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SOCIETY MEETINGS 
The question of the number of times that the society should meet was next 
taken up. Dr. John Wende, of Buffalo, suggested once a year, and after a 
long discussion it was decided by unanimous vote that for the present the society 
would meet semi-annually. 
The By-Laws which had been carefully prepared by President Morris, were 
then read, and it was moved by Dr. W. G. Hollingwortli, and seconded by Dr. 
A. L. Hunter, to accept the By-Laws, to have them properly printed in book 
form and a copy sent to each member. Carried. 
The President then presented the following names to act as Censors for the 
ensuing year : Drs. John Wende, Harry Sutterby, John Wvtock, A. L. Hunter, 
J. A. Bell, and the above gentlemen were instructed to agree upon one of their 
number to act as Chairman or Speaker of the Board of Censors. 
A motion was then made by Dr. E. Bowens, seconded by Dr. A. L. Hunter, 
that the five gentlemen’s names presented by the President be elected as Censors 
for the ensuing year, which was unanimously carried. 
A motion was made by Dr. John Wende, seconded by Dr. W. G. Dodds, 
that the Committee of Arrangements consist of the following gentlemen : Drs. 
Asia M. McQueen, M. M. Poucher and N. P. Hinkley. 
A motion was made by Dr. John Wende that the Board of Publication shall 
consist of Drs. N. P. Hinkley, W. G. Dodds, H. E. Howell, W. Huff and 
Stevenson. This was also unanimously carried. 
The President then nominated the following gentlemen as a Committee on 
Legislation: Drs. Claude D. Morris, N. P. Hinkley and W. G. Hollingwortli. 
Dr. J. G. Hill then made a motion, which was seconded by Dr. D. Iv. 
Seltzer, that the gentlemen named be elected for the ensuing year. Carried. 
For the Committee on By-Laws, the President appointed the following: 
Drs. N. P. Hinkley, O. B. French, and Whyte. 
A motion was then made by Dr. Drinkwater, seconded by Dr. Whytock, 
that the gentlemen be elected, which was unanimously carried. 
Dr. Drinkwater then moved that Drs. G. H. Roberts, Jos. Sutterby, J. 
G. Hill, Frank Sutterby and James Carnite compose the Committee on Consti¬ 
tution ; this was seconded by Dr. W. G. Dodds, and was unanimously carried. 
The President then read an act of the statutes of 1886, to regulate the 
practice of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the State of New York, and 
after going over the ground carefully as to further needs of legislation in re¬ 
gard to this matter, the President then made the astonishing report that in the 
State of New York there were seven hundred and fifty (750) unqualified men 
registered in the County Clerk’s Office, to the astonishingly small number of two 
hundred and fifty (250) qualified men. That in some counties of the said 
State as many as forty-two (42) were registered, and only two of them were 
qualified, while some of the unqualified were unable to sign their names, 
and had to make the usual (X) cross prescribed by law. He also stated that 
one of the County Clerks personally informed him, that himself (the Presi¬ 
dent) and Dr. Asia M. McQueen were the only two gentlemen that came in a 
geDth manly and sober condition to register, some of the rest of them being 
in a beastly state of intoxication. 
It was then recommended by the President that the Society be incorpora¬ 
ted and petition the Legislature to have a charter. Carried. 
