300 LAWS OF THE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Its meetings for discussion will commence on the first Wednes¬ 
day in October, but, in the interim, the members will assemble at 
eight o’clock in the evening on each alternate Wednesday, to re¬ 
ceive propositions, and to prepare for the opening of their regular 
session. 
Letters and propositions may be addressed (post paid) to the 
Secretary pro temp, at the Veterinary Theatre, Nassau Street, 
Middlesex Hospital. 
Laws and Regulations of the Veterinary Medical Society^ con¬ 
firmed at their second General Meeting, at Mr. Youatt’s 
Veterinary Theatre, in Nassau Street, on Wednesday, July 2d, 
1828: — 
1 . The object of the Society shall be the advancement and 
diffusion of Veterinary Knowledge, by the discussion of subjects 
connected with Veterinary Practice. 
2. All persons engaged in the study or practice of Veterinary 
Medicine are eligible to be ordinary members. 
3. Candidates for admission as ordinary members shall be re¬ 
commended by Letter, signed by three members, and in the fol¬ 
lowing form:— 
(date) 
We, the undersigned, do, from our personal knowledge, 
recommend Mr. 
residing at as an ordinary 
q/‘V eterinary Medical Society. 
4. This letter, being presented at any regular meeting, shall be 
publicly read by the Secretary, and notice shall be given by the 
Chairman that the ballot will take place on the second subse¬ 
quent meeting; and in the intermediate time the name of the 
Candidate shall be suspended in the place of meeting. 
5. Two black balls shall exclude, if the number of members 
present be less than twenty. Three black balls shall at all times 
exclude. 
6. The Member thus elected shall receive due notice of his ad¬ 
mission from the Secretary, and on the third night of meeting, at 
the latest, after his election, shall attend, and pay to the Secretaiy 
the admission fee of One Guinea. 
7. If he neglect to attend and pay his fee within the time spe¬ 
cified, the election shall be declared void, unless an excuse, in 
writing, satisfactory to the Committee, be previously received ; or 
unless he reside more than five miles from tlie place of meeting, 
when his personal attendance shall be dispensed with. 
8. A candidate once rejected shall not be proposed again until 
the next session. 
