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squirmed and grinned, and when we uncovered and began to 
dissect them, they good-naturedly made fun of their own funeral. 
Against this Board, personally, I cannot feel the slightest preju¬ 
dice nor displeasure. I doubt not they are the mildest mannered 
men that ever “scuttled ship or cut a throat,” aud, as husbands, 
fathers and friends, they may be faithful, they may be even ele¬ 
gant, ideal, and an ornament to any social circle, but while all 
this may be true, the same could be said of King Charles the 
First, and yet the good people of England were reluctantly com¬ 
pelled to depose him from office and cut of his head because his 
official conduct was a curse to the state . We recommend this 
Board to the clemency of the outraged profession of the State. 
Respectfully, S. H. Swain, V. S. 
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NEBRASKA’S NEW VETERINARY LAW. 
Lincoln, Neb. April 24, 1901. 
Editors of A merican Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—It affords me great pleasure to notify you that 
after a struggle of ten years the Nebraska Veterinary Associa¬ 
tion has finally succeeded in passing a law creating the office of 
State Veterinarian. This credit, however, is largely due to the 
Legislative Committee of that association, of which our es¬ 
teemed Dr. Ramacciotti was chairman, and to his untiring ef¬ 
forts we are indebted for the success attained in having this bill 
become a law. The entire veterinary fraternity of the State re¬ 
joices over the good fortune of having at last succeeded ; and 
although the bill does not provide for as much as we should 
like we have great hopes in the future of bringing it to as good 
a law as any in the United States. 
Very truly yours, 
A. T. Peters. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
CALIFORNIA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
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The regular quarterly meeting of the California State Veter¬ 
inary Medical Association was held at the Maison Faure, Sacra¬ 
mento, Cal., March 18, and was called to order at 8 p. M. by 
President Sullivan. 
Upon roll-call the following members responded : Dr. H. A. 
Spencer, San Jose; Dr. G. F. Faulkner, Salinas ; Dr. A. S. Wil¬ 
liams, Marysville; Dr. Jas. Sullivan, Suisun ; and Doctors D. F. 
