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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular meeting of the Massachusetts Veterinary j 
Association was held at 19 Boylston Place, Boston, Wed- 
nesday evening, March 23rd. President L. H. Howard in the 
chair. 
Members present: Drs. Bryden, Blackwood, Becket, Burr, 
Haddock, Harrington, Howard, Lee, Marshall, Osgood, ; 
Skally, Winchester, Parker and the Secretary. Honorary j 
member, Dr. Stickney. Visitors, Dr. La Baw and Messis. j 
Fowle, Murch and Maloney, senior students at the Harvard j 
Veterinary School. 
Records of the last meeting read and accepted. 
The Executive Committee reported favorably upon the 
credentials of Dr. W. L. La Baw, presented at this meeting. ; 
The committee appointed to report upon arrangements 
for the United States Veterinary Medical Association, in ; 
Boston, next September, gave an account of what each mem- 
ber of the committee present had done. The Chair then 
stated that a Committee of Arrangements from tne T inted 
States Veterinary Medical Association had been appointed 
by President Huidekoper, with full powers to act; but it 
would be glad to receive any assistance or suggestions from i 
members of the Massachusetts Veterinary Association s com- j 
mittee, or from individual members of the Association. Quite 
a discussion then ensued upon the best place to hold the 
meeting, the entertainment our Association would offer the 
national body, and the best means of raising funds therefor. 
Dr. Lee, as treasurer of a corporation, asked for advice 
from the Association as to the proper means for the Boston 
Veterinary Hospital to pursue in regulating its chaiges. 
Competing with the Veterinary Department of Harvaid Lni- ! 
versity, it is found necessary in some instances to cut rates; 
that is, subscribers paying $10 a year to the Harvard ^ eter- 
inary Hospital are entitled to have horses under treatment 
kept at $1 a day ; the Boston Hospital charges $1.50 per day j 
for each.horse, but a number of the subscribers to Harvard! 
Veterinary Hospital who would patronize the new hospital 
