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advance reports of their work in the medical or scientific journals 
of this country. It is further provided that the sum of five hun- 
dered and fifty thousand ($550,000) be hereby appropriated, from 
funds in the treasury of the United States, for the purpose of pur¬ 
chasing the necessary land in the city of Washington, and for 
grading und fencing the same, and for the erection of the neces¬ 
sary buildings thereon, and the equipment of the same, in accord¬ 
ance with the uses herein provided for, to wit: 
For the purchase, grading and fencing the land, one hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). To a laboratory building, 
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). 
The necessary apparatus and equipment of the same, one 
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). For stables, pens, cages, 
etc., and residences for grooms and servants, one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars ($100,000). 
It is further provided that the Secretary of the Treasury of 
the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Surgeon 
General of the marine hospital service shall constitute the board 
of trustees and building and purchasing committee of the patho- 
biological laboratory of the United States, and that the persons 
named are hereby empowered to purchase a location, secure the 
necessary plans and build and equip the said institution in the 
manner herein provided for, and to draw the necessary warrants 
for the payment of the same in accordance with the letter of this 
act. 
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CASTRATION NOT VETERINARY SURGERY. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
An action was taken at the meeting of this society held last 
evening relative to a notice in the last issue of the Eeview. This 
notice stated a case of prosecution in New York State of an un¬ 
registered practitioner who was sued for castrating a horse, and 
that the ruling of the judge was that castration was not veterinary 
surgery. 
A motion was carried to the effect that it be the opinion of 
