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B. S. HUIDEKOPEE. 
It was ordered that after the next Annual Meeting this 
Association pay to the Secretary an annual fee of $20.00. 
Sixteenth Annual Meeting .—Was held at the American 
Veterinary College, September 16th, 1879. 
Messrs. O. C. Frailey, R. M. McLean, W. B. E. Miller 
and T. J. Herr were elected members. 
The following officers were elected:—President, J. L. 
Robertson; Vice-President, J. H. Stickney; Recording Sec¬ 
retary, A. A. Holcombe ; Corresponding Secretary, W. J. 
Coates; Treasurer, C. Burden. Censors: Messrs. Liautard, 
Lyman, Lockhart, Thayer, Coates and Michener. 
Dr. Hopkins presented a paper on “ Contagious Pleuro- 
Pneumonia.” Dr. Liautard presented one also on “ Rupture 
of the Flexor Metatarsi.” 
The Committee on Prizes reported that two papers had 
been presented, but that they had determined to give no prize 
to either author, and recommended the return of the papers 
to their authors. Dr. Michener presented one on “ Cerebro 
Spinal Meningitis.” 
A committee was appointed to draw up a set of resolutions 
to be presented to Congress in relation to the investigation 
and prevention of contagious diseases of domestic animals. 
This Committee met on Tuesday, November 9th, at the Ho¬ 
tel Royal, New York City, and again in December at the 
American Veterinary College, when the petition relating to 
animal diseases was completed, of which 600 copies were 
printed and sent to members of Congress, to the heads of 
Departments of the Government and to members of the As¬ 
sociation. 
Seventeenth Semi-Annual .—-Was held in Boston on March 
16th, 1880. 
F. S. Billings, W. J. O. Sullivan, Chas. Winslow, Wm. L. 
Zuill, Walter IT. Hornblower, Edgar P. Wing, Herbert T. 
Foote, Thos. C. Cowhey and Geo. H. Bailey were elected 
members. 
Dr. Peabody presented a paper on “ Chloral Hydrate ” as 
an anasthetic in operations. 
Seventeenth Annual .—Was held at the American Veterinary 
College on September 1st, 1880. 
