oard of Ihdica3. &~:aminera ~

This motion was duly seconded and unanimously paasedi

Dr+ R, B~ lwIKnight moved that the superintendent of the Guil-ford County Sanitorium be inatzucted that Dr. lVilliam IIcgueen isnot eligible for licensure and reconmend that he be replaced. Thismotj. on vras duly seconded and unanimously passed,

The minutes of the September 50-October 1st, 194G, meeting forthe consideration of liceIIsuro by endorsement of credentials vrereapproved, ~

Tho date for tho next meetiIIg of the Board of I-'edical Examinersfor consideration of applicants for licensure by endorsement of cre-dentials vrill be held. at thc Robomb Ee Lee Hotel~ ' inston-Salem~ N ~ Ci,Nednesday~ April 50th, 1947, the board to convene at 10 A Ii~

Tuesday, Junc 24th, 1947, vras sot for the date durirg the annualexaminatiora to intenriew candidatea for licensure by endorsement ofcredentials~ the bmrd to convene at 9 Ai Ii~

meet iIIg vras odjourncdo

The board oonvened Thursday, January 16th, 1947, at 10 P. I;:I~

The meeting vras called to order by the president All nembera~ vriththe e:;ceptj.on of Dr, 1: ~ D, Bonner~ were peraent ~ Dr, Bonner~ vrhovraa detained due to important business~ c, me in for the afternoonaessione

Applicants for licensure by endorsement of credentials vrere in-tervievred and ai~4y-three physicians were granted, lj.cense as follovrs:

1QL'IE I':iEDICAL SCHOOL ADDRESS

Andera on~ Irene FredaBieber, Gustave FrancisBishop~ '~7illiam RussellBradlev, James FredBrsnaman, Guy HevrittBrinkhous~ Kenneth lierle

— Burgoyno, llilliam Sche3.1Choate, James 7altor, Jr.Cox~ l7illiam 1'oacueDickie, Janes 7rilliamDiCosola, Ralph IiichaelDratg~ Henry Ilart;inDuRant~ Carey ThomasErnst, Henry EdvrinEssclborn, Virginia I:iargaretF rmer, lvoodard EasonForsyth, H. Francis

Univ+ OklahomaDuke UniversityYedical Coll, VaiUniversity Tenn.Iiedical Coll. Va.State Univ, IorraUnivi BuffaloI,'edice, l Coll, Va.I,iedical Coll, Va.Univ, Vj.rginiaUniv. IllinoisDuke UniversityIriede Coils ST CD

Iiedica1 Co].1e VaoUniv, CinncinatiTulane Univ.univ, Ikichigan

Durham, ~ C.lf

li7j. lmingt on~ II ~ C.Greensboro~ II~ C ~

Goldsboro~ ~II. C ~

Raleigh~ I'T ~ CD

Iowa, Cj.ty, IovraForest Hills, L.I.Saj.isburi~, N ~ C ~

7~'inst on-Salem~ II. ~ C ~

lVilmington~ ll ~ C.Try on~ I'~ C ~

Durham, I:~ C ~

Tryon, Ii. C~~rsIshi ngt on, D. c.Durham, I". C ~

Brooklyn, N. Y.Viinston-Salem, N. C

iMIZ i»MEDICAL SCHOOL ADDRESS

Thomaston, Ga.Raleigh, N, C ~

Elkinp I'Io CeK~.naton, r'. , C.Durham~ IT~ C.7?inst on-Salem, I»TG

Durham, il. C ~

Grundy, Va.Bath~ 1T. Y.Durham, N. CD

Durham, '!. C ~

I.iorganton~ M. C ~

Rcvrland~ II. C ~

Raleigh, II. C.7?inst on-Salem, t.CDurham' lJ ~ C ~

Canton, 1T. C.Stateavi3. le~KGCharleston, ST C

Pinehurst, I»T ~ CD

Sp rbanburg, SC

Cary~ II. G.Charlotte~ 17. C ~

Charlotte~ I'I. G ~

Dur)~q& II ~ G ~

Vfilmington~ '.i.C.Winston-Salem, lrC

Vfinston-Salem, NC

Gas'boniay I ~ CD

Durham, I» ~ C.Lincoln~ Ill::;inst on-Sa3. em, ITC

Laurinburg~ I!~ C ~

Drexol, II. CD

Durham, IT. C

Philadelphia, Pai'.7im ton-Ss lorn, I»rC

Durham~ IJ ~ C

Durham. ~ il C

Durham. , 1!~ G.Durham~ i'. C ~

Philadelphia, Pa.Charlotte~ iI.C~

Raleigh, ll ~ CD

Concord, II~ C~

Rocky i«it, n. C.6 not c omp lobo g

e license at

University Ga,I'jedical Coll ~ VaoUniversity VsIicGill Univ ~

George Y/ashingtonHartrard Univ~Duke UniversityUniversity GaiUnivi »'eat OntarioDuke Univora ityUniversity Va.I%do Coll~ VaiGeorge 74shingtonI,leds Coll Va.Go3.umbia University7?ash-.'ngt on Univ~Duke UniversityUniversity '.IdoCornell Univerait yBoston Univer ityCollie I',Ied, Evanslied+ Coll, VaeIIed, Coll ST CD

