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Sec. 4.—The commission or any commissioner or any of their duly authorized 
agents shall at all times have the right to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, build¬ 
ings, cars or vessels where any domestic animal is at any time quartered, or when¬ 
ever the carcass of one may be, for the purpose of examining it in any way that may 
be deemed necessary to determine whether they are or were the subjects of any con¬ 
tagious or infectious disease. 
Sec. 5—Any person or persons wilfully violating any of the provisions of this 
act or any of the regulations of the “Live Stock Sanitary Commission” or wilfully 
interfering with officers appointed under this act, shall be deemed guilty of misde¬ 
meanor and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding $ 100 , or by 
imprisonment not exceeding one month or both at the discretion of the court. 
Sec. 6.—The commission is hereby empowered to employ such assistants and 
agents and to purchase such supplies and materials as may be necessary in carrying 
out the provisions of this act, and to administer oaths or affirmation to the appraisers 
appointed under this act. 
Sec. 7. The salaries of the commissioners shall be fixed each year by the 
governor. 
Sec. 8.—For the purposes of this act the sum of $500 annually is hereby appro- 
Sec. 9.—This act shall go into effect July 1, 1895, and all acts or parts of acts 
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
Sir :—In the last issue of The Review Dr. D. A. Cormack, 
of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, attempts 
to criticise my articles on education, published in the issues of 
July and August. It appears to me that the doctor feels himself 
hurt, for which I am sorry. For while I earnestly believe the 
time has come for a uniformly higher veterinary education in 
America, I, like Dr. Cormack, ‘-want to see the change brought 
about with as little friction as possible.” Truth hits hard ; but 
it is sincere and honest, and there is no meanness about it. 
While this may explain my feelings in the matter, I can see 
no reason, on the other hand, why I should apologize for any¬ 
thing I have said, if it is construed in the proper light. When, 
therefore, Dr. Cormack says that I made a “ wholesale onslaught 
