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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
write Mr. I. H. Butterfield, Jr., at Port Huron, informing him 
of the above action. 
Dr. Sutherland moved that each member of the Association 
write to the Congressman representing his district, asking him to 
use his influence for the passage of the_proposed bill. 
After some discussion this motion was adopted. 
The Corresponding Secretary was instructed to notify the 
members of the Association not present at this meeting of the 
adoption of the above motion. 
Dr. Hawkins, the President, made an explanation of his fail¬ 
ure to call a meeting or appoint delegates to the National Veter¬ 
inary Convention, held at Chicago in December last. He said 
that, under the constitution, he had no right to take such action. 
He stated that he had been censured for his action, and he de¬ 
sired to have the matter adjusted in some manner by which he 
could be relieved of blame which, he thought, should not be cast 
upon him. 
After considerable discussion, a motion was made and carried 
to tue effect that Dr. Hawkins had no authority, under the con¬ 
stitution, to call a special meeting or appoint delegates to the 
National Convention at Chicago, December 12. 
The Association then discussed the question of appointing 
delegates to one or the other of the National Associations, the 
National or the United States, and it was finally decided to send 
no delegates to either Association, but to watch their proceedings 
and then decide which Association they desired to be represented 
in. 
On motion, the Association adjourned until evening. 
Upon re-assembling in the evening Dr. J. A. Dell, of 
Ann Arbor, read a paper on “ Tuberculosis.” He gave 
a full and exhaustive description of that dreadful disease of 
cattle, which he claimed was closely akin to glanders in horses, 
and described it as, under certain circumstances and conditions, 
extremely fatal and contagious, being diffused all over the 
entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He gave the 
results of his own experience in treating the disease, from which 