Duke UniversityDu)ce University1ioharry i.led SchoolDulce UniversityDuke UniversityNorthvrestorn Univ

e UniversityJohns Hopkins UnivJohns Hopkins UnivTemple UniversityDulce Univora'tyI"odo Colle S ~ C ~

Jeffera on I&ado Scl".~ilarvr-, rd L'ed+ SchoolDulce UniversityI'«Ic Gi3.1 Univera ityDuke UniversityEmory Univers ityDuke UniversityDulce UniversityDuke Univers j.tyEmory UniversityColumbia Univera ity

venose credentials vrervras CIi roc'bod, t o is suc ompleted,

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taryvro re

Freeman~ Percy LeeGunter, Van «VyLe

Ha11 John 1.IoirHeath~ HunterHenkin~ Allen ErinHen. ley, Thomas Fran)cj. inHolliater, ',Villiam .redvrinKell~ Thcrnt onKenzie, Joseph FrederickKernodle, John RoberbLambeth, Samuel SummerfieldLang, Androvr I«lartinLarson~ John David~ JrLaxcara~ Vinconb EdvrardMactcie Thorns s Turlay1.«arbin, Ru h CampbellVmtthevrs, Hugh ArchieI&ado, i crest ChaunceyIIeaney, Richard Vincentl»iobbs, Roberb FredoriclcIIcore, Pieroe Jones~ Jr.1Ioore~ 7?illiam Dona3. dIIurra)1, Thorns Andrevr IIIIlalle, Brodio Grump~ JriPaleo, Leonarc. , Jr.Payne, John Mward, Jr.Perkins, Rex BeachPerron~ Olin Chor3. es, JrPettit, K".roid Starl. eyPodger~ Kenneth ArbherRaiford, Theodore SidneyRoose~ I~r rtha KatherineRichardson, James JuatuaRiggs, 1JE13qrd llcAdooRiley~ IIathleen Ame3. iaSchlechter, Charles FrancisShaffner, Louis deSch~voinitzSilver~ George Addison 1IISmith, Stodman '7estSmith, '.7illiam GrenshavrStead~ Eugene Anson~ Jr,Steiger, E&ovrard Paul3Villiams, Yf'illiam Iiarris on~ J'Vila on~ 'Ia "g= retYoungblood, Vernon H'natonVfri ght~ Kenneth Bremner

Dro Robert Frederic)". IJo&

vvas intervievved and, the sec esuch time a, s his credentials

The follovrizg physicians vrere intervievred and declined licensure:

Dr Aniceto Ilontero-Chaves, graduate of the University of Brussels,Belgium, vraa declined, licensure due to the fact t)mt he%a graduatedfrom a foreign medical school, vrhich school haa not been classifiedby the ~& rican IIodical Association+

Dro Roland I' Grauaman~ a practicing phvsician in Nevv York~II~ C ~ ~ divas declined licensure due to the fact that he stated he vri b-ed to spend hia summers at a I)orth Carolirm beach. and ta)e care ofhia patients there~

Dr+ David Elandelnen~ graduate of the School of Lbdicino ofEdinburgh~ Scotland, vraa declined licensure due to tho fact that hevea a graduate of a 1oreign medical school~ vrhich school has not beenclassified by 'bhe American IIedical Ass ociation.

Dr, 7?i13.iam Dover Hicklethvrait vvas declined licensure ~

Dr. Frank Baxter I?«itchell vvaa declined licensure,

Dro F-anklyn Edvrard Verdcn~ graduate of I'liddlese:c Universityof I'Iassachuaetta, vraa declined li8ensure due to the faot that he is

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a graduate of a foreign medical school~ vrhich shool haa not beenclassified by the American liedical Association,

Dri "lilliam S~ Lurgoyne, vko had obtained a license outside ofa regular meeting bo go to Hatt;eras, N. C ~, and vicinity' to practicemedicine due to the extreme urgency for medical service there, appear-ed to request t'he bogrd to a3.1ovr him to retain hia license to prao-tieo medicine in the State of I4rbh Carol ra, vritb no restrict;iona, dueto tho fact that he did not plan to remair on the Outer Banl;s of EiorthCarolina+ There vras a complete hearixg on both aides of Dr. Burgoyne'scase, tbe opponents' being by letter. The board moved to grant Dr+Burgoyne regular and complete licensure for t'he Stat;e of I&orth Carolina.

