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they secured the services of ex-Mayor Greene Kendrick, of Waterbury, who, as 
attorney, drafted a compact and comprehensive charter, and secured its passage, 
the act having been approved by the Governor March 8th, 1887. 
Under this charter the Association becomes a corporate body, possessed of all 
the powers and assuming all the duties of a corporation. Pursuant to the terms 
of the act, the first meeting of the Association was held at Waterbury, Conn., in 
the parlors of the Cooley House, June 7th, 1887. A large representation of the 
best known and most prominent veterinarians of the State were present, among 
them being Messrs. E. C. Ross, Thomas Bland, A. D. Sturges, A. A. Tuttle, 
Nathan Tibbals, and others. 
After partaking of a bountiful collation, served in Landlord Cooley’s best 
style, the Association began the work of organization. 
E. A. McLellan was elected President; A. D. Sturges, 1st Vice-President; 
W. K. Lewis, 2d Vice-President; Nathan Tibbals, Treasurer, and Thomas 
Bland, Secretary. The censors chosen were: Messrs. Bland, Ross, Sullivan, 
Sturges and Tuttle. 
Mr. Kendrick, attorney for the corporation, was also present, and explained 
the new charter, its purposes, the methods of procedure under it, and its results. 
The Association then adopted a constitution and by-laws adapted to the 
new order of things. 
Under a suspension of rules, Drs. Bridges, Lamberton and Hyde were ad¬ 
mitted as members of the corporation. 
After a general discussion of the veterinary interests of the State, showing a 
very gratifying progress in veterinary science and skill, the Association adjourned 
to meet on the first Tuesday in September, 1887, at New Haven. The subjects 
announced for discussion at that time were “ Veterinary Jurisprudence” and 
“ Influenza, its complications, causes and treatment.” The Association num¬ 
bers about twenty members, and the prospects of its speedy growth are very en¬ 
couraging. 
In connection with this subject, it might not*be amiss to state that at the 
time of application for a charter the Association also sought to secure the passage 
of an act for the regulation of veterinary practice. A full hearing was given to 
this proposed measure, and, on its merits, the Assembly would doubtless have 
enacted it into a law. Unfortunately, at the very time of its consideration, 
another bill, extremely radical and in many respects considered quite objection¬ 
able, for the regulation of the general practice of medicine in the State, was pre¬ 
sented by the regular practitioners of the allopathic school. In the opposition 
which this latter bill created and the instrumentalities used to defeat it, the very 
meritorious bill to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery was 
also defeated, owing to a mistaken idea on the part of the Assembly that, to be 
consistent, they must, in defeating one bill, treat the other to the same dose. 
Although Connecticut, therefore, has as yet no well formulated law to pro¬ 
tect domesticated animals from quack treatment, public opinion is fast progressing 
in favor of the passage of such a law, and the Association, aided as it will be by 
the Connecticut Agricultural Society and the Connecticut Humane Society, has 
every reason to expect that the next session of the Legislature will place this 
much-needed law upon the statute book of the State. 
Thomas Bland, Secretary. 
