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the possession of such an emblem is not to be acquired until 
the Association possesses the character of an incorporated 
national body. 
Other resolutions, comprehending subjects of interest and 
importance, were adopted, among which were the following: 
Whereas, The most satisfactory evidence and conclusive testimony has been 
presented to the First Veterinary Congress of America, assembled in Chicago, 
that our country is entirely free from a single case of ‘ ‘ contagious pleuro-pneu- 
monia,” and has, no doubt, been so for the past two years, be it 
Resolved, (1) That we ask of Great Britain the entire removal of the quar¬ 
antine regulations applying to “contagious pleuro-pneumonia” in the United 
States. And be it futher 
Resolved, (2) That it having been clearly demonstrated by the Canadian De¬ 
partment of Agriculture that “ contagious pleuro-pneumonia ” does not exist in 
Canada, it is the opinion of the Congress that the quarantine of the United States 
against Canadian cattle is unnecessary and should be removed, and therefore, be 
it 
Resolved , (3) That we ask of Canada [a ’similar consideration in regard to 
the freedom of trade between Canada and the United States. 
It is to be hoped that resolutions on contagious pleuro¬ 
pneumonia, adopted by the First Veterinary Congress of 
America, will have an effect extending beyond the limits of 
Memorial Hall and beyond Chicago, and will be influential 
in quarters which it is most important to reach, viz., in 
England, where the true condition of affairs relating to con¬ 
tagious pleuro-pneumonia on this’side of the Atlantic seems 
to be either denied or ignored. It is to the energy of Dr. 
Gadsden, with the assistance of Prof. McEachran, of Mon¬ 
treal, that these resolutions owe their introduction. The 
outcome of their passage can not very well be predicted. But 
it can scarcely be supposed that with such an endor ement 
of the proclamation of the general Government in Washing¬ 
ton, and the official statement ofjthe Canadian governmental 
representative, by the body of American veterinarians voting 
in Chicago, that it can be overlooked or ignored. If such 
should be the case, the world at large could not fail to recog¬ 
nize the fact that there is something which regulates English 
sanitary medicine beyond the established fact of the presence 
or absence of a contagious disease in a foreign country. 
The second series of resolutions is an important one. Pre- 
