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incurred for the good of the Society, and draw on the Treasurer for the same.’’ 
The President then called the Vice-President, Dr. Drinkwater, to the chair. 
The motion was put before the House and unanimously carried. 
Dr. Sutterby then said that the Committee was ready to report with regard 
to the professional standing of Dr. M. W. Carrier. That the said Committee 
found that the professional standing of Dr. M. W. Carrier was not of sucb a 
character as to warrant him to become a member of the Society, and that his 
name be removed from the roll, and that the dollar ($1.00) he paid toward the 
banquet be refunded to him. The President ordered the Treasurer to refund 
the money, and the Secretary to erase his name from the roll. 
Dr. W. G. Hollingworth then presented an act founded by the Long Island 
Veterinary Society, of New York, to provide for the organization of a veteri¬ 
nary corps and for the rank and compensation of the Veterinarians of the 
United States Army. The act was read by the President, who commented on 
the advisability of having such an act, and it was moved by Dr. Sutterby, 
seconded by Dr. W. G. Hollingworth, that this act be placed in the files of the 
Society by the Secretary, and receive the hearty co-operation of every member 
of the Society. 
A resolution on tuberculosis presented at the twenty-sixth meeting of the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association, by Dr. L. McLean of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., that the disease known as tuberculosis in cattle be placed under the 
same category as contagious pleuro-pneumona, and to be similarly dealt with, 
was read by the President, and a motion was made by Dr. W. G. Holling¬ 
worth, seconded by Dr. G. H. Roberts, that the action o f the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association meet with a hearty co-operation of the Society. 
A motion was then made by Dr. Sutterby, seconded by Dr. Asia M. 
McQueen, to offer a vote of thanks to the President and Secretary for the able 
manner in which they had conducted the meeting. 
Then by unanimous vote the Society adjourned until the second week in 
July, 1890, subject to a call from the Secretary. 
LONG ISLAND VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
A regular meeting of the Long Island Veterinary Society was held on the 
above date at No. 74 Adams Street, the President, Dr. George H. Berns, in the 
chair. 
The following members were found present on roll call: Drs. Berns, R. R. 
Bell, McLean, Bowers, E. Hanshew, Jr., Atchison, Housman, Breslin, Mustpe. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The Board of Censors made no report. 
The next order of business being the reading and discussion of papers, 
and as the discussion of the paper read at the previous meeting by Dr. R. A. Mc¬ 
Lean, was postponed until this meeting, the subject was re-opened by Dr. Mc¬ 
Lean again reading his paper on “ Influenza,” after which an animated and in¬ 
structive discussion took place by all the members present. 
Dr. R. R. Bell reported to the Society a request from the Dean of the Fac- 
