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cow belonging to John Patch, of Lyon county, supposed to 
have been bitten by a rabid dog some time previously. She pre¬ 
sented all the symptoms belonging to the disease, and died after 
a short illness. The deaths from this disease are reported as 
follows: Dogs, 74; horses, 18; cattle, 49; sheep, 12; hogs, 17. 
How best to prevent the spread of this disease is a question well 
worthy of consideration. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT to Regulate the Practice of Yeterinary Medicine 
and Surgery in the State of New York. 
The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and 
Assembly , do enact as follows : 
Section 1 . No person shall practice veterinary medicine or 
surgery, or any branch thereof, in this State, for compensation, 
or shall either directly or indirectly receive or accept for his ser¬ 
vices as a practitioner of veterinary medicine or surgery, any fee 
or reward, except he be duly registered as hereinafter provided 
in the book kept for that purpose in the office of the Clerk of 
the county in which he resides. 
§ 2. No person shall be entitled to register as such prac¬ 
titioner unless he be a graduate of a legally incorporated veter¬ 
inary college or university, or shall hold a certificate of qualifica¬ 
tion from a legally incorporated veterinary society, organized at 
least five years before the passage of this Act, and such certificate 
shall be issued at least one year previous to January 1st, 1885. 
§ 3. Any person who has been continuously practicing 
veterinary medicine or surgery in this State, as a means of liveli¬ 
hood, for a period of not less than ten years immediately 
preceding the passage of this Act, without having previously 
obtained a diploma or certificate from a legally incorporated vet¬ 
erinary college, university or society, as provided in section 2 of 
this Act, shall be allowed to register as hereinbefore provided, 
upon making and filing with the Clerk of the county in which 
he resides, an affidavit proving that he has been continuously 
