SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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old story—oil and water don’t mix ; one contending the associa¬ 
tion did nothing, while another that the association did all it 
could possibly do. It is a noticeable fact, that those veterinari¬ 
ans who shout the loudest about the association doing nothing, 
are those very ones who are not members, and have never sub¬ 
scribed one dollar towards paying expenses that have already 
been incurred. Follow up your shouts and suggestions, boys, 
by a little of the needful. 
Drs. Hillock and White were appointed a special committee 
to watch any veterinary legislation during the present session 
of the legislature. 
Dr. Jones suggested that the President and Secretary formu¬ 
late a regular programme for our next meeting, giving subjects, 
names of writers, etc. The same was ordered done. 
The Auditing Committee reported as follows: “ We, the 
authorized committee to audit the books of the Secretary and 
Treasurer, report having found at the close of the session of 
Jan. 13, 1898, a balance on hand of $283.04. At the session of 
Jan. 11, 1899, the receipts were $34.00, expenditures $45.15, 
leaving a balance at close of that session of $271.89. At the 
session of July 12, 1899 {at Lima), the receipts were $17.00, ex¬ 
penses $6.35, leaving a balance of $282.54. At this present 
session (Jan. 8 and 9) the receipts have been $29.00, expendi¬ 
tures $24.50, leaving a balance at the close of this meeting in 
the hands of the Treasurer of $287.04. E. H. Shepard, F. E. 
Anderson, J. H. Beattenburg, Committee 
The Chair appointed the following committees : Contagious 
Diseases —D. S. White, J. H. Blattenberg, Neil B. Jones. Vet¬ 
erinary Progress— W. Shaw, F. E. Anderson, L. W. Carl. 
In reference to a meeting place for our semi-annual session 
it was decided to leave this to the call of the President and Sec¬ 
retary, and that if the American Veterinary Association met in 
Detroit or some other convenient city, that we as an association 
have no meeting, but instead meet with the National body. 
The remainder of the session was taken up with the report¬ 
ing and discussion of interesting cases. The next annual ses¬ 
sion will undoubtedly be held in the Veterinary Department of 
the Ohio State University, where a splendid biological and 
pathological exhibit can be viewed as well as clinical work 
arranged for ; this together with the University’s Museum of 
Natural History, chemical laboratory, and other scientific ex¬ 
hibits, should be the means of bringing together a goodly num¬ 
ber of veterinarians, and we look forward to this session as one 
