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vention, and that, therefore, for the proper protection of such 
corps international agreements should first be reached. The 
Veterinary Record enlarges on this question, citing also the 
case of Veterinary Lieutenant Shore, who was taken a prisoner 
by the Boers against his remonstrations as being a veterinary 
surgeon and a noncombatant. We thus see that the Knglish 
army veterinarian, otherwise properly recognized, still occupies 
an anomalous position in-war. No doubt, the case of Lieuten¬ 
ant Shore will be taken up by veterinarians of other armies and 
brought before the next International Veterinary Congress for 
consideration and action.—(O. S.) 
The Control of Tuberculosis in New York State.— 
Chairman Daniel P. Witter, of the special committee of the 
New York Assembly appointed to take testimony and report on 
the question of the control of tuberculosis, has made the follow¬ 
ing recommendations for a bill : (i) That the present tuberculo¬ 
sis committee be abolished and that the work of the protection 
of the herds of this State from the infection of tuberculosis and 
the examination and destruction of glandered horses be placed 
with the Commissioner of Agriculture. (2) That the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture will appoint a farmer well acquainted with 
the value of cattle, who shall be known as the State appraiser 
of condemned cattle, whose duty it shall be to accompany aud 
assist the veterinarian in making examinations of suspected 
herds and appraise those condemned. (3) That the State can 
only force the condemnation, quarantine and slaughter of such 
animals as are found to have tuberculosis by physical examina¬ 
tion. But if a dairyman elects to have his herd treated with 
tuberculin, and will enter into an agreement with the State be¬ 
fore such examination shall be made, that he will disinfect his 
premises, aud either slaughter or hold in strict quarantine all of 
the reacting animals and their products, that the State will 
assist him in his efforts to entirely rid his herd of the disease. 
(4) That the appraisal of condemned animals shall be made at 
the time or immediately following the examination. (5) That 
the State shall pay the owner of all cattle slaughtered, under 
the provisions of this act, known to have been owned in this 
State at least one year, one-half of the appraised value for all 
cattle found to have tuberculosis, and full appraised value for 
all cattle found to be non-tuberculous upon post-mortem exam¬ 
ination. (6) The owner of condemned cattle shall be paid by 
the State Treasurer out of any money appropriated for that pur¬ 
pose, the amount of the certificate for indemnity as approved 
