U. S. VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
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Dr. McLean: I rise to a point of order. Our Executive 
Committee is established for the purpose of keeping out public 
clamor, such as this, from our general meetings. The letter re¬ 
ferred to is utterly unworthy of any man, much less a veterinary 
surgeon. I move you that the reading of the letter be dispensed 
with. 
Seconded. 
President Michener: I am willing to suppress the letter if 
the Association wish to endorse the action of the Comitia Minora 
without hearing the letter read. 
The motion to dispense with the reading of letter referred to 
was unanimously carried. 
On motion the action of the Comitia Minora recommending 
the dropping of Dr. Billings’ name was approved, and Dr. Billings 
was declared expelled from membership in the Association. 
President Michener: The next recommendation of the Comitia 
Minora refers to the names recommended for admission to mem¬ 
bership with us. The Secretary will please read the names of 
those recommended by the Comitia Minora. 
Secretary Hoskins read the names of the proposed members 
and on motion of J. C. Myers, Sr., of Ohio, duly seconded, the 
names presented by the Comitia Minora were accepted collectively. 
Mr. Faust: I move you, sir, that the Secretary of the Asso¬ 
ciation be instructed to cast the ballot of the Association for each 
of the members recommended for admission to membership. 
Seconded. Carried. 
Secretary Hoskins: Pursuant to the direction of the As¬ 
sociation I would announce that I have cast the ballot of the As¬ 
sociation for each of the candidates for admission to membership 
and that the following have been duly elected members of this 
Association: 
Boscoe P. Bell, D.Y.S., Am. Yet. Coll. (Dr. P. A. Mc¬ 
Lean) 7th Ave. and Union Street, Brooklyn, P. Y.; Thomas 
M. Buckley, D.Y.S., Am. Yet. Coll. (Dr. P. A. McLean) 480 
Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Gerald E. Griffin, D.Y.S., 
Am. Yet. Coll. (Dr. W. J. Coates) 5th Cavalry, Fort Beno, Ind. 
Ty.; Bichard P. Morrison, D.Y.S., Am. Yet. Coll. (Dr. W. 4. 
