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Twenty-first Semi-Annual. —Was called to order at Young’s 
Hotel, Boston, March 18th, 1884. 
Drs. E. Burget, B L. James and R. S. Huidekoper were 
elected members. 
Twenty-first Annual Meeting .—For the first time was held 
west of the Alleghenies, at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
September 16th, 1884. 
Drs. W. R. Howe, J. H. Detmers and D. M. Schaeffer 
were admitted as members. 
The Board of Censors was increased to seven. The death 
of William Saunders was announced. 
The election of officers resulted as follows : President, W. 
B. E. Miller; Vice-President, L. H. Howard; Secretary, C. 
B. Michener; Treasurer, C. Burden; Censors, Drs. Liautard, 
Robertson, Hoskins, J. C. Meyer, Geo. Corliss, Bryden and 
Crowley. 
A committee of three was appointed to confer with the 
Faculties of the Veterinary Colleges and Schools of North 
America to discuss the advisability of adopting an equal stan¬ 
dard of excellence on examination. The committee consisted 
of Drs. Hoskins, Howe and Bryden. A number of papers 
were presented. 
Twenty-second Semi-Annual. —Was held at Young’s Hotel, 
March 17, 1885. 
Drs. Walton, Agersborg, Hawk, W. H. Leland, Dyer 
and Humphrey were admitted as members. 
Twenty-second Annual Meeting. —Was held at the American 
Veterinary College, December 15th, 4885. The following 
officers were elected for the year: 
President, L. McLean ; Vice-President, J. B. Cosgrove ; 
Treasurer, J. L. Robertson; Secretary, C. B. Michener; Cen¬ 
sors, Drs Dixon, Lockhart, Corliss, Crowley, Miller, Field 
and Osgood. 
Action was again taken in regard to the position of Veter¬ 
inary Surgeons employed in the Army. 
Dr. Liautard offered to add a gold medal of the value of 
$50 to the prize already offered by the Association for the 
best paper presented, which was accepted. 
