294 PROCEEDINGS IN COUNCIL, 
having served the broken period of presidentship already, has 
strong pretensions — a sort of claim, indeed — to re-election ; nor 
do we see how, in strict justice, Professor Sewell, or anybody 
else, can be preferred to Mr. Robinson, unless he himself 
chooses to waive his own presumptive claim in favour of another 
candidate. Supposing, therefore, that our present excellent 
President be re-elected — which we sincerely hope and trust, if 
he desire it, may and will be the case — perhaps another year 
may find our venerable Professor on the road to occupy the same 
honorary chair. Meanwhile, we promise him, in 1852, he may 
reckon on our feeble support. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Sitting of March 26, 1851. 
Quarterly Meeting. 
Present— The PRESIDENT; Messrs. CHERRY, A. CHERRY, 
Godwin, Henderson, J. Turner, Wilkinson, Professors 
Morton, Simonds, Spooner, and the Secretary. 
The President in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting, 
which were then signed. 
Mr. Wilkinson asked whether any alterations were made in 
the By-laws at the last meeting affecting their spirit ; the Char- 
ter requiring that no such alterations should be made without a 
suspension thereof for three months. 
It was explained that the alterations were only verbal, with 
the exception of the incorporation of a part of Mr. Braby’s 
amendment relating to finance, and which had been suspended 
the required period. 
The Secretary said that he had written, in accordance with 
the instructions he had received at a previous meeting, to se- 
veral gentlemen, asking their consent to be nominated as mem- 
bers of the Board of Examiners acting for Scotland ; and he 
stated that Prof. Lizars, Dr. Easton, of Glasgow, and Mr. Robb, 
veterinary surgeon, of the same place, had acceded thereto. 
Mr. A. Cherry suggested that the Scotch Board should be 
dissolved, and that the Council should ballot for new members. 
