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mention, with “ Member of the Royal Veterinary College” 
written underneath. 
The President. —There may be an instance or two. 
Mr. Brown. —It is the only one I have seen. It was so 
exceedingly ingenious and so well done that I did not notice 
it at first, although I had been in the habit of seeing the 
print for some time. It did not state “ Member of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons,” but “ Member of the Royal 
Veterinary College.” 
The President. —I believe every student claims the right to 
call himself a Member of the Veterinary College. 
Mr.Brown. —Thatiswhat I want to ask Professor Simouds— 
whether, on payment of an extra fee or anything of that kind, 
persons are entitled to assume the title of Member of the 
Veterinary College? 
Professor Simonds. —A person entering as a pupil is not 
entitled to call himself a member of- the College. The term 
“ Member of the Veterinary College” was first adopted on the 
occasion of a man passing the examination which theffiexisted 
for the pupils of the school. Those persons who were incor¬ 
porated in the year 1844, as a whole, were either members of 
the Veterinary College or members of the Scotch school. 
Mr. Lines. —If we obtain an Act, may we not also claim 
exemption from serving on parochial offices, which, I think, is 
essential to the profession ? 
The President. —In the first Bill which was prepared that 
exemption was inserted. 
Professor Gamgee. —The seventh clause is—“Any person 
being a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
actually practising, shall be exempt from serving on all juries 
and inquests whatsoever.” 
Mr. Lines. —That does not include parochial offices, such 
as the office of overseer. It would be very inconvenient for 
veterinary surgeons to have to attend to the duties of an 
overseer. 
The Secretary. —The clause in the original Bill was to this 
affect: — 
t( VII.—Any person who shall be a qualified veterinary 
surgeon in accordance with the Charter, actually practising, 
shall be exempt, if he shall so desire, from serving on all 
juries and inquests whatsoever, and from serving all corpo¬ 
rate, parochial, ward, hundred, and township offices, and from 
serving in the militia; and the name of such person shall 
not be returned in any list of persons liable to serve in the 
militia, or in any such office as aforesaid.” 
The President. —That was the original clause, but it was 
altered by the Council. 
