204 THE ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION. 
one of their first acts will be, to elect a president, vice-presidents, 
and members of council, six of whom, it is proposed, shall an- 
nually resign their places to others : it being understood that every 
member of the Corporation possesses a vote in such appointments, 
and is moreover himself, equally with another, eligible to any 
station of honour or emolument as shall by the general body be 
hereafter created. 
Out of the council must also be chosen a Board of Ex- 
aminers, before whom will have to appear all future candidates 
for admission into the TRUE AND ONLY COLLEGE OF VETERI- 
NARY Surgeons ; the present “ Committee” of Examiners being 
from the date of the Charter virtually defunct. 
In what manner and to what extent the Charter is likely to 
operate on the present and future conditions of our professional 
body, we shall defer the consideration of until the members of the 
Royal College shall have held their first general meeting, which 
we find announced, by advertisement upon our cover, to take place 
on the 12th April, at the Freemasons’ Tavern. At this meeting 
all necessary arrangements must be entered into preliminary to the 
new machinery being set in motion. In the interim, one thing 
we would intreat our brethren not to lose sight of, and that is, 
the one thing needful . The wheels of the machine cannot turn 
without oil The Committee — on whom prompt payment for the 
Charter, amounting to £700, has necessarily fallen— have, in 
advances of £100 and £200, done their duty in the most hand- 
some manner, relying upon us doing ours. We will not — cannot 
. — must not disappoint them. Altogether— inclusive of every ex- 
pense £1000 is wanted, and one thousand pounds must be raised. 
Let us, then, vie with one another, who, in so glorious a cause, 
shall contribute first and most ! Correct Lists of the Donors shall 
be published in The Veterinarian. 
Editors. 