A bearing vras held, in tbe matter of I"urman Angel, IL~ D., FrarD:-lin~ Il'. C. Dr Angel vraa summonsed to appear before i-be Board of Ued-ical i -aminors on account of hi" tria3. and conviction at the July,1946 Term of Superior Court, Hay'rrood County, lforth Carolina

The fo3.lmrinl' evider. .ce was introduced, by' Attorney John Hi An-derson for the Board of I"Iedical Maminera aa exhibits:

EKXBIT A- Cerbified copy of Bill of Indictment and Judgment in theease of State va Dr. 'urrnan Angel, Eayvrood County, NorthCarolina, July Term Superior Court, 1940

Bill of Xndictmont contained four counts aa folio@a:

Pornieation and AdulteryLiaintaining a building for prostitution and assignationI&izbaining a building for prostitution and assignationProstitution and assignation

Judgment~ July Term, 1946~ as follows:

"The defendant~ through his counsel~ tenders to tbe Statea plea of guilty on three counts in the bi3.1 of indictmont;s, vrhioh pleasvvere accepted by tho Solicitor for tho State ~

"On recormendation of tbe Solicitor and Counsel or the de-fendant~ and by eonserrb cf.' the defendant in open court', it ia the judg-ment of tbe Court on the count charging tno defendaxrb vrltb fornicationand adultery, that he pay a find of ~2~000 00 and the remainder there-o to be turned over to the Treasurer of bbe aehoo3. funds of HaloedCounty~ and that he be imprisoned, n the common jai.l of Ha~avood Countyfor a term of Mvo years and assigned to do 3~bor under the supervi-sion of the State Highvray and Public ', J'orna Commission

"The prison sentence vrill not go into effect except onmotion of tho Solicitor at any' subsequent term vrithin five yearsfrom the rising of this courb upon satisfactory proof that the de-fendarxb has fai. led to pay tbe fine and cost herein imposed~ or thathe has failed or refused immediately to institute and prosecute tofinal judgment the proper action or proceeding to annul the att;empt-ed marriage betvreen himself and the said Burr I"easer, or that he 1~as,at any time, or in any' runner~ or at Or y place, inside or outsi. de theState of IIorbh Carolixe had or maintained any aaaeciations, lasci-visions or othervrise~ -xitb tbe said .3urr I!lesser

"On the count for maintaining a bui3ding ir. vrhich prosti-tuti. on vras conducted, it being tbe second courrb in vrhich a plea ofguilty ~vas entered~ tbe prayer or judgment ia cont'inued during goodbebavi. or, the courb reserving the right to pronounoe judgment there-in at any subsequent' term vrithin five years ~

"Qn the count charging prostitution~ prayer for judgmontia continued during good behavior, the court reserving the right topronounce judgment at any subsequent term.

"The remaining cause pending on this docket in this court~ia eonbinued.

"All other counts in the bill of indictment in vrhich the countshave heret of ore been di spos ed of~ are nol pros sea ~

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Signed - Felix E. Alley, Judge Presiding

KGVBIT B - Certified copy of marriage license of Furrwn Angel andLoui" e Setzer~ January 11th, 1930, County of Haborsham~Svate of Georgia

EXIiIBIT C- Certified copy of marriage license of Furman Angel andHattie H+Iiiesser~ August 16th~ 1943, County of Union~State of South Carolina.

KQGBIT D - Certified copy o birth certificate of female child,September 29th, 1930, urnan Angel, father and ¹is;rife,

ttie urr lIosser~

EKIBIT E - Certified copr of birth certificate of male child, Decem-ber 16th, 1939, Furmn Angel, father, and his vrife, HattieBurr LJ8ssere

KKIBIT F - Duly executed summons for the appearance of Fur.an Angel,Ii. Do, to appear before tne I';orth Caroliru State Board ofIIodical Examiners January 16th, 1947.

KQiIHIT G - Copy a letter of I'lovember 27th, 1946, ivith registeredreceipt returned~ advising Furman Angel~ II~ D, that I".isappearance vras requested before the I(orth Carolina StateHoard of EIedical E~miners January 16th~ 1947, and thatthe allegations and charges vrere enclosed,

IZHIBIT H - Copy of IIOTICE OF HEAPIIIG A'. .D ACCUSATIOIIS to Furman Angel,I,'fi D. , as fo3.1ovrs:

"Pursuant to a resulution duly adopted by the Hoard, of IwdicalHKaT&liners of tho State of North Carolin at its mooting at Asheville,II~ C, ~ October lst, 1946, you aro hereby summonsed and, notified toappear be "o"e said Board at its mooting to be held January 36th, 1947,at 10 A II~, at .he Sir iJaltor Hotel~ 7'a!m County, Raleigh, IIorthCarolina, to andvrer to the follovring charges vrhich are preferredagainst you by said bo.",,6, to-vrit:

I"li That on or about January 19th, 19:::,0, you ~vere legally marriedto Loui. e Setzer.

"2+ That subsequently thereafter vrhile y'ou vrere still married totho said Louise Sotzer~ you unlavM~lly~ illegally~ and 3.acivious-ly' lived and co-habitated with Hattie B~ i@seer, to vrhon youvrere not married.

