472 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FINANCES OF THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION 

 OF ANIMAL HEALTH. 



Following is financial report of the State Veterinary Department and 

 Commission of Animal Health. Salary of State Veterinary Surgeon and 

 Office force provided from general pay roll. Per diem and expenses of as- 

 sistant state veterinarian provided by annual appropriation: 



State veterinarian (2 years) $ 3,600.00 



Secretary (2 years) 2,400.00 



Stenographer (2 years) 1,800.00, 



$ 7,800.00, 



Appropriation for two years for operation of 



Veterinary Department $22,000.00 



Overdrawn account for biennial period ending 



with June 30, 1916 475.86 



Per diem, transportation, hotel and miscellaneous 

 expenses of department and assistant state 

 veterinary surgeons for the year ending with 

 June 30, 1917 10,049.44 



Per diem, transportation, hotel and miscellaneous 

 expenses of veterinary department and as- 

 sistant state veterinary surgeons for the 

 year ending June 30, 1918 8,432.12 18,957.42 



*Balance $ 3,042.58 



COMMISSION OF ANIMAL HEALTH 

 There was received from veterinary examination 



fees, practice certificate renewals and sale of 



•veterinary registers for the biennial period 



ending June 30, 1918 $ 5,243.00 



Expended for salaries. Commission of Animal 



Health and clerk , 3,725.00 



Expended for hotel and miscellaneous expenses 



of Commission of Animal Health for biennial 



period ending with June 30, 1916 931.23 4,656.23 



♦Balance $ 586.77 



*Claims for per diem and expenses incurred prior to June 30, 1918, but 

 filed after that date, not deducted. 



RESULTS OF VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS. 

 Under the Veterinary Practice Act, the examining board is required to 

 meet at least twice a year, which is as often as practical. However, this 

 makes its necessary for many veterinarians to wait; considerable time to 

 qualify and, according to law, they cannot enter into practice until they 

 have been registered. (During the year ending with June 30, 1918, on ac- 

 count of war conditions, if was found necessary to hold a special exami- 

 nation in May, 1918.) 



