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THE VETERINARIAN, JUNE 1, 1847. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
The impulse of the moment had all but driven us to exclaim, 
“ We wish we had not attended the last General Meeting!” — • 
and even had we, rashly, as some may think, so delivered our- 
selves, we should have found excuse for the expression of such a 
feeling in the breasts of those who were present at it. No doubt 
it was our duty to be there ; and yet, as it turned out, for any 
good that was done, or any business transacted, save the reading 
of the Report and the Election of six Members of Council in the 
room of the six going out, we might as well have staid away. 
And still, four hours and more were consumed by the meeting : 
and in what 1 In quibble, cavil, declamation, vociferation, vitu- 
peration! In fine, the Third Annual General Meeting 
must, we are afraid — and with sorrow we declare it — be recorded 
as any thing but creditable to the Veterinary Profession. 
Scarcely had the President announced that sufficient “law” 
beyond the appointed hour had been given for late arrivals, and 
that, therefore, the business ought to commence, when, lo and 
behold ! in limine , an “objection” was raised to the reading of the 
Report, on the score of “illegality;” it being contended that no 
business could be transacted at that meeting save what had been 
duly advertised in the public papers. The clause referring 
thereto in the Charter, on which this objection was founded, stands 
thus : — “ And in each advertisement the object of such general 
meeting, and the day, hour, and place of meeting, shall be specified." 
Now, the “object” of the meeting was specified in the advertise- 
ments — viz., the election of six members of Council. It is true, 
nothing was mentioned about the Report ; nor, in our opinion, 
needed it to be mentioned, its reading not being a specific object of 
the meeting, but, simply, other business that might or might not 