"3~ That on or about the 36th day o. June, 1940~ you vrero married toor entered into a purported marriage ~rith the said Hattie B,Mssser vrhi3e you vrere still married to the said Louise Sotzer,

"4 That theroaft or you lived and co-habitated vrith said Hat tie B~

IIesser vrhile you ~vore still married to said Louise Setzer,

"5~ That~ in the Superior Court o- Ewyvrood County, Ilorth Caroliha,you vrero charged ~iith~ pleaded guilty to~ and vrere convictedof the follovrirg criminal offenses, involving moral turpitude:

(1)~ Fornication and adultery"(2). IIaintaining a building for prostitution and assignation"(3)~ 7'Iaintaining a building for prostitution and. assignaticn

"6~ That you vrere also indicted in the Superior Court of Hayvrood

County, Iforth Caroliru, for the offense of vprostitution andassign;, ti on' ~

"7 That you have been guilty of grossly immoral conduct andof diahonorablel conduct un!rorihy of a member of the medical pro-fession and affedting the practice of your profession.

"You are hereby notified that you ivi13. be given an opporbunityat said time ancl place io snavrer to and be heard vrith referenoe tothe above alleg'at'iona and cliargea~ to be represented by counsel, and'b 0 pl e sent evidence and vritnea sea on your behalf in connect i on the re-vriih, if you so; desire ~ Prior to said meeting, you may, if you de-sire~ file a wr'itien answer to the above ch"., rgea and allegations vriththe secretary o~ the Hoard of IIedical ~miners of Che State of NorthCarolina, 226 Hills "coro Street, Ralei h~ ". C ~

"!Vitness m~~ hand and official seal this 27th day of November, 1946~

"Signed Louise J "!ci!eill, Acting Secy.Hoard of l,ledical Exam-':nera ofCIM State of North Cai olina" ~

TIN attorneys for ihe defense agreed io the above evidence vrhenpresented

"lio follovring evideiice divas introduced by Attorneys Ilci'.inleyEdvrarda, George! Hi aiton, and J~ H. Stool.ton, for Furman Angel,I'::~ Do ~ and is d!!ly fi3a d in the office of the secretary of the Hoar dof I'Iedical ~examiners as exhibits:

.GIIBIT I - Anavrer of ihe defendant to the Aocuaations, aa followers:

"Nov comes Furrnn Angel, II. D ~ and iles anavrer io the accuaa-tiona preferred aiid filed against him before this Honorable Hoard& andfor his ansvrer thereto says:

"1~ Thai the allegations of paragraph one are ncb denied,

"2, That the allegations of paragraph tvro are untriie and. deniedi

"5~ Answering paragraph three of the accuaaiiona, it ia admittedthat on or, about the 16th day of June, 1940, Chia anavreringrespondent'~ from vrant of mill or understandiiig, atiempiedio contraci a marriage vrith tlie said Hatbie H ~ lilesser in theState of S'ouih Carolina~ vrhicli said attempted marriage, in aaui. 'b instituted in the Superior Court of lwcon County NorbhCarolina~ by thi" anavrering respondent~ has beeii declared, bya judgment~ of the Superior Court of Ilacon Countyf iIoxbh arolina,void ab initio, a copy of vrh. ich judgment vrill be produced uponthe hearinj; o" this matter.

"4o That the a3.legations of' paragraph four of said accusation areuntrue and denied.

"5~ Anavrering p, ragraph 5, it ia admitted that in the year 1946, inthe Superi'or Cour'b of Hay!'rood County on a bill o indictmen thathad been found by the Grand Jurlr of said county~ some aix yearsor more orior thereio, that ibis respondent~ in order thab diis-posiiion c'ould be;. made by the Court of the charges against himon said bi3.1 of indictment, entered a plea of guilty to t'hreeof the counts in said. bill of indictment, to-vrit: fornicaiionand adultery; maintaining a building in vhich proati~ution vrasconducted;, prostitution.

"Thai said counts in said bi3.1 of indictment io vrhich, respondentpleaded guilty vrere only a misdemeanor, and ii is denied Chat same in-volves mora3. turpitude. Thai Che ' curt entered the following judgmentagainst th. e defendant in said cause, to-vrit:"

Said judgmenb referred Co ia set out in Zkhibit Ae

6 ~ Ans". re ring paragrapli 6, ii is admit ied that Che b il 1 of indict-menb above referred to, contained a couni for pros~ itution and assigna-tion, but all counts in said bill of indictment vrere nol proaaed~ ex-cepb ihe three counts bo vriiich the def'endant entered a plea of guilty.

