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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The mortality in cattle from anthrax has been very materially reduced by the use of 
anthrax vaccine, although we have very little use for that agent in our large cities, espe¬ 
cially in New York. 
The State inspection for the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis has been 
stopped, due to the lack of money. A bill presented during the last legislation asking for 
$300,000 for this purpose, failed to pass. For the same reason, the appraisers, who were 
appointed to appraise and condemn glandered horses were dismissed, and at present no 
remuneration is given for glandered horses. 
Discussion followed Dr. O’Shea’s report, in which a motion 
prevailed to draft a resolution under the seal of this Society to 
be presented to local boards of health, petitioning them to em¬ 
ploy qualified veterinarians 011 the boards, which was at follows : 
The New York State Veterinary Medical Society in annual convention in the City of 
Buffalo, September 4 and 5, 1896, do represent as follows : 
Whereas, the various positions of meat and milk inspectors of the State of New York 
are now being filled by men who are totally unqualified by education to fill the same ; 
and 
Whereas, the public interests in these respects are suffering in consequence of such 
conditions ; therefore be it 
Resolved , That this Society hereby respectfully petitions the said authorities to place in 
control of these important services none but graduates of recognized veterinary colleges. 
Dr. Wilson Huff, County Secretary for Oneida County, ren¬ 
dered an oral report giving details of the sanitary requirements 
imposed by the Board of Health of the city of Rome on all 
dairymen who deliver milk in that city. The requirements are 
quite exacting. Dr. Huff is the sanitary inspector of dairies for 
the city. His work is securing the inhabitants of Rome pure, 
wholesome milk. 
Oral reports were made of several other counties. They 
were consensual in the main that if the consumers of flesh and 
dairy products were properly protected against disease through 
the medium of these foods, it must of necessity be at the hands 
of the veterinarian. 
A motion prevailed, signed by Drs. O’Shea and Baker, to 
amend the By-Laws, Article VIII, Chapter I, relative to annual 
dues, to read as follows : “The dues shall be $3.00 per annum, 
payable in advance.” It was ordered spread upon the minutes 
to take its regular course at the next annual meeting. 
Also a motion prevailed, signed by H. Sutterby and W. L. 
Baker, to amend Article VIII, Chapter I, of the By-Laws, to read 
as follows : 
“The application of a candidate shall be accompanied by the initiation fee of five 
dollars and the first annual dues of two dollars, and if elected the money so received shall 
be appropriated to the use of the Society. The elect after signing the By-Laws and Con¬ 
stitution, and upon the presentation of the Secretary-Treasurer’s receipt for the amount 
named, shall be presented by the Secretary with a copy of the By-Laws and certificate of 
membership. If the candidate be rejected, the money so received shall be returned to 
him.” 
