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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
lias suffered from such oversight, and needs the stimulation and cohesive influence of a 
meeting of the National Association ; be it 
Resolved, That the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association earnestly 
petitions the President and officers and other members of the Executive Committee of the 
U. S. V. M. A. to favor the holding of the next meeting at Boston, and express the 
belief that it would be a serious error to hold three of four meetings a long distance from 
the centre of membership of the Association, and especially to select a meeting-place in a 
territory that has been occupied within three years. 
Following the discussion and adoption of this report, the 
Board of Trustees having nothing further, on motion the asso¬ 
ciation instructed the Secretary to cast a ballot for the new 
members, who were then introduced by Dr. Jobson. 
Corresponding Secretary''s Report .—lu his written report, 
after showing his expense account, the Secretary dwelt upon 
his correspondence not only with each member of the associa¬ 
tion, but with every honorable veterinarian in this State and 
the adjoining counties in New York and Ohio. The number 
of replies and inquiries from them serves to indicate the interest 
awakened by association work among new members, and its 
wholesome influence upon the great body of professional men in 
veterinary medicine. A number of complaints of illegal prac¬ 
tice carried on in numerous ways and various ruses have been 
reported. These have been turned over to the State Board of 
Examiners, under whose jurisdiction such matters come. 
On motion made by Dr. Rhoads and carried, a committee of 
two was appointed to examine and assist in settling the associa¬ 
tion accounts of the late Treasurer before said accounts pass into 
the hands of the newly-elected officer. The President appointed 
Drs. Hoskins and Pearson to constitute said committee. 
Under the head of new business, Dr. Noack asked why the 
State Association of 'Pennsylvania and the National Association 
convened in the same month. He pointed out the inconvenience, 
the impossibility in some cases of attending both meetings, and 
suggested that a difference of several months be made between 
them. This opened a lively discussion. It was shown that the 
time of the semi-annual meeting of the State Association had 
been changed from the Tuesday after the first Monday in Sep¬ 
tember to the third Tuesday in the month, to overcome this 
embarrassment. That the date of the National Association 
was one most favorable to its members, many of whom could not 
otherwise attend. That September was a favorable and pleasant 
month to hold conventions. That we have no jurisdiction over 
the National Association, and that an idea contemplating the 
radical change of the time of the meetings of this association 
