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exempt veterinary surgeons from serving on juries or inquests* 
or as churchwardens, overseers of the poor, or other parish or 
county officers. There was now an opportunity, he said, for 
presenting such a bill to the House of Lords, Lord Beaumont 
having promised to take charge of it, and to use his exertions 
in carrying it through. It would be in the form of a public bill, 
and would therefore not involve any very considerable expen- 
diture. Mr. Cherry enumerated the acts which had been passed 
by the legislature with reference to the immunities enjoyed by 
the medical profession; and urged the desirability of similar 
privileges being conceded to the veterinary profession. Even 
if the bill should not pass, the interests of the body would not 
be in any way prejudiced thereby ; but an important step would 
be gained in furnishing a precedent for such an application. 
He begged to move for a committee in order to carry out the 
proposition. 
The Chairman (Mr. Cherry) was of opinion that the profes- 
sion generally did not desire these exemptions. 
Mr. Burley was quite sure that the profession could little 
afford to devote their time to such offices, and that they were 
almost unanimous in desiring an exemption from them. 
Mr. Ernes said, that the exemption would not disqualify 
them from filling such offices if they were desirous of doing so. 
Mr. Withers seconded Mr. Cherry’s proposal. 
The motion was put and carried in the following form : — 
“That a committee be appointed to take measures for ob- 
taining an Act of Parliament for privileges and exemptions 
for members of the body corporate ; and that such committee 
report the result of their proceedings to the Council.” 
The following gentlemen were appointed on the Committee: — 
The President, the Secretary, Professors Spooner and Simonds. 
Messrs. Henderson, Mayer, and A. Cherry. 
The President named Messrs. Ernes, Braby, and the Secre- 
tary as the Committee of Supervision of the report of the 
evening. 
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the 
Chairman, moved by Mr. Ernes , and seconded by Mr. Wilkinson , 
and carried unanimously. 
Wm. Ernes, 
Edw. Braby, 
E. N. Gabriel. 
