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ated out of funds not otherwise appropriated, to be paid by the 

 treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, upon vouchers 

 approved by the coniinissioner of aj2;riculture, to the Cornell Uni- 

 versity. No })art of such moneys shall be exepended until plans 

 and specifications for the construction and equipment of such 

 buildin<j;s and the location thereof shall have been approved by 

 the commissioner of agriculture, nor until the comptroller shall 

 have certified that, in his judj:;ment, the expenses of the com[)letion 

 and equipment of such buildin.j^s, in accordance with such plans 

 and specifications, will not exceed the amount of such appropri- 

 ation. Such buildings and equipment shall be the property of the 

 state. 



§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 



In pursuance of the provisions of these laws, I early in the year 

 proceeded to visit the proposed site of the veterinary college, in 

 company with the president and executive committee of Cornell 

 University, and examined and approved the plans that had been 

 prepared for such building. The contract for the construction 

 has been let and at this writing the building is well under way, 

 When finished it will be a model structure for the purposes in- 

 tended in every way, and will contain all modern appliances and 

 everything which advanced science w^ould indicate as necessary 

 for the purposes of most thorough instruction in veterinary science. 

 The object of this instruction is not for the purpose of benefiting 

 Cornell University or its interests, but in response to a general 

 demand on the part of the people that a closer and better surveil- 

 lance be kept over the live stock of the State of New York with 

 reference to contagious and infectious diseases, which it is now 

 believed may be imparted by domestic animals to the human 

 family. The policy of the State has already, to some extent, been 

 clearly outlined by an act creating a board which is to examine 

 all applicants who desire to practice veterinary surgery in this 

 State, thus raising it to the level with other professions. There 

 is a great demand for well-trained scientific veterinarians, and it is 

 deemed wise by those who have taken the matter into careful 

 consideration that the State interest itself to the extent of provid- 

 ing some means whereby this want may be fiilled in the least 

 possible time. I, therefore, am of the opinion that this or some like 



