SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
651 
Francisco, Cal., September 8 , at 8.30 p. m., and was called to order 
by the President, Dr. R. A. Archibald. The roll was called and 
a fair attendance was present. The minutes of the previous 
meeting were read and approved. 
Dr. Fox moved that a committee be appointed to draft reso¬ 
lutions of respect in memory of our late member. Dr. P. P. 
Parrent. The motion was carried, and Dr. Fox was appointed 
as said committee. 
Under the head of reports of committees. Dr. Jackson, as a 
committee of one, appointed to wait upon the San Francisco 
members and ask them to donate something toward defraying 
the expenses incurred during the last session of the Legislature, 
made his report. The report showed that no money had been 
collected since the last report. The report was accepted and 
the committee discharged. 
Dr. H. F. Spencer, chairman of the committee appointed to 
draft a resolution protesting against the action of the Governor 
of Illinois in appointing a non-graduate to the office of State 
Veterinarian of that State, submitted the following : 
Whkreas, It has come to the notice of the California State Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation, that Governor Tanner, Governor of the State of Illinois, has appointed a non¬ 
graduate to the office of State Veterinarian of that State, and 
Whereas, It is universally admitted that Dr. Trumbower, the recent State Veter¬ 
inarian of that State, was a well qualified, painstaking and efficient officer, and 
Whfreas, The action of Governor Tanner, in the appointment of anon-graduate 
to so important an office establishes a pernicious example, as is evidenced by the action of 
the authorities of the city of Chicago in the appointment of a non-graduate to the position 
of Veterinarian for the Fire Department of that city ; therefore, be it 
Resolved^ That the California State Veterinary Medical Association do protest 
against the said appointment of a non-graduate as State Veterinarian of the State of Illinois, 
and be it further ' 
Resolved, That the action of Dr. Joseph Hughes and Dr. J. F. Ryan, of Chicago, 
in resigning their positions as Assistant State Veterinarians of that State, be heartily com¬ 
mended by this association ; and be it further 
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to Governor Tanner, the 
different veterinary journals, and that they, be spread upon the minutes of this asso¬ 
ciation. (Signed) H. Francis Spencer, 
R. A. Archibald, 
San Francisco, June gth, i 8 gj. D. F.Fox, Committee. 
The resolution was unanimously adopted. 
Dr. D. F. Fox. introduced the following resolution : 
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God in His wise di.spensation to remove from 
among us our late member. Dr. P. P. Parrent, be it 
Resolved, That while we bow humbly to His will, we, nevertheless, feel keenly the 
loss we are called upon to sustain, for in our late member we had one who was devoted 
to his profession and to the association, and a man that was honored and respected by 
the members of this association and the entire community in which he lived ; and be it 
further 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this asso¬ 
ciation and a copy be sent to the wife of the deceased. 