7i Th'it the a 1le gati ons of pa ragrapll a even of tlie aocusat i ons a reuntrue and denied~

"AIID FOR A FURTHER D.';FEl'ISE T'IS ASS'.'ERII~IG RZSPOIIDEIT AVERS:

"That the accuaationa now preferred against him~ v8xich are nos true,aa therein alleged, but that any foundauion or suapici. on of samearose s everal years agog to-wit, more than s ix years ago~ and thatthis respondent'a conduot and demeanor i.s novr and haa been for aperiod of years~ exemplary and that he ia and has been~ for a periodof years, conducting hi~elf in an exemplary ivay and manner~ and prac-tioing hia profeasi. on in an honorable way in every respect ~

"VIE''WF(EE~ this answering respondent requests that the charges pre-ferred against him be dismissed and Chat he be permitted to continuethe practioe of his profession in iiforth Carolina.

Signed McKinley Edvrards, Attorney t'orReaponden g Furman Angel, M» D

EXHIBIT J - Copy of Judgment in the Superior Court of Macon County,North Carolina, Decemoer Term, 1946, Furraan Angel vaHattie B. Angel

"This cause coming on to be heard at this the December Term, 1946, ofMacon Superior Court before hia Honor Zeb V» iTettles, Judge Presid-ing~ and the jury~ upon the follovring issues, to-davit:

"1» Haa the plantiff been a resident of the State of North Carolinafor a period of zix months or more immediate3. y preceeding the commence-ment of this action?

"2~ Did the plaintiff, Furrsan Angel~ on or about the 16th day of June,1940~ in the State of South Carol. na~ attempt to contract a marriagewith the defendant vrhoae name at said time vras Hattie B~ Yiesser orHattie Burr Messer, and on said date vras Chere attemp»ed to be perform-ed a marriage ceremony in the Stave of South Carolina pronouncing orattempting to pronounce and declare plaintiff and defendant husbandand wife'?

"3 Qn. the 16th day of June, 1940~ did Che plainziff, urn Angel~then have a living wife by a former marriage?

"And the ~jury having answered a11 of said issues Yea, as vri. ll appearby reference to said issues nmv on file herein.

"It is, therefore~ upon moti. on of counse1 for the plaintiff~ FurrianAngel~ considered~ ordered~ adjudged and decreed that the marriage ora tempted marriage entered into botvroen plaintiff and defendant on the16th day of June, 1940, in the State of South Carolina~ be and tne sameia hereby adjudged and declared void ab initio,"It is further ordered CRC the plaintiff pay Che coat of this aotion tobe taxed by tne Clerk»

Signed Zeb V» EIettlea, Judge Presiding"

EXHIBIT K - Letter under date anuary 10th, 1946~ from Solioitor DanK. Moore, to Attorneys Echrarda and Leathervrood in re Furman Ange3. aafollows '

"It ia my understanding that pour agreement vrith Mr» John M» Queen~ »heforoer solicitor of this district~ vras to the effect that if Dr. Angelwould obtain an annu'anent of his marriage with his second vrife, that hevrould take a nol pros in the bigamy case pending in Hapvvood County.

"I was present in court in I~Iacon County vrhen Dr. Angel obtained thisannulmen ~ ao a" the present solicitor, I vill have the nol pros enteredat the next term of Court in Hapvrood County, vrhioh begins February 3~1947 "

The follovr ng vritneases for Furman Angel~ M» D„vrere examined bpattorneys for the BWM of Medical Examiners, the defense~ and bp'members of the State Board of Medica]. Examiners:

Bggter D. Jones» Bryson City» N. C ~ ~ Senator North CarolinaGeneral Assembly

Har|re M» Moore, Hayoaville, N. C, Representative North C-rolinaGeneral Assembly and past chairman of the county commissioners

Herbert A ~ Ii1cGlamerg» rxwnk3. in» N C ~, Representative North Caro-lina General Assembly

Charlie Prioe, Asheville, N ~ C ~ , United States IEarahall» ,7eaternDistrict of Ilorth Carolina

74 Jaelcaon Huneyeutt» I'ranklin, II~ C ~ » Methodist ministerPritehard Smith» Franklin~ I'I. C ~, State Highway PatrolmanJ» Perry Bradley» Franlclin» N. C., Sheriff Hacon CountyDr» rank Killian, Franklin» N. C ~, praetioing physicianDr, Grover Vlilkea, Sylva~ N. C. » practicing physicianThomas Jeffers on Leuney, I&rphy N ~ C ~ Deputy Collector,

Nort'h Carolina Department of HevenueHenry:. 7~ Cabe» Cashier banl", Franklin» N. C ~

Lach of the above witnesses stated that they had knovrn Dr. Fur-man Angel for a nuxnber of years; that with tne exception of the matterfor which he had been convicted in EEa;~wvood County» North. Ca, olina, , in1946, hia character waa good He was indicted in 1940, aire yeax~ priorto the date of the trial» He had operaoed a successful clinio and hadbeen held in high esteem both professionally and morally and that therehad never been at any time any question of his reputation with the ex-cepti n of the above referred case tried in Ilayvrood County, North Caro-lina» He resides in Franl lin, N ~ C, , with his lavrful vrife and .m ovrnaand operatea a successful clinic in Franklin, N. C ~, rendering valu-able medica). service to the people in hia community and surroundingcounties ~

A complete record of the testimony in tho hearing of Fun'Angel, M ~ D»» is duly filed in tho office of the Secretary of theBoard oi Medical I'caminers of the State of North Caro3. ina.

