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EDITORIAL. 
respect to other work on other committees ? The prizes were 
certainly worth competing for, and they were sufficiently 
brought to the consideration of our friends, and it is at least 
a remarkable fact that not one application should have been 
made for any of them. 
We have no doubt that the offer of prizes made by the 
Association still stands good, and we certainly desire it; would 
be pleased to be allowed to contribute toward such prizes as 
were offered previous to the Chicago meeting. 
Among the reports offered at the Congress was the follow¬ 
ing, presented by the Committee on Finance: 
Gentlemen :—Your Committee on Finance would respectfully report that 
they have examined the accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, and find the 
same correct. 
We would further submit that the books, papers, vouchers, etc., of the Sec¬ 
retary have been kept in such manner, and the work of his office has been 
performed in such able and efficient manner that they are worthy of especial 
notice, and said officer is deserving of the thanks of this Association for the able 
and careful attention he has always given to the duties of his office. To him 
more thau to any one member of this Association are we at this time indebted for 
the wonderful success that has attended our efforts to advance the interest in tnis 
Association, and to place it in the position which it to-day occupies in the his¬ 
tory of veterinary science in this country. 
Respectfully submitted, 
C. C. Lyford, } 
Wm. Dougherty, > Committee. 
W. B. E. Miller, ) 
It is unnecessary to say that this recommendation was 
unanimously voted, and we are pleased to see that the Secre¬ 
tary was rewarded for his efforts by being called to another of¬ 
fice far more important, and involving a very different kind of 
attention and care in the fufilment of its duties, in being pro¬ 
moted from the secretaryship to the presidency, a post of 
more honor, but also of more serious labor and greater re¬ 
sponsibility, with less thanks or other returns. And yet he 
will doubtless administer his new office quite as ably and 
satisfactorily as he has done that which he has vacated. 
The publication of the papers now in our hands as read 
at the meeting will be completed in our next issue, together 
with our last installment of the “ echoes.” 
