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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Dr. Drinkwater said he had talked with a few prominent unqualified men, 
who said they proposed to ask for a clause in the new bill to graduate the age of 
men to come before the Board of Examiners, those under the restricted age to 
be obliged to attend college and graduate before practicing. 
Dr. W. G. Dodds fully agreed with Dr. Drinkwater regarding the intentions 
of unqualified men. 
Dr. Sidebottom cited the English law on veterinary practice of qualified 
men, and registered men having a right to practice as such. 
Dr. Wende said that was just the law we have in New York State at pres¬ 
ent ; the trouble was that the time allowed for registration being extended from 
year to year. 
Dr. Hinkley thinks we will have to go slow, and get our law’s and wants by 
degrees and to follow in the footsteps of our brother professional men, the medi¬ 
cal doctors, who had been trying a good many years before they had the present 
law enacted. 
Dr. Sutterby wanted individual petitions procured and sent to every mem¬ 
ber in the State. 
Dr. Gowland thought we must be careful and get the proposed act into the 
hands of our friends only. 
Dr. Carnrite asked if Prof. Liautard assisted in framing the proposed law, 
and if he was in favor of it. 
Dr. Morris thought that Prof. Liautard was always willing to aid in the pas¬ 
sage of any law or any movement that was made to promote the standing of the 
qualified veterinarian and the profession at large, and was certain we could de¬ 
pend upon his assistance. 
Several members discussed the feeling between the professional men of the 
Eastern and Western part of the State, and all agreed that we should have “ No 
East, No West,” but one good organization, East and West combined, to pro¬ 
tect ourselves. 
Dr. Carnrite said that even some of the qualified men were acting in com¬ 
pany with quackery, putting up proprietary medicines and issuing certificates of 
practice to young men who pay them for them. He also stated that if the pub¬ 
lic would only investigate, they would see that the proposed bill was more for 
the protection of the public than ourselves. 
Dr. H. Sutterby’s original motion was then put to a vote and carried. 
Dr. Bell moved that President Morris and Prof. Law be appointed a com¬ 
mittee to attend to the passage of the bill at Albany, and to try and get the as¬ 
sistance of Prof. Liautard and other prominent members of the profession to 
aid. Motion seconded by Dr. John Wende, and unanimously carried. 
A motion was then made and seconded to adjourn until 8 p.m., to allow 
members to get supper. 
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 10TH. 
Meeting called to order by President Morris at 8 p.m. 
The discussion on legislation was continued. 
Dr. Bell made amotion that President Morris be made a committee of one 
to call on men bers of the profession in New York and Brooklyn ; motion was 
seconded by Prof. Law and carried by unanimous vote. 
