SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
503 
The Secretary then read the minutes of the session of i8qs 
at Des Moines, which were approved. 
The: following names were reported favorably upon by the 
Executive Committee and were enrolled as members: Tames 
Caw, M.R.C.V.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. • W. C. 
Rayen, DtV.S., Nashville, Tenn. ; Chas. Higgins, D.V.S., Dover 
Mass^; E. P Shaffter, V.S., Kansas City, Mo. ; H. Wellner 
D.V S., Providence, R. I. ; F. H. Miller, V.S., Burlington, Vt. ; 
W- H ° pkm A’ , D - V ' S -> Ka » s as City, Mo. ; A. S. Wheeler, 
' ' A. e Y Orleans, La.; W. H. Ridge, V.M.D., Trevoose, 
Pa. ; W. H. Kelly, V.S., Albany, N. Y. ; S. J. Thompson, V.S., 
Winnipeg, Manitoba ; W. H. Hinman, V.S., Winnipeg, Manito- 
J' ^ Cotton > V.S., Mount Vernon, Ohio; S. B. Staples, 
D VS. Baton Rouge, La. ; E. H. Shepard, V.S., Cleveland, 
Ohio ; F. A. Zucker, D.V.S., Elizabeth, N. J. ; T. P. O’Leary 
M.D V., East Buffalo, N. Y. ; W. H. Gribble, D.V.S., Washing- 
t?! 1 S' ’ K- M. Manley, V.S., Miamisburg, Ohio ; H. S 
Wende, V.S., Tonawanda, N. Y. ; W. E. Wight, V.S., Delaware, 
Ohio; E. L. Quitman, M.D.C., Chicago, Ill. 
The report of the Committee on Army Legislation (Dr. J. P. 
Turner,_ chairman) was read by the Secretary, and it was very 
interesting, showing the difficulties with which it had met; how 
it had been recommended by the committee on army affairs of 
the House of Representatives, had met the approval of the high¬ 
est army officials, had been disapproved by certain other army 
aut lorities, and finally approved by the legislative committee 
over their objections, an action seldom taken by that body. 
Speaking upon the report, Dr. John R. Hart, a member of the 
association’s committee, stated that the bill was now in good 
shape to pass, and he would almost guarantee that it wonlcf be¬ 
come a law at the next session of Congress. He asked for a 
small appropriation from the association to defray necessary ex¬ 
penses, and remarked that the committee’s work for next win- 
ter should not be hampered, even if he had to pay the bills out 
of his own pocket. The association deferred making the appro¬ 
priation until after the Treasurer made his report. The com¬ 
mittee has worked very hard, and is entitled to the thanks of the 
profession at large. 
. Chairman Williams, of the Committee on Publication, sub¬ 
mitted his report, showing that the funds of the association had 
been m such a deplorable condition that the printing of the pro¬ 
ceedings of the last two sessions in book form had been found to 
be impracticable, although it had been pledged to the members 
