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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
On motion of Dr. Robertson, the President of the Associa¬ 
tion was authorized to appoint a committee of three, named the 
Committee on Programme, to regulate the organization of the 
next September meeting. Dr. Raynor seconded the motion, 
which was carried. 
A telegram received from Dr. F. H. Osgood, announcing 
the death of Dr. John S. Saunders, of Boston, was read. Dr. 
Robertson moved that the sympathy of the Comitia Minora 
now in session, be conveyed to his family by Dr. Winchester, 
awaiting the formal action of the association. The motion was 
seconded, carried, and a telegram of sympathy was sent to the 
family of the doctor. 
Motion to adjourn. Carried. 
A. LlAUTARD, Chairman. 
ERIE COUNTY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
At a meeting held at the office of Dr. N. P. Hinkley, in 
Buffalo, Wednesday evening, March 28, 1894, for the purpose 
of organizing a veterinary medical society for the county of 
Erie, the following practitioners of veterinary medicine were 
present: 
Drs. J. Wende, Hinkley, Huessler, Ayers, Robinson, S. 
Somerville, Jr., B. Wende, Thompson, Block, Willyoung, Mc¬ 
Leod, Gangloff, Willgansz and Wieland. 
The meeting was called to order by Dr. L. E. Willyoung, 
who said: 
“Gentlemen: —At the annual meeting of the New York 
State Veterinary Medical Society, held in Syracuse in January, 
1894, the subject of organizing county veterinary societies for 
the different counties throughout the state was discussed at 
length. While New York and Brooklyn have each a county 
society, there are no others at present in the state. As officers 
of the State Society, we took it upon ourselves to organize and 
establish a permanent Veterinary Medical Society for the 
county of Erie, with objects as follows. 
“i. To hold regular monthly meetings for the purpose of 
