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EDITORIAL. 
her sister societies in other States by seeing that the existing 
law is not a dead letter. 
The newly projected law reads as follows: 
AN ACT to amend section three of chapter three hundred 
and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six, entitled "An act to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery in the State of New York,” as 
amended by chapter one hundred and sixty-six of the laws 
of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 
The People of the State of Nezv York , represented in Senate 
and Assembly, do enact as follozvs : 
Section, i. Section three of chapter three hundred and 
thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, enti¬ 
tled “An act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine 
and surgery in the State of New York, as amended by chap¬ 
ter one hundred and eighty-six of the laws of eighteen hun¬ 
dred and eighty-seven, is hereby further amended so as to 
read as follows: 
§ 3. Any person who has been practicing veterinary med¬ 
icine and surgery as a profession in this State for a period of 
not less than three years preceding the passage of this act, 
without having obtained a diploma or certificate from a legally 
chartered or incorporated veterinary school or society, as 
provided for in section two of this act, must register on or 
before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, after 
the passage of this act, upon making and filing with the clerk 
of the county in which he resides an affidavit stating that he 
has been so practicing veterinary medicine and surgery for 
the period hereinbefore prescribed. 
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 
American Veterinary College. —If there ever existed 
in the minds of the officers of this institution any fear or 
hesitancy in the propriety of making the changes which have 
been considered for some years back, decided upon some 
eighteen months ago, and going into effect this year, viz., the 
reorganization of the entire curriculum and the lengthening 
of time of studies at college, they must have vanished at 
