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CORRESPONDENCE. 
LEGISLATION IN OHIO. 
Editor American Veterinary Review:— 
Dear Doctor:—I n the August number of the Review 
(which arrived a little late), we noticed your editorial calling 
attention of veterinarians to a veterinary law passed by the 
Ohio Legislature at its last session ; you especially calling atten¬ 
tion to Sections 4 and 9. 
My friend, Dr. Ball, must have sent you a pamphlet copy of 
the law, as it was at first printed; for let us assure you, Doctor, 
that the good points of this law which you call attention to, 
were completely eradicated from it previous to its final passage. 
I have before me “Laws of Ohio 1894,” and on page 391 is 
the law entitled, “An Act to Regulate the Piactice of Veterin¬ 
ary Medicine and Surgery.” Take the August number of the 
REVIEW, and with your pen make the following additions and 
corrections, and then read the bill, and your opinion will most 
likely be reversed. 
Section 1.— Third line erase the word “exclusively.” At end of third line 
change “five ” to “three.” Between the words “act” and “ shall ” in fourth line, 
add “ in the State of Ohio.” 
Sec. 3.— Third line, change the word “ten ” to “five.” Erase the words “ prior 
to the passage of this act.” 
Sec. 5.— First line between the words “meet and twice,” add the words “ at 
least.” 
Sec. 8.—Second line and fourth line change the word “ ten ” to “ five.” 
Sec. 9.— Third line erase the words “trree years.” 
Sec. 10.— Left hand of third line, after the word dollars, add the words “nor 
more than twenty-five dollars.” Sixth line change the word “assistance” to 
“ service.” 
You see, doctor, that Sec. 1 practically allows any person 
who has drenched a horse occasionally inside the last three 
years to be entitled to practice Sections 7 and 9 ; also practically 
allowing the board unlimited power as to rejections, even to 
diplomas, with no recourse to the candidate, only to try over 
again in a year at a cost of $2.50 more. Yours, 
Wm. H. Gribble, D.V.S, 
