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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Special and Quarterly Meetings of the Council, January 19, 1853. 
Present — Messrs. Braby, Cherry, A. Cherry, Ernes, Henderson, Mayer, 
Turner, Wilkinson, Withers; Professors Spooner, Simonds, Morton, 
and the Secretary. 
Mr. W ILKIN90N in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
At the Special Meeting, — 
Professor Simonds, pursuant to notice, proposed that bye-law 39 should be 
altered as follows : “ That three members of the body corporate be appointed 
trustees of the College.” He explained the inconvenience of the working of the 
present bye-law, requiring, as it would, a yearly transfer of the funds of the 
College from the retiring to the incoming President, and stated that the object of 
the alteration was the permanent appointment of three trustees, so as to obviate 
the necessity of a yearly change of names in the Banker’s books. Professor 
Sewell (as President), and Messrs. Field and Robinson had been appointed trus_ 
tees ; and if the alteration was adopted, Professor Sewell would not have to resign 
his trusteeship when vacating the presidential chair. 
The Secretary seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. 
At the Quarterly Meeting, — 
A letter was read from Mr. Hugh Fergusson, of Dublin, requesting, in con- 
sequence of a contemplated change of vocation, that his name might be erased 
from the list of the Members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The letter was ordered to lie on the table. 
On the motion of the Secretary, seconded by Mr. Turner, Mr. W. J. Goodwin 
was elected one of the vice-presidents of the College. 
The Secretary stated that he had communicated to the Board of Examiners the 
order of the Council passed on October 11, “That a veterinary examiner be added 
to the chemical division of the Board,” and that it had been resolved, on the 
motion of Mr. Percivall, seconded by Mr. Wilkinson, “That Mr. Gabriel take his 
seat at the Board for that purpose.” 
The Secretary, as registrar, announced the admission, since the last quarterly 
meeting, of Mr. James Driver Cucksey, of London, and Mr. Thomas Newton, of 
Balsover, as members of the College, but that no deaths had been officially an- 
nounced to him. 
The Treasurer, in his report, stated that there was a balance in the Banker’s 
hands of £413 15s. 8 d., the receipts during the past quarter having been £42, 
the expenses £21 8s. 
Mr. Braby asked if the trustees appointed at the last meeting had invested the 
£200 which they were empowered to buy in in the name of the College ; and 
