royal college of veterinary surgeons. 
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incorporated by Royal Charter or Letters Patent, granted the 17th day 
of May, 1787, by the name and title of “The Highland Society of Scot¬ 
land at Edinburgh,” and of new incorporated by the name and style of 
“ The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland,” by Charter or 
Letters Patent, granted the 18th day of June, 1834: 
And whereas the said Society have since the year 1823 instituted 
and caused to be delivered Lectures on Veterinary Science and Medi¬ 
cine, and have from time to time appointed examiners to examine 
students in Veterinary Science and Medicine, and have since the year 
1848 been in the habit of granting annually to students passing satis¬ 
factorily the examinations held by such examiners, certificates of quali¬ 
fication to practise the Veterinary Art: 
And whereas terms of arrangement have been agreed to between the 
said Society and the said College, whereby the said Society have bound 
themselves not to hold any further examinations in Veterinary Science 
and Medicine, or to 'grant any further certificates of qualification to 
to practise the Veterinary Art, except in respect of persons who on the 
1st day of January, 1879, were admitted students of the said Society, 
and the said College have bound themselves, so far as they lawfully 
could, to endeavour to obtain powers to admit, and to admit as members 
of the College, all persons now holding certificates of qualification to 
practise the Veterinary Art granted by the said Society upon payment 
by such persons of certain fees agreed upon between the said College 
and the said Society : 
And whereas it has appeared to Us expedient that effect should be 
given to the terms of the said arrangement, and that the said College 
should be enabled to admit as members thereof all persons now holding 
Certificates of Qualification to practise the Veterinary Art granted by 
the said Society ; but, inasmuch as the said Society is not a Veterinary 
College established for the purpose of education in Veterinary Surgery 
within the terms of our first hereinbefore-recited Charter or Letters 
Patent, the person now holding such Certificates of Qualification are 
not qualified to become Members of the said College ; and it appears 
to us expedient that further powers should be granted to the said 
College: 
Now know ye that we of our especial grace and mere motion, at the 
humble petition of the said College, have willed, ordained, constituted, 
and declared and granted, and by these presents for us, our heirs and 
successors, do will, ordain, constitute, and declare, and unto the said 
College do grant in manner following (that is to say): 
1. —That it shall be lawful for the Council of the said College to 
admit as members of the said College, without Examination and upon 
such terms as to payment of fees and otherwise as the Council shall 
think proper, any and every person who now holds a Certificate of 
Qualification to practise the Veterinary Art granted by the said Society; 
and also any Student who, at the date of these presents, is enrolled as a 
Student of the said Society, or as a Student at the Teaching Schools 
connected with the said Society, and to whom a Certificate of Qualifica¬ 
tion to practise the Veterinary Art shall be granted by the said Society 
after the date of these presents. 
2. —That the Council of the said College shall and may make any 
orders, rules, and bye-laws for the admission, as members of the said 
College, of persons by these presents authorised to be so admitted, 
and the same orders, rules, and bye-laws from time to time to alter, 
suspend, or repeal, and to make new orders, rules, and bye-laws in 
their stead, as the Council shall think most proper and expedient, so 
