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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Dr. Macham, a member of the Board of Censors, offered his resignation, 
which was accepted. 
Dr. W. E. Cuff tendered his resignation as Secretary of this Society, which 
was accepted. 
Dr. Pendry having left the Chair and calling Dr. R. Ogle to it, moved that 
we now proceed to the election of officers ; the motion not being seconded, it was 
not carried. 
Dr. T. Birdsall moved that the Secretary be instructed to notify all members 
of this Society to attend the next regular monthly meeting, to be held at Cooper 
Union and at which an election of officers will take place; which was duly sec¬ 
onded and carried. 
Dr. E. Charum moved that tlie Society request the resignation of the Pres¬ 
ident, for the good of the Society, which was duly seconded and carried. 
In answer to the above motion, Dr. Pendry said if he was allowed to with¬ 
draw certain charges he had made, and which are to be investigated, he would re¬ 
sign, not alone as President, but also as a member of this Society, to which Drs. 
Birdsall and Charum strongly objected. 
Adjourned. W. E. Cuff, D.V.S., Secretary. 
NEBRASKA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Pursuant to a call issued some time since, a meeting was held at the Paxton 
Hotel for the purpose of forming an organization of the veterinary surgeons of 
Nebraska. 
The following gentlemen were present: Drs. L. H. Simpkins, Kearney; 
S. M. Osborn, Fremont; C. Brittell, St. Edwards; M. A. Bailey, Albion; A. W. 
Carmichael, DeWitt; W. S. Bray ton, Beatrice; G. R. Young, Richard Ebbitt, 
H. L. Ramacciotti, Omaha; J. Gerth, Jr., Lincoln. 
The meeting was called to order by Dr. J. Gerth, Jr., who was made tem¬ 
porary chairman. In taking his seat Dr. Gerth stated that the object of the pro¬ 
posed Association was to promote a fraternal feeling among the members, elevate 
the standard of the profession by scientific discussion and intellectual intercourse, 
and that by organization it would bring the profession into notice and add to it 
more responsibility and give it more dignity and honor. He thought the profes¬ 
sion a very important one, and that organization was necessary to keep it from 
retrograding. 
Mr. G. R. Young, of Omaha, was elected temporary Secretary. 
After the adoption of a Constitution and By-Laws, the following officers 
were elected: President—State Veterinarian J. Gerth, Jr., Lincoln; Vice-Presi¬ 
dent—Dr. H. L. Ramacciotti, Omaha; Secretary—Dr. G. R. Young, Omaha; 
Treasurer—Dr. W. S. Brayton, Beatrice; Board of Censors, Drs. L. E. Simpkins, 
Kearney, C. Brittell, St. Edwards, and Richard Ebbitt, Omaha. 
The next meeting of the society, which by the Constitution is named the 
Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association, will be held at Lincoln on the second 
Thursday of June. Papers will be read at that meeting by Drs. W. S. Brayton 
and G. M. Osborn. 
