306 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The President announced the resignation by Mr. Mayer of 
his office, as a member of the Board of Examiners. 
On the motion of Professor Spooner, seconded by Mr, 
Robinson , Mr. Mayer’s resignation was accepted. 
Mr, Wilkinson asked if it would be legal for any gentleman 
not a member of the examining board to assist at the exami- 
nations, adding that it would be very desirable to have the 
assistance of the Chairman. 
The President said there was a law which prevented all 
persons except Examiners from interfering. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
SPECIAL MEETING OE COUNCIL, April 16, 1856. 
Present : — The President, Messrs. Braby, Cheeseman, 
Cherry, Dickens, Ernes, Jones, Legrew, Robinson, Sil- 
vester, Stockley, Wilkinson, Withers ; Professors Spooner, 
Simonds, Morton, and Varnell, and the Secretary. 
W. Field, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
The Annual Report, or abstract of proceedings of the 
Council, and the balance-sheet having been read, a slight 
alteration in the former was, on the suggestion of Professor 
Spooner, made, and on the question being put from the chair, 
it was declared to be received and adopted. 
The next business was the election of a member of the 
Board of Examiners in the place of Mr. Walton Mayer 
resigned ; when Mr. Henry Lepper, of Aylesbury, was 
proposed by Professor Spooner, and Mr. Pritchard, of 
Wolverhampton, by Mr. Cherry, and on the ballot being 
taken, Mr. Lepper was declared duly elected. 
A ballot was then taken for filling the vacancies in the 
portion of the Board acting for Scotland, when the gen- 
tlemen proposed at the last meeting, viz., Professor Miller, 
Drs. Dunsmuir and Moir, and Mr. Wishart, with the addi- 
tion of Mr. Cockburn, were declared elected, and the Board 
of Examiners to be complete. 
It was decided, on the motion of Mr. Ernes, seconded 
by Mr. Cherry, that a list of members of the Council be 
printed, marking those retiring by rotation, with a notice 
that all candidates must be proposed before being balloted 
for. 
