886 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
during the year $78.80, making a total of $112.50. The dis¬ 
bursements during the year had amounted to $50.00, leaving a 
balance on hand of $62.50. The report of the Treasurer was 
adopted as read. 
Election of Officers for the ensuing year was next taken up 
and resulted as follows : President, Dr. R. A. Archibald, of 
Oakland; Vice-President, Dr. G. F. Faulkner, of Salinas; Sec¬ 
retary, Dr. D. F. Fox, of Sacramento; Treasurer, Dr. C. T. Ma- 
gowan, of Sacramento. Board of Examiners—Dr. H. A. 
Spencer, Dr. Thomas Maclay, Dr. F. E. Pierce, Dr. A. M. 
M’Cullum, and Dr. J. Graham. 
New Business —Dr. Pierce introduced the subject of a loca¬ 
tion of an experiment station on the Pacific Coast. Consider¬ 
able discussion followed, and it was the general sense of the 
association that it would be of great benefit to the profession in 
this State. 
Dr. Magowan spoke of the advisability of the association 
prosecuting men who are practicing veterinary medicine con¬ 
trary to the law regulating the practice of veterinary medicine 
and surgery in this State. After considerable discussion the 
matter was laid over until the next meetino-. 
o 
Upon motion of Dr. H. A. Spencer, the students of the 
Veterinary Department of the University of California were ex¬ 
tended a standing invitation to be present at any or all of the 
meetings of this association. 
At 5 o’clock p. M. the meeting adjourned for dinner. 
Upon the kind invitation of Dr. F. E. Pierce, the members 
assembled at his residence, where the spacious dining room was 
beautifully decorated with a profusion of flowers and the table 
richly spread with all the delicacies of the season, and all 
present enjoyed the kind hospitalities*of the host and hostess for 
an hour or more beyond expression. 
At 8 o’clock p. M. the meeting re-convened ; among the 
visitors present were Dr. H. N. Rowell, Health Officer of the 
city of Berkley ; Dr. H. N. Rucker, President of the Oakland 
Board of Health, and Dr. J. T. Kitchings, member of the Oak¬ 
land Board of Health, and a few of the students of the Vet. 
Dept, of the University of California.'*, U 
President Dr. R. A. Archibald called Dr. H. A. Spencer to 
the chair and proceeded ro read a most excellent and well pre¬ 
pared paper on the subject of “ Tuberculin and the Manner in 
which it Acts as a Diagnostic Agent.” 