Dr Charles Z, lloex o» Carolina Beach» IT~ C» waa summonsed toappear bex". ore the Board of I Iodica3. Emminers on acc ount of a11ogedviolations of tho Federal I".arcot~ c Lavr, for vrhieh he vras indicted inthe Federal Court on October 21st, 1946& and convicted in the FederalCourt on October 23rd» 1946, the judgment being Guilty» sentenced to12 months» execution suspended; placed on probation for tvro years»

Dr. Donald B. Koonee» Counoilor, North Carolina State MedicalSociety vras present for this hearing; also Mr. Vf, T, Atkinson, Agentfor tho Narcotic Bureau.

The following report under date of November 27th» 1946» from.the Narcotic Bureau vraa read to the board:

"Your attention is invited toCarolina Beach» N. C, vrho onUnited States District Court,Federal Narcotic Lavr and vraation of vrhich vraa suspendedperiod of two years ~

the ease of Cha13os E» Moore» I".-~ De»October 23, 1946» pleaded. guilty in theYrilmington» N, C ~, to violationa of thegiven a twelve-months sent ence, e."xecu-Dr. Moore vraa placed on probation for a

"Cox~laints had been received by our agents concerning Dr, Moore'aapparent vari. llingneas to vrrite narcotic prescriptiona ~ Upon investi-gation it vras found that Dr, lroore had not been registered urger tlatFederal narcotic 3avr since August, 1939. Ho~vever, six prescriptions

issued, by Dr» Moore vrerc found on tlxo files of a, drug store at Caro-lina Beach, Those proacriptiona called for various amounts of nar-cotics for a number of persons» moat of vrhom our investigator vraa un-able to locate as they had been on vaoation at tho beach but aftexvrardhad returned to their homes»

"It vrxxs repoxtod that Dr Moore had no office but would proscribe forpatients wherever he happexed to be. Ho vras knovrn to frequent beerparlors, his arrest for the inataxrt oifense huvtng been made aa heaat at a tablo in "Sam's Beer Parlor" drinking beer on Nay 20, 3.946 ~

"By reference to your files you will note that on July 26» 1937» thisBureau advised Dr. Benjamin J» Lavrrence» vrho vraa then Secretary ofthe State Board of I'~redieal L'xaminera» of Dr» ~coro's conviction urxI erthe Federal Narcotic Law, for vrhich he was sentenced on June 17» 3937,to serve 18 months and pay' a fine of g500 ~ The Court ordered also thatDr, lloore be placed on probation for five years after completing hisprison sentence»

"According to Dr, Moore~a F, B~ I~ record» he vras convioted on or

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about November 23, 1942, on "13 charges of vrorthless checks" for ~~iohhe vras given "30 days suspended v~ith payment of oosts in each case";and on or about January 28, 1944~ he vms convicted on a charge ofoperating a disorderly house~ and given a sentence of 18 months ~"

The secretary reporbed the following from the October 27th~ 1944,minutes of the Norbh Carolina Board of Iiiedical Examiners:

"Char3. ie Moore~ II~ D. of Greensboro, lioense vras revoked beoause ofconduct unbecor5. ng Co the medical professior. ~ He is serving a sen-tence in.'the Federal peni. tentiary. "

The ide&ity of Dr» Charlie Moore of Greensboro and Dr Char-3.es E» Moore oi Carolina Beach was evrbablished by comparison of aphotograph fror!r the Greensboro Police Deparbment, vRich vras on filevrith his record Chere~ and vrith Dr Moore in person»

Dr» Moore stated that he no&v resided at Carolirm Beach~ N, C ~,.Chat he had resided in Greensboro' I'I ~ C ~

The minutes of the board of October 27th, 1944~ as heretoforeset out~ vrere read to Dr» I'Iooro and he vras advised that according Cothe I!arcotic Bureau he had not had been registered ivith Che NarcoticBureau since 1939~ Dr, Moore stated Chat it +as a mistake; that hislicer se had nob been revoked; he later said that his license had beenreinstated after his release from prison,

Dr» R, B, McKnight moved Clrat the Bos,rd of Medical Examinersnotify Dr» Charles E ~ Ivloore by registered mail~ return receipt, Chataccording Co its minutes of October 27th, 1944, his license had beenrevoked and Chat Che same had never been. reinstated» This moti. on vrasduly seconded and unanimously passed»

Dr» Yfi3.ey Royster Young, Angier, N ~ C ~ ~ appeared before CheBoard of Medica3. Examiners in answer Co summons on account of a13.eg-ed narcotic addiction by the 1!Iarcotic Bureau»

Dr» John N& Roberbson~ Councilor, North Carolina State Medi-oal Society~ divas present; also Mr 'l". ~ T. Atkinson~ A ent for theNarcotic Bureau.

