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he shall be informed thereof, and unless he pays the same at the next ensuing 1 
meeting of the Association, lie shall be considered as expelled. 
30. A Member expelled for non-payment of fines shall not be eligible for 
re-admission until such fines are paid, and then he can be admitted only by 
ballot. 
31. All Members shall be considered as belonging to the Association, and 
subject to fines until their resignation is sent by letter to the Secretary, who 
shall immediately acknowledge the receipt of such letter, or unless they have 
otherwise forfeited their claims, agreeably to the laws. 
32. The certificate of the Association shall be granted, as a matter of 
course, to practitioners on their becoming members ; but to such students 
only as have been regular in their attendance, who have conformed to the 
rules of the Association, whose conduct at its meetings has been consistent 
and proper, and who have obtained their diplomas from the Board of Ex- 
aminers. 
33. The granting of the certificate shall be proposed in writing by two 
Members, and the awarding of it take place either prior or subsequent to 
the business of the evening. 
FELLOWS. 
34. Fellows of the Association are those who have introduced and de- 
fended an Essay, and who are in possession of the certificate of the Asso- 
ciation in which the same is notified. In virtue thereof, they shall be exempt 
from fines for non-attendance ; they shall be free to attend all meetings of the 
Association, and have a vote in the ballot and voice in its general affairs. 
While attending, they shall be subject to the same fines as ordinary Mem- 
bers. 
35. They shall be allowed the use of the books of the library, under the 
same restrictions as Members. 
36. Any communication they may be pleased to make in or connected 
with veterinary science will be gladly received by the Association, which 
will, in return, debate on any disputed point on which they may wish to have 
its opinion ; and which opinion shall be transmitted to them by the Secretary. 
HONORARY FELLOWS. 
37- To those Members who have presented valuable Essays for discussion, 
and ably defended the same ; or who have communicated useful informa- 
tion during the debates, or in any other way rendered themselves worthy, 
shall be awarded the “ Thanks of the Association,” the possession of which 
shall confer on the receiver the distinction of Honorary Fellow*. 
HONORARY ASSOCIATES. 
38. Veterinary surgeons or others, who are or who are not members of 
the Association, and whether Foreigners or British subjects, who have ren- 
dered themselves eminent by their writings or professional skill in or con- 
nected with veterinary science, shall be eligible to become Honorary 
Associates. 
39. They shall be recommended in the same form as Members, and elected 
by a ballot of the Members ; the same number of black balls excluding 
them. 
* The Council, at the close of the present Session, will have to take into consideration 
the propriety of instituting other rewards of merit. 
