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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
trict of Columbia, in which they stated that the application of 
this society relative to the muzzling of dogs running at large 
during the summer months had been referred to the attorney 
for the District, who gave his opinion stating that it was illegal 
to issue such an order. The association directed the Secretary 
to call the attention of the Commissioners to the police regula¬ 
tion which directly applied to the muzzling of dogs. 
The Legislative Committee reported that at the next meet¬ 
ing it would propose a new paragraph for the bill which is to 
be introduced during the next session of Congress, regulating 
the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in the District. 
This paragraph will be of a reciprocative nature and will pro¬ 
vide that sueh States as will in the future recognize tlie certifi¬ 
cates granted by the Board of Veterinary Examiners, to be 
created by- Congress in said bill, as entitling holders of said cer¬ 
tificates to practice in their respective States without under¬ 
going another examination by the State Board of Veterinary 
Examiners of said State, will be treated in a similar manner by 
the authorities of the District of Columbia, and veterinarians 
of such States will be privileged to practiee in the District of 
Columbia provided they have a certificate from a State Board 
of Veterinary Examiners. 
Dr. C. B. Robinson moved that this association extend an 
invitation to the U. S. V. M. A. to hold its next meeting in this 
city. Approved unanimously amid cheers. 
Letters of regret were received from several members, among 
which was one from Dr. D. E. Salmon, recentlv elected a mem- 
ber of this association, but promising to be more punctual in 
the future. 
The regular subject of this meeting, which was the discus¬ 
sion of tuberculosis and its relations to the health and welfare of 
the District, was brought forward by Dr. C. B. Robinson pre¬ 
senting the following resolutions, whieh were unanimously 
adopted after a long discussion, and the Secretary was directed 
to forward them, along with a letter, to the Commissioners of 
the District. 
Whereas, Tuberculosis exists to a large extent among the dairy cows in the District 
of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, all of which sections supply milk and meat to the 
city of Washington, D. C., and 
Whereas, Good beef, free of disease, is plentiful and comparatively cheap in this 
country, and 
Whereas, The slaughter of cows for meat which have been condemned for dairy 
purposes on account of tuberculosis and other diseases, is constantly occurring in the abat¬ 
toirs of the District and surrounding country ; be it therefore 
Resolved, That it is the sense of this association that such meat is extremely dangerous 
for human consumption and that no cows which have been used in dairies should be 
