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thereto. Copies of these are laid on the table, as also the Bill, as 
proposed to be amended. 
A List of those Members of the body corporate to whom it 
would be desirable to apply to aid in the attainment of the 
object, has been also drawn up. 
In the present aspect of political affairs, however, it appears 
to the Committee desirable to pause for a short time before 
more active measures are pursued. 
Arthur Cherry, 
Secretary to the Committee. 
Sir,— The application during the last Session of Parliament for a Bill of 
Exemptions having failed from unforeseen obstacles, the Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons have re-appointed the former Committee, to take 
further measures for the attainment of so desirable an object. 
By the direction of this Committee I have the honour to solicit your cordial 
co-operation, in the first place, by the obtainment of Petitions in favour of the 
Bill; and, secondly, by the exertion of such personal influence as you can com¬ 
mand, either with Peers or Members of Parliament, in order to ensure their 
support. 
I annex a form of Petition for each of the Houses of Parliament, which the 
Committee are desirous you should cause to be legibly written, and as many 
Signatures obtained to it as possible, taking care that all the Signatures are 
written on the same sheet of paper as the Petition, and on one side only. 
The Committee are desirous that, when circumstances permit, the phraseology 
of the Petition should be altered, without, however, deviating from the general 
form and prayer. 
It is requisite that you place the Petitions for Presentation in the hands of 
those who will support its prayer, and that you also inform the Committee of the 
number of Signatures you have been able to obtain to each Petition. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, your’s very obediently, 
31, Gresse Street, Rathbone Place, Arthur Cherry, 
London, January 1852. Secretary to Committee. 
To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , in Parliament 
assembled. 
THE HUMBLE PETITION of the undersigned In¬ 
habitants residing at and its neighbourhood, 
in the County (or Counties) of 
Sheweth, 
That your Petitioners, being Proprietors of Horses, Cattle, and other 
domesticated Animals, have to avail themselves of the professional services 
of Veterinary Surgeons when such Animals are suffering from disease or 
accident. 
That your Petitioners sustain heavy losses from the present state of the 
law as affecting Veterinary Surgeons. 
That diseases of an epizootic nature are often very prevalent among 
Animals, frequently without shewing premonitory symptoms, and it not un- 
frequently happens, when your Petitioners’ Horses, Cattle, or Sheep are thus 
suddenly attacked, that the Veterinary Surgeon cannot give his immediate 
personal attendance, having been summoned to a distance to serve on Juries, 
at the Assizes or Quarter Sessions, or engaged in discharging the duties of 
Parochial, or other offices. 
Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Honourable House 
will pass such a Law as will relieve Veterinary Surgeons from 
their present liability to such duties, 
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. 
