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R. S. HUIDEKOPER. 
It was resolved that the American Veterinary Review 
should be published monthly and that the faculty of the 
American Veterinary College be added to the editorial staff. 
It was resolved that all papers for the annual prize shall be 
presented to the President of this Association before the fif. 
teenth of July of each year. A committee was appointed 
to petition Congress in the enactment of more stringent laws 
for the prevention of disease by the importation of cattle 
from foreign countries. 
A number of cases of pathological specimens were pre¬ 
sented, which was followed by a paper by A. A. Holcombe on 
“ Spinal Meningitis.” 
Fourteenth Annual Meeting .—Was held at the American 
Veterinary College, September 18th, 1877. 
Messrs. John Meyer, Sr., W. J. Coates, C. H. Hall, Geo. 
P. Peniman and C. H. Peabody were elected members. 
C. P. Lyman was elected President; William Bryden, 
Vice-President; A. A. Holcombe, Recording Secretary ; Er¬ 
nest Traver, Corresponding Secretary; Chas. Burden, Treas¬ 
urer. Censors : Messrs. Robertson, Lockhart, Stickney, Hol¬ 
combe, Lyman and Liautard. 
Dr. Liautard, the retiring President, in his address called 
special attention to the great step which had been taken in 
establishing a journal for the profession. 
It was ordered that the editor of .the American Review 
be allowed to spend an amount of money for advertising said 
Review, said amount to be left to his own judgment. An 
assessment of $5.00 per member was made to replace neglec¬ 
ted dues and subscriptions to the Review. 
Fifteenth Semi-Annual .— Met at Boston, March 19th, 1878. 
Communications were received from the American Veter¬ 
inary College, Cornell University, Illinois Industrial Univer¬ 
sity, Montreal Veterinary College and the Toronto Veterinary 
College in regard to the proposed Congress of American Vet¬ 
erinary Colleges, in which each seemed afraid that they would 
be called upon to meet the representatives of some college in 
disreputable standing, after which the Committee on Intelli¬ 
gence and Education were instructed to continue their efforts 
