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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Benj. Schmidt, Wapakoneta ; J. E. Foster, Coschocton; R. J. 
Micliener, Lebanon ; C. B. Frederick, Louisville ; D. F. Lav- 
ery, Columbus; J. G. Boyd, Columbus, and students of the Vet¬ 
erinary Department of the Ohio State University ; R. L. Mc¬ 
Clelland, Andover; C. J. Morrow, Tiro; Win. Eddy, East 
Cleveland. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read, and with slight 
change as regarded time of day, were approved. 
The first order of business was the nomination and election 
of officers for 1898. Drs. Hillock and Torrence named Dr. 
Shaw for President; no other nominations. Drs. Cotton and 
Shaw nominated Dr. Torrence for First Vice-President ; no 
other nominations. Drs. Bretz and Myers nominated Dr. Carl 
for Second Vice-President; no other nominations. Drs. Gribble 
and Shaw nominated Dr. S. D. Meyer for Third Vice-President; 
no other nominations. Drs. Shaw and Torrence nominated Dr. 
Gribble for Secretary, and Drs. Shaw and Cotton nominated Dr. 
Hillock for Treasurer. 
For once in the historv of the association there was no con- 
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test for any office; so, upon motion, the rules were suspended 
and the Secretary instructed to cast the vote of the association 
for all nominees. 
The Secretary cast fifteen votes, then the chair declared the 
following to be the duly elected officers : President, W. Shaw, 
V. S., Dayton; First Vice-President, W. J. Torrence, V. S., 
Cleveland ; Second Vice-President, L. W. Carl, V. S., Colum¬ 
bus; Third Vice-President, S. D. Meyers, V. S., Wilmington; 
Secretary, W. H. Gribble, D. V. S., Elyria; Treasurer, T. B. 
Hillock, V. S., Columbus. Dr. Hillock has held the office of 
Treasurer since January, 1890, and Dr. Gribble of Secretary 
since January, 1891. 
Under the call “ any new members to propose,” the follow¬ 
ing were presented : J. E. Pffister, V. S., Coshocton, O. (Ont., 
1891), vouched for by Drs. L. W. Carl and W. E. Wight; Benj. 
Schmidt, D. V. S., Wapakoneta, O. (N. Y., 1892), vouched for 
by Drs. S. E. Bretz, J. H. Blattenbnrg ; R. J. Micliener, V. S., 
Lebanon, O. (Ont., 1885), vouchers Drs. Walter Shaw and W. 
E. Wight. All credentials being satisfactory, and no objections 
being offered, the rules were suspended and the gentlemen all 
elected by acclamation. Each in turn thanked the association 
with that little cut-and-dried speech we all of ns have used. 
The remainder of the evening was used very beneficially in 
reporting interesting cases, one in particular by Dr. Shaw, where 
