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ABSTRACT OF THE CHARTER. 
own hands and complains that, the present charter exercises 
“ uncontrolled power over the said schools and that the “ peti- 
tioners are in no way represented in the said body politic and cor- 
porate, and that the said charter, and the bye-laws made in pursu- 
ance thereof, contain clauses and rules which our petitioners con- 
sider detrimental to the interests of the said colleges and to the 
advancement of the veterinary art and further prays, that a 
charter of incorporation be granted to the certificated members of 
the said schools, under “ the name and title of the Royal Veterinary 
College of London and Edinburgh;” and ° that the veterinary art 
might henceforth be recognized by law as a profession.” 
Clause 5, recapitulates the former in the usual recitative phrase- 
ology of the law, and may be looked on as the first clause in the 
body of the proposed charter. 
Clause 6, proposes the appointment of a council, and regulations 
regarding general meetings ; but goes on to add, “ that the profes- 
sors, being veterinary surgeons, to be appointed by the two bodies 
petitioning respectively,” and “ such other veterinary colleges as 
may be appointed and recognized by sign-manual, and to be ap- 
proved by the veterinary board afterwards mentioned, shall be, by 
virtue of their respective offices, members of the said council , so 
long as they hold their said offices, but no longer; and that the 
council shall consist of thirty members, and that there shall be one 
president, two vice-presidents, and one secretary, elected by the 
said council out of their own body ; and the members of the council, 
with the exception of the said ex-officio members, and of the first 
president, who is appointed by these presents, shall be severally 
elected and appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned.” 
Clause 7, appoints Professor William Sewell as the first pre- 
sident. 
Clause 8, directs, that the council shall be elected from the body 
politic and corporate. 
Clause 9, directs, that the first general meeting shall be held at 
the Royal Veterinary College, or elsewhere in the county of Mid- 
dlesex ; and that the first president, or, in case of his death, the 
petitioners, shall fix the day and hour for holding the same. 
Clause 10, directing the calling of the general meetings, is a re- 
script of the present charter, except that the general meeting be 
held in June instead of May. 
Clause 11, directs the election of members of council, exclusive 
of the ex-officio members, to take place at the annual general 
meeting. 
Clause 12, directs, that the president, vice-presidents, six mem- 
bers of council, and the secretary, go out of office on the day of the 
annual general meeting. 
