VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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elevation of the standing of professional education and the 
association of members of the veterinary profession for mu¬ 
tual recognition, advancement and fellowship.” 
The incorporators were to be nine in number and must have 
received the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine and 
surgery from any medical school or college. 
The articles of incorporation were required to state the 
objects of the society and it could have a legal existence for 
thirty years. 
The requirements for membership were that the applicant 
must have sustained a reputable practice in Michigan or 
elsewhere as veterinarian for two years, with at least one 
year’s study in the office of a reputable veterinarian or one 
collegiate year in a reputable veterinary college. 
The terms of admission must also conform to the law of 
the State, if any should be enacted, regulating the practice of 
veterinary medicine and surgery. 
The societies were allowed to hold property by gift and 
otherwise to the amount of $10,000. 
In Missouri the duties of veterinary protection were 
transferred from the State Agricultural College to the State 
Board of Agriculture, and the salary of the veterinary sur¬ 
geon was fixed at $2,500. The deputy veterinary surgeon 
was to receive $7 a day. 
In North Dakota the office of State Veterinarian was 
created and his duties carefully detailed. He was directed 
to investigate all cases of contagious disease and to make 
visits of inspection to all localities where he was informed or 
had reason to believe contagious diseases existed. He was 
authorized to seize and inspect all animals temporarily un¬ 
loaded, when the owner did not produce a certificate of 
health from the State veterinarian or examiner in another 
state. 
All pens, cars, etc., are required to be kept in good sani¬ 
tary condition and were to be fumigated and disinfected if 
necessary. 
In the case of all animals coming into the State he was 
directed to demand an affidavit that they had not been ex¬ 
posed to any contagious disease for ninety days. 
