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EDITORIAL. 
But, when the bill had received the signature of the Gov¬ 
ernor and became a law, the joy was changed to disappoint¬ 
ment. A little clause, unknown to those who had pushed 
the bill, had been introduced, where and how, no one knew ; 
but what was known was that the essential effect of the bill 
was almost entirely destroyed. 
< ^ some what similar curcumstance in its nature occurred 
this year—though not one of history repeating itself. There 
was no change in the bill, no introduction of a clause. The 
clause existed and was unfortunately overlooked. 
Dr. O Shea was given charge of a bill for the last legisla¬ 
ture to the effect of exempting veterinarians from jury duty. 
Without saying anything of the reasons advanced in favor 
of the bill and of the value of those reasons in some special 
circumstances, let us repeat what we have already said : Dr. 
O’Shea worked most faithfully for the bill, regardless of loss 
of time and of expenses; he at last succeeded, and what¬ 
ever the bill grants, or what we all supposed it granted, 
was due to him, and he deserves well of the profession. 
The law reads as follows, as taken from the statutes: 
CHAP. 332, LAWS OF 1S95. 
An Act to Amend Section Ten Hundred and Thirty of the Code of Civil 
Procedure. 
The People of the State of A T ew York represented in Senate and Assembly , do enact 
as follows : 
Section i. Subdivision four of section ten hundred and thirty* of the Code 
of Civil Procedure is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 
4- A practicing physician or surgeon having patients requiring his daily pro¬ 
fessional attention, a licensed pharmacist actually engaged in his profession as a 
means of livelihood, and a duly registered veterinary surgeon actually engaged in his 
profession as a means of livelihood. 
M. This act shall take effect September first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. 
But alas! as we have said, there was a clause—and that 
was found in a section of a preceding law, referring to the 
same question exemption of jury duty, and which stated that: 
The reminder of this article does not apply to the City and County 
of Nezu York , or to the County of Kings. And this is why vet- 
This section reads : Persons entitled to exemption from service. Each of the 
following persons, although qualified, is entitled to exemption from service as a trial 
juror, upon his claiming exemption therefrom : 1, 2, 3, 4 (the amended section.) 
