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of false registration, and the Board having given him an optional 
time to leave the State, at his request, his failure to comply with 
this agreement in the time limit given, compels the Board to 
enter suit at once. These facts having been placed ip the 
President’s hands, he has arranged to bring suit at once in the 
name of the Board. 
Another case has come to the attention of the Board, but 
with insufficient data to act upon. The one charging the viola¬ 
tion is a layman and seems more eager to punish the supposed 
violator than to see a proper enforcement and recognition of the 
requirements of the act. It is under further investigation at 
present and will be acted.upon as indicated by the exact nature 
and surroundings of the case. 
The third meeting of the Board will be held in Philadelphia, 
on the third Tuesday in April, the hour and place to be desig¬ 
nated at a later date. Already a number of applicants are wait¬ 
ing and there will probably be in the neighborhood of twenty 
to come up for examination. 
The Board already realizes the incomplete character of the 
act in failing to properly provide for the necessary funds to 
carry properly into execution the several provisions of the act. 
As all the expenses are to come out of the fund realized by the 
license fees, which are fixed at ten dollars each, and as these for 
a number of years must be necessarily very limited, the expenses 
of the Board, considerable for traveling, stationery, books of reg¬ 
istry, etc., and all prosecutions of violations of the act to be car¬ 
ried on by the Board, we are somewhat alarmed at the prospect 
of much litigation which will demand a considerable outlay of 
money. The license fee should not have been changed from 
twenty-five dollars to ten dollars, particularly when this act will 
afford the greatest protection and benefit to those who are suc¬ 
cessful in passing the Board and receive its license to practice 
within our borders. The freeing of the registries of several 
counties of our State from those names of persons who are dead, 
or who have removed from the State, or in other ways violated 
provisions of the Act of 1889, is a work that cannot too soon be 
engaged in by our Association, in co-operation with the Board, 
and I trust will receive consideration at your hands to-day. 
Very respectfully, 
W. Horace Hoskins. 
Sec. Board Veterinary Examiners. 
