VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 15 



Articles of Agreement made and entered into this 15th day of January 

 1879, between the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, in- 

 corporated by Royal Charter or Letters Patent, bearing date the 17th 

 day of May 1787, by the name and title of the Highland Society of Scot- 

 land, at Edinburgh ; and of new incorporated by the name and style of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, by Charter or Letters 

 Patent, granted the 18th day of June 1834 (and hereinafter called " The 

 Society"), of the one part ; and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 

 incorporated by Royal Charter or Letters Patent, dated the 8th day of 

 March 1844 (and hereinafter called " The College"), of the other part: 



Whereas the Society have from 1823 instituted lectures on veterinary 

 science and medicine, and appointed examiners to examine students therein, 

 and until 1844 granted to such students certificates of proficiency : And 

 whereas, in 1848, the Society reconstituted its Board of Examiners, and 

 have since granted annually certificates of qualification : And whereas it was, 

 amongst other things, provided by the said letters patent of the 8th day 

 of March 1844, that the concerns of the College should be directed and 

 managed by a Council, to be constituted as therein mentioned : And 

 further, that the said Council should and might make any orders, rules, and 

 bye-laws for fixing and determining, amongst other things, the times, places, 

 and manner of examining students who should have been educated at the 

 Royal Veterinary College of London or the Veterinary College of Edinburgh, 

 or such other Veterinary Colleges as therein mentioned, and who might be 

 desirous to become members of the College, and for regulating the nature and 

 extent of such examinations, and for the appointment of persons to examine 

 and determine upon the fitness and qualifications of such students, and for the 

 admission or rejection of such students, as members of the College, and for fixing 

 and determining the sum and sums of money to be paid by such students, 

 either previous to their examination or upon their admission as members of 

 the College or otherwise, and generally touching all other matters relating to 

 or connected with the College, and the same orders, rules, and bye-laws 

 from time to time to alter, suspend, or repeal, and to make new orders, rules, 

 and bye-laws in their stead as the Council should think most proper or expe- 

 dient, so as the same were not repugnant to the letters patent now in recital, 

 or to the laws of the realm : And whereas, by a supplemental charter or royal 

 letters patent, dated the 23d day of August 1876, it was, amongst other 

 things, declared that, with certain exceptions therein mentioned and not 

 material for the purposes of these presents, the College and the Council of the 

 same should have and continue to have all such and the same jurisdiction, 

 powers, and authorities for and with respect to the government of the College, 

 and for, infer alia, the making, ordaining, confirming, annulling, or revoking 

 orders, rules, and bye-laws, and transacting and ordaining all other matters 

 and things whatsoever for the regulation, government, and advantage of the 

 College, as the College and the Council tliereof respectively had under or by 

 virtue of the said hereinbefore-recited charter or letters patent, or in any 

 other lawful manner : And whereas, in pursuance of the powers conferred 

 upon the College or the Council thereof by the said letters patent respectively, 

 certain bye-laws have been made with respect, among other things, to tiie 

 examination of candidates for the diploma of the College, and such bye-laws 

 are still in force : And whereas the following arrangt'nient has been made 

 and entered into between the College and the Society with a view to the 

 admission of the holders of the certificates of the Society as members of the 

 College, and also for the purpose of terminating the examinations heretofore 

 held by the Society : Now these ]iresents witness, and it is hereby agreed and 

 declared, and in particular the College (so far as the stipulation and provisions 

 hereinafter contained are to be performed or observed by them) do hereby, for 

 themselves and their successors, covenant and agree with and to the Society 



