PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY

The objects and purposes of the Society shall be as follows:

1. To incorporate as a non-profit corporation within the State of Missouri and to conduct its business as a non-profit corporation under the guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service, and to be herein after referred to as the Corporation.
2. To hold itself responsible for and to use its best efforts to attain within its area the objects of the American College of Surgeons which are "to elevated the standards of surgery, establish a standard of competency and of character for practitioners of surgery, to provide a method of granting fellowship in the organization, and to educate the public and the profession to understand that the practice of surgery call for special training and that the surgeons elected to Fellowship in this College has had such training and is properly qualified to practice surgery."
3. To welcome new Fellows and Associate Fellows of the College into the Corporation and develop better acquaintanceship with local Fellows and Associate Fellows with the objectives of the College.
4. To stimulate interest in the Junior Candidate Group among surgical residents and young surgeons.
5. To assist in providing the Citizens of Missouri with surgical and hospital facilities of the highest ethical and professional standards.
6. To enable the Corporation to acquire real estate and personal property for educational and benevolent purposes and to borrow money for such purposes and to perform such other legal acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out the aforesaid purposes of the Corporation.