Dr Young was advised Chat he vms charged with various vi. ola-tions of Chc rarcotic hnv and that he vras given an opporbunity tosay anything he desired~ at vrhich Dr. Young stated that he mouldlUae Co know Che specifi. c charges ~

The follcmring report under date of IjIay 27th, 1946~ fror: theNarootic Bureau vms read:

"Your attention in this connection is invited to the oase of Dr. VfileyRoys ver Young, Angier, N» C ~, who on Che night of February 16th~ 1944vras found b~. police officers at Greensboro~ N ~ C.~ sitting in his carin a very dazed condition. He in his possession 131 grains of cocaineand 16 lfL6 grain dilaudid tablets in containers frorr vhich Che labelshad been scratched» In the rear of Che car ~vere found five capsulesof nembutal~ together vrith a loaded hypodermic need3. e and a bool- ofGovernment order forms for opium, eto At the polioe station Dr.Young told an agent of this Bureau that he tmd been using drugs forabout three years, and that he vms at Glenwood Park Sani. tarium, tak-ing treatment for drug addictiLn. Inquiry at '-his saaitarium elicit-ed the information Chat Dr. Young had entered on February 7, 1944,under an assumed name and had oome int, o Co~vn on February 16, 1944The doctor vms given a hearing before a Uni. ted States Commissioneron February 17~ 1944, at Greensboro and. ordered held under $1~000bond for action of a Federal grand, jury. On Ii'larch 6, 1944, he vrasindicted at Rockingham, Is ~ C. ~ for violation of the Federal narcoticlavl»

Eleven days later (on March 17~ 1944) Dr, Young xvas arrested atLexingbon~ Ky. , charged vrith obtaining dilaudid and cooaira by issu-ing Mvo fraudulent prescriptions ~ He stated Chat he had just arrivedin Lexington and expected to enter the United States Publio Hea3thService Hospital Che follov!xng morning. He also stated Chat he had,been at this hospital tvrice in 1943 as a voluntary patient. He vras

committed Co jail in default of bond in the sum of ~5~000, and, laterwas sent to the United Seated Public Health Service Hospital Co umer-go treatment~ pending action by a Federal grand jury, On Juno 12, 1944,he was indicted at, Lexir gton for violation of Section 3793 of Che In-ternal Revenue Codex' On August 8, 1944, when the case was called fu't rial in the United States District Court in, Lexington, Che judge~upon motion of Che defendant's attorney, ordered Ch", C Che matter becontinued vrlth Dr, Young remaining at Che hospital under ~5,000 bond.Cn September 16, 1944, Che bond was reduced Co ~1,500, Dr, Youngwas released from the hospital and obtained employment at the Eas-tern State Hospital in Lexington.

"Xn September, 1945, Dri Young filed an application for regi"Crationunder Che Federa3. narcotio 3aw at Angier, N. C. On 6ctober 3~ 1945,an inspector of this llureau conferred vrith Dr. Foley, the supeinten-dent of Che Eastern State Hospital~ who stated Chat Dri Young hadpone Co N orCh Car olina for a fevr days because of Che i lines s of hiswife Dr+ Foley stated Chat at times Dri Young appeared to be underthe influence of some drup ~ He also stated that Dri Young had accessto no cocaine or other narcotic drugs at the hospital and he saw noreason for Dr+ Youn~" Co apply for nsrcotic registration. The reasonfor Dr. Young's applying for such registration at this partioular timevms not quite clear to our o"ficers and in November, 1945, Che appli-cation was withdrawn.

"The two above cases against Dr+ Young wore continued from time Cotime and on June 6, 1945, Che indictment returned against him atRockingham~ N, C„vries dismissed. On January 30, 1946, Che indiot-ment at Lexi«gton, Ky. was ordered fi3.ed avery vrith leave Co rein-state vr3.thout notice~"

lir. 71, T ~ Atk nson~ Agent for Che Narcotic Hureau, reportedChe follovr3. ng:

"Dr Young entered Che G3.errvood Park Sanitarium~ Greensboro~ N. C ~ JNovember ll, 1946, at which time he stated to Dr+ Riner, IledicalDirector Chat he was using 4 grains of morphine a day This phy-sician vms disclmrged from Glenwood Park Sanitarium Novembar 29~1946~ at vAich time he vms free from Che use of narcotic drugs~"

