SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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It was moved and seconded that the secretary-treasurer’s re¬ 
port be referred to the Finance Committee. 
Communications were received from Dr. D. Cumming, Prof. 
E. A. A. Grange, J. H. Blattenburg, J. C. Whitney and others. 
It was moved and supported that a telegram be sent to Dr. 
D. Cumming, who was recovering from a serious illness, and to 
the Ontario Veterinary Association, whose meeting was in ses¬ 
sion at Toronto, extending greetings from the M. S. V. M. A. 
Dr. T. H. Buckingham, in a letter, reported the loss of his 
membership certificate by fire, and asked that another be made out 
and sent to him. Upon motion, the secretary was instructed to 
make out a new certificate and send it to Dr. Buckingham. 
Communications from Pasteur laboratories asking for con¬ 
tributions to Arloing monument were referred to the Committee 
on Resolutions, composed of Drs. Dunphy, Brenton and Farmer. 
Committee on Legislation.—Report of L. M. Hurt, who 1 said 
that there was not much to report, except that an effort had been 
made by the last legislative session to reopen our practice law 
so as to admit non-graduates. It was killed, however. A stal¬ 
lion registration bill had been passed, and the State Veterinary 
Board had been made the Stallion Registration Board. A bill 
had been introduced to establish the office of State veterinarian 
in connection with the State Board of Health, to provide for 
the control, suppression and eradication of dangerous and in¬ 
fectious diseases among domestic animals, but it failed to pass. 
The Committee on Prosecution reported through Dr. J. 
Hawkins, chairman, who thought, as a whole, the work of the 
committee had been satisfactory, as in many cases those notified 
by the committee that they were violating the law quit practicing. 
Dr. Sexsmith, of the committee, suggested that if some funds 
were available for that purpose a member of the committee might 
go to sections where complaints were made and make the prose¬ 
cutions, thus enabling the local veterinarian to keep out of it. 
No action was taken on this suggestion. 
The Executive Committee, reporting on the matter of the ad¬ 
mission to this association of graduates of the Grand Rapids Vet¬ 
erinary College, recommended that those conforming with the 
requirements of Circular 150-A., B., B. A. I., be eligible to mem¬ 
bership in the M. S. V. M. A. 
It was moved and seconded that the recommendation of the 
committee be adopted. 
Dr. Hawkins brought out the matter of the summer meeting, 
