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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
NEW YORK. 
In Assembly, No. 982.—Introduced by Mr. PENDRY—(by unanimous consent)—read 
once and referred to the committee on Military Affairs. 
Explanation.— Matter in Italics is new; matter in brackets [1 is old law to be omit¬ 
ted. 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE MIEITARY CODE, ENTITRED “ AN ACT 
IN RERATION TO THE MIRITIA, CONSTITUTING CHAPTER 
SIXTEEN OF THE GENERAR RAWS.” 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate 
and Assembly do enact as follows : 
Section 1. Sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine of article 
two of chapter sixteen of the military code is hereby amended 
to read as follows : 
§28. Troops of cavalry.—A troop of cavalry, part of a 
squadron or battalion, shall consist of one captain, one first lieu¬ 
tenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quarter¬ 
master sergeant, one commissary sergeant, one guidon sergeant, 
four sergeants, eight corporals, four artificers, two trumpeters^ 
eighty privates. The minimum strength of such troop shall be 
fifty-one enlisted men. A troop not part of a squadron or bat¬ 
talion, shall consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, two 
second lieutenants, one assistant surgeon of the grade of first 
lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, one 
commissary sergeant, one guidon sergeant, one veterinary ser¬ 
geant, or one veterinarian as herein provided , four sergeants, 
eight corporals, two musicians, two hospital corps privates,' 
eighty privates. The minimum strength of such troop shall be 
fifty-one enlisted men. The governor may , on the recommenda- 
tion of the commanding officer of a separate troop or mounted 
battery , appoint and commission a veterinarian to the grade of 
second lieutenant. 
§29.—Batteries.—A battery shall consist of one captain, two 
first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, one assistant surgeon 
of the grade of first lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quarter¬ 
master sergeant, one commissary sergeant, one guidon sergeant, 
one veterinary sergeant, or a veterinarian as herein provided , 
four sergeants, eight corporals, four artificers, two trumpeters, 
two hospital corps privates, eighty-four privates. The mini¬ 
mum strength of the battery shall be fifty-one enlisted men. 
The governor may , on the recommendation op the commanding 
officer of a separate troop or mounted battery , appoint and 
