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EDITORIAL. 
Baltimore city within thirty days after the date of their appointment 
and thereafter at such times and places as may be necessary. They shall 
fill by a majority vote any vacancy that may occur in their membership 
and shall report the results of their investigations not later than Jan¬ 
uary first, 1904. 
Sec. 3. For the purpose of defraying necessary expenses, including 
printing, rent, postage, traveling and clerical assistance, the sum of two 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby ap¬ 
propriated to be paid by the Treasurer of the State upon the warrant of 
the Comptroller at such times and in such sums as may be author¬ 
ized by the commission. 
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the 
date of its passage. 
A bill is now before the Legislature of Massachusetts to 
abolish the Cattle Commission, and to establish in its stead a 
Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, which shall 
have a chief (presumably a veterinarian, although the bill does 
not so designate him), at an annual salary of $2000. The other 
members of the board, as provided by the bill, will be the Lieu¬ 
tenant Governor, ex officio , the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 
the President of the Agricultural College, and the Secretary of 
the State Board of Agriculture. Verily, the State which led in 
the eradication of contagious animal diseases is fast bringing up 
the rear. 
Assemblyman Pendry, of Kings, is taking a deep interest 
in legislation affecting the veterinary profession of New York 
State, and he may be relied upon to keep a watchful eye on any 
pernicious bills which find their way into the Senate and Assem¬ 
bly. He is a member of the Committee on Public Health, to 
which all such measures in the Assembly are referred. 
The Student’s Association of the Kansas City Vet¬ 
erinary College held a social session of that body in the class 
rooms of the college building on February 1st. The students 
were very gratified by the attendance of a large number of lady 
friends, and all were entertained by a musical and literary pro¬ 
gramme, at the close of which refreshments were served. The 
student body voted the social session a great success and de¬ 
clared for future repetitions of the same. 
