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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The next in order was the secretary’s report: 
The secretary would first call your attentiun to the fact that the expenditures tor 
this session ($22.35) are considerably larger than common, owing to the fact that at 
our last annual session you instructed us to purchase a new cash book and ledger, (the 
same is before you, open for your inspection); and at the last semi-annual session 
you instructed us to purchase stationery for both the president and secretary. This 
has been done. In transferring the accounts from the old to the new books, the fol¬ 
lowing facts came to light, viz. : 
That on July 24, 1883, twenty-five veterinary surgeons met in Columbus, O., and 
'organized the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association. 
From the date of organization, up to and including to-day, there have been re¬ 
ceived into membership a total of seventy-six (76), of which Ontario Veterinary 
College furnished fifty-one (51); American Veterinary College, two (2); Montreal 
Veterinary College, one (1); Royal College of Holland, two (2); Royal College of 
Vienna, one (1); and non-graduates twelve (12). 
With the usual ups and downs of all associations, we now have a member¬ 
ship roll of thirty-four (34), composed of Ontario graduates, twenty-three (23); Ameri¬ 
can college graduates, six (6); Chicago graduates, two (2); Montreal graduate, one 
(1); Vienna, one (1); non-graduate, one (1). 
Wm. H. Gribble, Sec. 
The chair appointed Drs. T. B. Cotton, W. R. Howe and H. 
M. Ball a committee on veterinary education, and Drs. T. B. 
Hillock, W. F. Derr and J. C. Meyers, Sr., as a committee on 
contagious diseases. 
Next business was the selection of a place of meeting for 
semi-annual session Dr. Neil Jones in a brief speech asked the 
association to select Chillicothe, which was seconded by Dr. 
Butler ; Dr. Hillock named Cincinnati, and Dr. Wight seconded 
this latter. No other cities were named, but this number neces¬ 
sitated a ballot, which resulted in Chillicothe receiving seven 
votes, and Cincinnati six, with other ballots blank. The chair 
declared Chillicothe to be the place for our next meeting, and 
instructed the secretary and Dr. Neil Jones to name the date 
and notify all members. 
The secretary read an official invitation from the officials of 
the Ohio State University inviting us to visit that institution in 
a body, free conveyance being provided. 
Dr. Gribble exhibited (in alcohol) a part of the small intes¬ 
tines of a chicken, which had upon and in it quite a number of 
