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EDITORIAL. 
But this state of things could not become permanent, and the 
Honorable John B. Shea is entitled to the acknowledgments of 
the veterinarian fraternity for his efficient services in readjusting 
the disorder into which the matter had fallen. To this gentle¬ 
man, and to the last Assembly in Albany, of which he was an 
honored member, the veterinary profession of the whole country* 
owes much for accomplishing the perfecting of the amendment to 
the essentially worthless legislation of 1886. 
Mr. Shea has by this step fully demonstrated his appreciation 
of the value of the services rendered by the veterinary profession 
to the country; of the requirements needed by its qualified mem¬ 
bers, and of the services which educated veterinarians are capable 
of rendering to the State, and his name must hereafter be closely 
associated with the elevation of the veterinary profession in the 
Empire State. 
We print on another page the second section of the law of 
1886, together with the amendment, as published. The duties 
which these enactments impose upon the profession of the State 
at large, and upon all veterinarians now registered, will be readily 
appreciated, and will also, we hope, be well remembered and 
promptly performed. 
We urge our brethren to watch carefully lest the good we 
seem to have obtained be snatched from our hands. It is a mat¬ 
ter of too much moment to be forgotten or set aside for smaller 
interests. It makes the qualified veterinarian the custodian of his 
own interests and honor. Let him not be unfaithful to himself. 
The following presents Section 2 of the Law of 1886, and 
the amendment passed in 1888 : 
[Copy of Sec. 2 of the Law of 1886, regulating the practice of veterinary 
medicine.] 
Seo. 2. No person shall be entitled to register as such practitioner unless he 
be a graduate of a legally chartered or incorporated college or university or shall 
hold a certificate of qualification from a legally incorporated veterinary society, 
except as provided for in Section 3 of this Act. 
The amendment and the good law: 
CHAPTER 431. * 
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN OF THE LAWS OF 
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, ENTITLED “An ACT TO REGULATE THE 
