SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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veterinary medical association of new jersey 
Veterinary surgeons from almost every county in the State of New Jersey 
Q 1 t n n C< T ent r 1 °^ at th<! American House > in the city of Trenton, on Thursday, 
; lation 7 December> 1886 ’ t0 consider the subject of veterinary legis- 
The legislative committee, of which Dr. J. W. Hawk, of Newark, was 
c lairman, met at 10 a. m. After considering the merits of several bills, the com- 
m,t,e endorsed the bill drafted by Dr. Wm. Herbert Lowe, of Paterson. The 
object of the bill is to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in 
the Sta e of New Jersey, and is similar, in many respects, to the one in force in 
regard to practitioners of human medicine. 
At 11.30 a. m., the session was call el to order by President Miller, of Cam- 
en ounty. After calling the roll, Dr. Lowe read letters from Dr. W. H. Pen- 
dry secretary of the New York State Veterinary Society, Dr. D. J. Dixon of 
the Amencon Veterinary College, New York City, and others, in which they’ex¬ 
pressed a deep interest in the affairs of the Association. 
The Secretary read the minutes of the Long Branch meeting which were 
adopted. 
The Treasurer, Dr. L. R. Sattler, of Newark, reported in regard to the finance 
of the Association. The Secretary made no report. 
Di. Miller next called for the report of the committee on legislation. The 
chairman stated that they were in f ,vor of the bill drafted by Dr. Lowe. By this 
time Dr. E M. Hunt, Secretary of the New Jersey State Board of Health, had 
arrived, and the President took advantage of the opportunity by requesting him 
f give his views upon the subject under consideration before the Association 
u°ok action. Dr. Hunt said that the bill just recommended by the legislative 
committee was an excellent one, and that he approved of it in most respects. He 
Men proceeded to review it section by section. The third section was to the 
effect that any person who shall have been practicing veterinary medicine or 
surgery m the State, for a livelihood, for a period of not less than ten years im¬ 
mediately preceding the passage of the act, without having obtained a diploma 
a le S al] y chartered or incorporated veterinary college or university, as pro- 
rided for in section 2 of the act, may. at # the next regular meeting the Veterinary 
Vledical Association of New Jersey, present himself to the Board of Censors for 
examination, and if he should be found worthy, would be allowed to register 
md continue practice. 
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Dr. Hunt said that any person who had had twenty years experience in the 
iractice of human medicine and surgery in one locality in the State immediately 
receding the passage of a certain act of the Legislature, could make affidavit as 
o the facts and register and would be allowed to continue practice without unde r- 
;omg any examination. He said that if the State Society of Veterinary Sur- 
eons examined non-graduates, and gave them certificates testifying that they 
rnre worthy practitioners, we would elevat e their standing much "more than 
?e would by allowing them to register without any examination. If this latter 
ourse were adopted, he continued, it would be an easy matter to ascertain the 
'rofessional standing of any particular practitioner, whether a college graduate 
