NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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New Business .—Under this head it was regularly moved 
and seconded that the President should direct the Secretary to 
notify all members eighteen months in arrears, that they are 
suspended from membership until such dues be paid. Carried. 
The Secretary was so directed by the President. 
Committee on Ways and Means. —Dr. Bell, chairman, re¬ 
ported that Dr. Ryder would read a paper at the February 
meeting on “ Docking,” and that Dr. Bellman would also read 
a paper at that meeting, subject not yet announced. 
Moved and seconded : that the meeting adjourn. 
Robert W. Erris, D.V.S., Secretary. 
MAINE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular meeting was held at Waterville, October 13, 
1899. 
At 10 o’clock a clinic was begun, which lasted all day, with 
the following operations : Fistula of the inferior maxilla, Dr. 
West ; cauterization of spavin, Drs. Freeman, Puscell, and 
Blakely ; removal of tumors, Dr. Joly ; fistula of the withers, 
Dr. West; castration of ridgling, Dr. Salley. 
All the operations except cauterization of spavin were per¬ 
formed under the influence of chloroform. 
All were well pleased with the day’s operations and felt well 
repaid for the time and trouble to attend the meeting. 
At 7.30 p. M. a meeting was held at the Elmwood, President 
West ill the chair. 
Drs. Freeman, Joly, Puscell, Blakely, West, and Salley re¬ 
sponded to the roll-call. 
Minutes of previous meeting were read and accepted. 
Voted to adjourn to meet at Augusta in January. 
I. L- Sarrey, Secretary. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. Jno. P. O’Leary, U. S. Inspector of the Brighton Abat¬ 
toirs, near Boston, has been transferred to Buffalo, N. Y. 
Dr. J. H. McNearr, of the B. A. I., stationed at Buffalo, 
N. Y., has recently been transferred to similar duties at Boston, 
Mass. 
Dr. H. R. Ryder, of the B. A. I. force at Indianapolis, Ind., 
has recently been ordered to report to Dr. C. H. Zink, of Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y., for similar duty at the last named place. 
The Kansas City Veterinary Correge has recently 
