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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
Nesbitt, Edward James.Poughkeepsie. N. Y. 
Odell, Edgar...New York City. 
Palmer, Lewis Irving.West Bloomfield, N. Y. 
Phyfe, Walter Hutson.!.Delhi, N. Y. 
Smith, William Erwin.Sedalia, Mo. 
Stout, Edgar Newton.Greensburg, Ind. 
Thomas, Reginald.Decorah, Iowa. 
Turner, La Forest Everette.Rockville Center, L. I. 
Van Siclen, Abraham Ditmars.Jamacia, L. I. 
The prizes were delivered by Professor Doremus to the 
successful contestants, as follows : 
Edward James Nesbitt, D.V.S., received the first prize, 
that of the Board of Trustees for the best general examination. 
Reginald Thomas, D.V.S., secured the Alumni prize for 
the second best general examination. 
Frank Harvey, D.V.S., obtained the Faculty prize for the 
best practical examination. 
Walter Hutson Phyfe, D.V.S., was adjudged the Col¬ 
lege Medical Association prize for the best paper presented 
and discussed at a meeting of the Association. 
For the first time since the organization of the college there 
was no competition for the Anatomical prize. 
Mr. Orminston received the Silver Medal for the best ex¬ 
amination in anatomy in the junior class. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT to Establish a State Board of Examiners 
and to Regulate the Practice of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery Throughout the State of New 
York. 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate and 
Assembly, do enact as follows : 
Section i. Within sixty days after the passage of this act, 
the Governor of the State shall appoint seven veterinarians, 
each of whom shall hold a certificate of graduation from an 
incorporated veterinary college or university, to be selected 
from a number not exceeding fourteen (14) as follows: 