Dr~ Young admitted having gone '-o Glenwood Park Sanitarium~but denied Chat he stated h vzas tal. ing 4 grains of morphine a day;Chat he vras free of narcotics at the time~ but had had some teethext racted~ had been given hppoderrri. cs~ and went Chore Co preventany trouble; Chat he thought for several days after admission Chatthey may have given him some morphine. Dr Young said that he isnow practicing medicine in Angier; Chat he has not taken any morphinein three years this coming Liarch and, has taken no barbiturates; Chatseveral years ago he was very strongly addicted and Cook several grainsof morphine daily, first having become addicted in 1938 folio"Q.ng anaccident. Dr. Young stated Chat he had been to several private sani-C"riums but relacsed shortly after leaving, therefore~ went Co CheUnited States Public Health Service Hospital~ Lexingt on, Ky. ~ wherehe stayed until he was certified as cured, and Chen procured a posi-tion at Che Eastern State H ospital rather Chan return to general prac-tice on account of the persistent relapses, where he remained for aperiod of Cwo years ~ In September~ 1946, he returned Co privatepractice at Angier, N. C., and soon thereafter filed n rcotic lic-ense due Co being handicapped in his practice vrithout it ~ Dri Youngstated that he is free of n rcotics, .'rishes Co remain free and willsubmit to any examination; Chat he vr shes narcotic license onlv inthe use of his practice; Chat he realizes it means his own future;Chat since returning Co Angier «e has estab3. ished a home ."or hiswife, himself, and his child, and feels now "hat he has a chance Comake a success'

Dr, John Ii ~ Robertson~ Councilor, stated Chat he knewnothing about this matter until he was no+ifed by Che Heard ofMedica3. Maminers; Chat he thought +he board should recommend CoChe Iiarcotic "'ureau that Dre Young's narcotic license should, bewithheld until a later date

Dr, Thomas Leslie Lee moved that the il'arcotic Bureau be ad-vised that Dr. Young's narcobic license should not be restored atthis time. This motion Vras duly seconded and unanimously passed ~

The meeting divas adjourned+

The board convened at 8 "'~ 14 for an evening session~

Dri H ~ B~ !!ol46ght moved CIRC after consi. dering bho evidenceand testimony presented concerning bhe case of Dx ~ 'urman Angel,franklin~ N. C. ~ CW Board of IIedical Examiners of the State ofNorbh Carolina does hereby revolt and resoind the li.oonse ofFunmn Angel to practice medioino in the State of Norbh Carolina,provided, hcNrover, tint this order and resoissi. on be suspendedupon condition Chat Dr+ Furman Angel be and remain o'" good behav-ior. Chat he not violate any criminal lavr tha. b he be of good. moralconduct~ and that he practioo medicine on a high professional planeand in an ethical manner for a period of five years from this dateiThis he 16th day of January, 1947' This motion aves duly secondedand unanimously passed.

The meeting eras adjou~di

The board coxnrenod Frida~ ~ January 17th~ 1947~ at 9 Ai II~ Themooting ves called to order by the present and all members xrere pre-senb viith the exoeption of Dr~ I!Ii Ae -ittman+

Applioants for licensure by endorsement' of credentials vrereinterviewed. (Physicians granted lioense included on pages 57 andS9).

The follovring resolution vras passed by the oard of E&odicalExam' ne rs:

BE Xl RESOLVED: Thai; the State Board of »lodioal Examinersendorses the entire plan as reoommended by the !medical Care Comm-

i.ssi.on. The board realizes that the !redical Care Commission hasmade a thorough studv and outlined a oompetent program based uponthe great need for additional facilities and medical personnel inforth Carolina. The Stabe Board of Iwdical Exmriners realizes thefact Chat an adequate number of physicians has not been obtained blrthe souroes available ~xithin and outside of Che stabe.

The Finance Coxnittee reported that it had examined the re-cords of Cho treasurer and found Che same satisfactory.

Dr+ R, B~ Elci'night moved that Cho report of the FinanceCommittee be acceptode This motion vms duly seoonded and unani-mously passed

August 11th~ 1947, vms set for choo!".ing of grades follavr-ing the annual examination in June, 1947, and August 12th for thepurpose of intozvimiing applicants for endorsement of crodent ials~the meeting to be he3d at the Atlantic Hotel~ Morehead~ N, C ~

Dr Thomas Leslie Leo invited Che members of the board tobe his guests for the August, 1947 meeting to be he3d at I'IoreheadCity~ H ~ C&

Dr, H, B. lilcKnight moved that the sala. y of the aoting sec-retary-treasurer "oe raised 20,"'.

~ to be effective as o Janu ry 1st,1947~ This motion Vras duly seconded and unanimouslv passed

Dr+ Thomas Leslie Loe moved that Che of fioe of the actingsecrotaxv-treasurer be changed to that of assistant secretory-treas-urer~ This moti. on vras dul&r seconded and unanimously passed,

Dre Ri B~ I'fcICIlight moved that a monthl«rent a l of,'j25 ~ 00be paid to Dri Kenneth Do Dickins on for space now occupied bythe State Board of Iifedical Examiners as of January 1st, l947,and that the secretarv be instructed to procure suitable officespace for the State Board of I'Iedical Examiners at the earliestreasonable momenti This motion divas duly seconded and unanimouslypassede

The meeting ~ms ad

IVIII PEGGY, M. y I~I ~ Da

Secretary-Treasurer

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