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RECEPTION OE THE CHARTER. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MAY 1, 1844. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
A MEETING of the body politic and corporate of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons was held by advertisement, and 
in accordance with the provisions of the Charter, on Friday the 
12th day of April, 1844, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great 
Queen-street. 
The President, Mr. Tho. Turner, of Croydon, on taking the 
chair, opened the business with an appropriate address, in which 
he took occasion to congratulate the members present on the im- 
portant object that had been obtained, and which, he had no doubt, 
would materially accelerate the onward progress of veterinary 
science. He remarked, that those who had been employed in 
drawing up the Charter had done what they could to meet the 
wishes and the wants of the profession, and he trusted that the 
constitution of the Charter would meet with their approbation. 
He then directed the attention of the meeting to the object for 
which they were met — that of receiving the Charter, and electing 
twenty-four members of the body politic and corporate to form 
the council ; and he concluded by calling upon the Solicitor to read 
the Charter. After which, Professor Dick, of Edinburgh, rose, and 
protested that, as several clauses had been introduced and others 
omitted in the Charter without his knowledge or consent, he 
should not be held as homologating the Charter by any part he 
might take in the business of the incorporation at its meetings on 
that occasion. 
Some discussion then took place with regard to the mode of 
taking the ballot. 
It was moved by Mr. Godwin, of Birmingham, and seconded by 
Mr. Pritchard, of Wolverhampton, 
“ That each gentleman should be proposed by a member of the 
body politic and corporate, and that a ballot by paper or 
ball should take place, whether he were a member of the 
council or not.” 
