THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXI, 
No. 243. 
MARCH 1848. 
Third Series, 
No. 3. 
ABSTRACT OF THE CHARTER 
APPLIED FOR BY THE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNORS OF THE 
ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE OF LONDON, AND THE 
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE HIGHLAND AND 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. 
The preamble sets forth, that the application is made on the part 
of the “ president and governors of the Royal Veterinary College 
of London, and the president and directors of the Highland and 
Agricultural Society of Scotland;” that “ the Royal Veterinary 
College of London and the Veterinary College of Edinburgh have 
been established for many years, and are the only schools for the 
education of students of the veterinary art and goes on to re- 
capitulate the principal parts of the preamble of the charter already 
granted to the veterinary profession. This is followed by a plea 
for exemptions : — “ That in consequence of practitioners of the 
veterinary art not participating in the privileges and exemptions 
which have been granted to the medical and other professions, much 
injury has arisen to themselves as well as loss to their employers 
and, therefore, they “ submit that considerable advantages would 
accrue to our subjects generally by enabling veterinary surgeons to 
possess privileges from which they have been hitherto excluded.’ 
The next clause sets forth that advantage would accrue from the 
connexion with the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland ; 
but how this is to arise is not pointed out. 
Clause 3, acknowledges the granting of a royal charter of incor- 
poration on the 8th day of March, in the seventh year of the reign 
of Her Most Gracious Majesty. 
Clause 4, sets forth, that, up to the time of the granting of the 
said charter, “ the management of their respective schools, from 
which such great benefits have accrued to the public, was in their 
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