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regularly graduated veterinary surgeons practicing in New Eng¬ 
land to join the Massachusetts Veterinary Association. Lost. 
Moved and seconded that Dadd’s School Diplomas be ac¬ 
cepted. Lost. 
Charles Byrne, M.R.C.V.S., North Cambridge; W. T. Sim¬ 
mons, M.R.C.V.S., South Boston, and Benjamin D. Pierce, M.R. 
C.V.S., Springfield, presented their credentials to the Executive 
Committee and they will be reported upon at the next meeting. 
Dr. Billings, essayist for June meeting. Subject: “ Homoeo¬ 
pathy: a Contribution to the Code Question.” 
The place of next meeting left to the Executive Committee. 
Adjourned. 
W. Bryden, V.S., J. F. Winchester, D.V.S., 
President. Secretary. 
SANITARY VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE, 
CAMMAN VS. LANE, Detroit Meat Inspector. 
A suit which is interesting to farmers and butchers was 
tried before Justice Patton, of Detroit, on Wednesday, April 23. 
Mr. Lane seized eight calves at the Central Market, Detroit, be¬ 
longing to Mr. Camman, the butcher. There is a city ordinance 
which declares that no calves shall be sold as food which are un¬ 
der four weeks old, and Mr. Lane seized the calves under authority 
conferred by this ordinance. Before the calves were removed,, 
however, Captain Owen, Messrs. Barium, Petz, Duff, Loosemore, 
McCune, Reeford, and a number of other respectable butchers 
looked at the calves and were unanimously of opinion that they 
had been wrongfully seized, and that in doing so Mr. Lane had 
exceeded his authority. A suit was accordingly brought by Mr. 
Camman against Mr. Lane for the calves, which were estimated 
as being worth $8.50 each, the entire sum claimed from Mr. Lane 
being $68. The butchers above mentioned and a number of 
others who are among the most experienced of the trade in the 
city gave it as their opinion that they were good calves ; that they 
would make good veal, and that they thought they were over four 
