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animals; and that the details are often in the hands of 

 non-medical but competent assistants. 



The practical application of the results of the study of 

 the bacteria is so widespread and has been of so much 

 visible importance, that the equal importance of the studies 

 upon which it is built up, and of which it is but one of the 

 blossoms, has been lost sight of; and the sturdy trunk of 

 knowledge on one of the many branches of which this 

 blossom flowers, is obscured by the very luxuriance of its 

 own growth. 



1 SECTION 3. The authorized agents of any so- 



2 ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals in- 



3 corporated under the laws of this Commonwealth 



4 shall be permitted to enter any place registered 



5 as required by section one hereof, at any time, 



6 without previous notice, and to take the name 



7 and residence of any person found therein. 



Section 3 is objectionable of course. It is impossible 

 to see how we could be expected not to remonstrate 

 against being subjected to the supervision of such agents 

 as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 

 to Animals employ ex-policeman or " any other good 

 man " they can get. 



Is it probable that the reports of such persons would be 

 of an understanding nature, or that the agents of any 

 new society would be any more competent to apply the 

 law? 



1 SECTION 4. Any person who performs, or as- 



2 sists in performing, any experiment described in 



3 section one hereof, in violation of either of the re- 



4 strictions thereby imposed, or excludes or assists 



5 in excluding any agent described in section three 



6 hereof from any place described in said section, 



