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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
and Milk Inspector in the City of Oakland, as we believe that 
such action on the part of the Health Authorities would work a 
hardship on the people of the City of Oakland and at the same 
time be a detriment to the interests of the veterinary profession 
throughout the State of California, and be it further 
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded by 
the Secretary to the Oakland Board of Health and that a copy 
be spread upon the minutes. Signed, 
C. B. Orvis, President. 
R. A. Archibald, Secretary. 
Upon motion the President, Dr. C. B. Orvis was authorized 
to represent the association at the next meeting of the Sanitary 
Convention to be held in San Francisco in April. 
The Secretary moved that when this meeting adjourns it 
adjourns to meet in Stockton on Wednesday, June I2th, 1895. 
Upon motion the association took a recess until 8 P. M. 
EVENING SESSION. 
The association reconvened at 8 P. M., President Orvis in 
the chair. 
Under the head of Reading of Papers and Discussions, the 
president, Dr. C. B. Orvis, delivered his inaugural address, in 
which he thanked the members for the great honor they had 
conferred upon him, he reviewed the progress of the profession 
in this State in the past nine years, also the efforts of the pro¬ 
fession to obtain suitable legislation. He dwelt considerably 
on the prevalence of glanders, tuberculosis and other contagious 
and infectious animal diseases, and he deplored the lack of 
proper laws for the control of same. The address was listened 
to with much interest by the members present and the applause 
that followed its reading showed the manner in which it was 
appreciated. 
The next business on the programme was the reading of a 
very interesting and instructive paper by Dr. H. A. Spencer, 
entitled “Antiseptic Surgery.” As usual the Doctor submitted' 
