SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. Hoskins, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, 
then offered the following which were adopted: 
We, your committee, have had placed before us the Army Bill as at present 
pending before Congress, [Bill read.] We believe that this measure is a much 
needed one and we most heartily recommend that this Association indorse this meas¬ 
ure and urge upon its members the most earnest support to insure its passage. 
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God in His wise dispensation to remove 
from our midst our late member, Dr. W. U. Custer, be it 
Resolved , That while we bow humbly to His will, we feel keenly the loss that 
has fallen to our lot, for in our late member we had one devoted to his calling, an 
earnest member of this organization, and a man honored and respected by the whole 
community in which he resided ; and further be it 
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our 
Association, a copy sent to the family of the deceased, and to the several veterinary 
journals. 
Whereas, A number of diseases afflict the domestic animals of this State that 
have never received the careful scientific study that is necessary to discover their 
causes and the methods to be employed in preventing and treating them, and espe¬ 
cially so-called cerebro-spinal meningitis of horses, osteoporosis, abortion of cattle, 
the diseases of fowls, etc., etc. 
Whereas, Many of the questions involved in a study of these diseases can 
only be solved by co-operation between the practitioners who are brought in contact 
with them and an investigator who has superior facilities for research ; and, 
Whereas, It is of great importance to the public and the live stock industry 
of this State that the above mentioned and other diseases should be carefully studied, 
be it 
Resolved , That the State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby requested to di¬ 
rect the State Veterinarian to cooperate with veterinarians and others of this State 
who have had experience with these imperfectly understood diseases and arrange to 
conduct investigations with a view of discovering their causes and the means to be 
employed in preventing and curing them ; and be it further 
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the President of 
the Live Stock Sanitary Board. 
Whereas, At the last session of the State Legislature, said body created the 
Department of Agriculture, that the work falling in this line should be carried on 
more efficiently and effectively, and be it 
Resolved, That we heartily concur in the creation of this Department, because 
we believe much more valuable services can thus be rendered through well establish¬ 
ed departments, with heads where responsibility of the work may be better fixed, 
where there may be hearty co-operation of the several lines of work, now placed 
under the control of this department, and which are so closely allied, as to lose 
much of their value when under widely scattered Bureaus or Boards. 
Dr. Hart moved that our next place of meeting be at Read¬ 
ing at a time after the meeting of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association. Carried. 
Dr. Hart also moved that the Legislative Committee be in¬ 
structed to present to the next legislature an amendment pro¬ 
viding for an increase in the examination fee for veterinary 
surgeons from $10 to $20. Carried. 
The retiring President then introduced the President-elect, 
Dr. W. H. Ridge, and the latter on taking the chair thanked the 
members of the Association for the honor conferred. The other 
officers-elect were then severally introduced and accepted the 
new duties assigned to them. 
