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delegated examiner shall break the seal in the presence of the 
faculty and conduct the examination according to form to be 
adopted by the Association of Faculties. 
The papers of all candidates are upon completion of the 
examination independently sealed, registered and transported 
to the Association of Faculties and are examined by them. 
This body shall then notify the several colleges of the success¬ 
ful candidates, and they shall then receive the degree, and 
immediately thereafter a certificate to practice their profession 
in the United States. 
This method will encourage a close study of the science, 
promote the selection of faculties of high order and give uni¬ 
formity to the qualifications and law of practice. It will be 
much cheaper for the student, as he is not compelled to travel 
great distances after graduation to be examined by a State 
board. No partiality can be exhibited, and the student is 
insured an honest and just examination.. 
I would beg most earnestly the Association of Faculties of 
Veterinary Colleges of North America to consider these sugges¬ 
tions. Charles M. Emmons, M.D., Ph.D., 
Professor of Mental Diseases , Howard University , Medical Department; Professor of 
Physiology and Histology , United States College Veterinary Surgeons . 
MASSACHUSETTS CATTLE COMMISSION. 
Board of Cattle Commissioners, 
52 Village St., Boston, Aug. 8, 1896. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—I note in the last Review an editorial on the 
Massachusetts Cattle Commission. I thought you would be inter¬ 
ested to know that the first appropriation was $35,000, 1894; 
the second, $150,000, 1895; and this year, $300,000, $50,000 
more than was asked for in the annual estimates submitted to 
the auditor. 
We have now on file five times as many applications for 
herd tests as we could attend to with double our funds. 
Yours sincerely, 
A. J. Sheldon. 
Iowa Raws Against Hog Carcasses. —Iowa, now has a 
State law which prohibits the buying, selling or giving away, or 
hauling over any public highway, any diseased swine, or swine 
that have died or been slaughtered on account of any disease. 
The law provides that such carcasses shall be burned or properly 
buried. 
