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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
several subjects of importance to the veterinarians of the State 
and showed that matters pertaining to the veterinary profession 
in 1 ennessee were slowly taking on a brighter aspect. 
On roll^all the following members answered to their names • 
Urs Jos. E. Good, H. D. Fenimore, J. W. Scheibler, T. W. 
•Scott, G. R Blackman, W. C. Rayen, G. R. White and Jos. 
Plaskett. The attendance, considering the limited number of 
qualified men m the State, was very gratifying, and showed that 
the members take an active mterest in the a.ssociation. 
tu ^ le Committee on Legislation presented a report stating 
that at the coming meeting of the State Legislature a powerful 
effort would be made to obtain the passage of a bill regulating 
nie practice (ff veterinary medicine and surgery in the State of 
Tennessee. This bill will be along the lines of those adopted 
n the Eastern States requiring practitioners to register, and 
compelling new comers to pass the examination of a State 
examining board appointed by the Governor from members of 
e enn. V. M.^ A. ; non-graduates who have been practising 
for five consecutive years in the State will be allowed the privi¬ 
lege of registering and continuing their practice. The report 
was adopted. ^ 
tu Resolutions presented a report deploring 
the fact that the cities of Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville 
have no system of meat and milk inspection under the direction 
ot a qualified veterinarian and pointing out the dangers which 
lives of their citizens from allowing such a condition 
of affairs to exist. Allusion was also made to the deplorable 
status of the veterinary profession in the United States army 
and It was resolved that the Tenn. V. M. A. do earnestly co¬ 
operate widi the Legislative Committee of the American V. M. 
A. in Its efforts to obtain recognition of, and commission for, 
report was adopted. 
The President then called on Dr. Blackman, who responded 
With a thoughtful and well prepared paper on the subject of 
Veterinarians as Sanitarians.” All the members joined in 
the discussion which followed, and it proved to bean interesting 
and instructive topic. ^ 
1 White, whose subject was “ Munici¬ 
pal Meat Inspection.” Dr. White’s position as meat inspector 
or the city of Nashville enabled him to handle the subject in 
a practical and competent manner, and he plainly illustrated 
le benefits arising from, and the necessity for, a system of in- 
spection in all the larger towns of the State. 
