SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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COLLGE COMMENCEMENT. 
ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE EXAMINATION. 
The December examination concluded on Thursday, December 23d, when 
the following gentlemen, third session students, passed a final examination and 
were awarded the deploma of the council: J. J. Irving, Hoekley, Ontario; W. I. 
Oliver, Brampton, Ontario; Albert Curtiss, Limcoe. Ontario; George F. Kelly, 
Markham, Ontario; A. F. McMaster, Maryland, U. S.; D. and K. Seltzer, 
Havana, N. Y., U. S.; I. E. Campbell, Alliance, Ohio, U. S.; Fred. O’Brien, 
Laskay, Ontario; E. D. Hayden, Syracuse, N. Y., U. S.; W. A. Meredith, 
Jamestown, N. Y., U. S. M. O’Brien, passed with great credit. Messrs. 
Meredith, McMaster and Oliver, with honors. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
A special meeting, by order of the President, was held on Tuesday, Dec. 30th, 
1884, at the American Veterinary College, to take urgent action on the question of 
legislative law, and to hear important communication^ received by the President 
of the Society. 
Members present were Drs. Dixon, Burget, Johnson, Bath, Pendry, Waters, 
Walton, Newman, Ryder, Allen, Parsons, Cuff, Jackson, Liautard, Robertson, 
Cattanach, Coates, Burden, Foote, Crane, Duane, L. McLean, Wray, R. McLean 
and Devoe. The President, Dr. Liautard, in the chair, who in stating the reason 
of the meeting, read a letter he had received from the President of the New York 
State Medical Veterinary Association, in reference to legislative law, stating they 
were going to hold a meeting on the 9th of January, to which all veterinary sur¬ 
geons were invited, expressing the wish that a unity of opinion be reached on the 
subject, and asking that a committee of the Society meet a committee of the 
Association, with a view of framing a bill which would be acceptable to all mem¬ 
bers of the profession, etc. 
After the reading of the letter, it was thought best to read and discuss the 
drafts made, three of which were laid before the meeting; one by Dr. A. McLean, 
and two by Dr. Pendry. The principal clause of the former was that non-grad¬ 
uates be allowed to register on proof of ten years’ practice. One of the latter was 
much to the same effect, except that it was a shorter bill. The other provided 
that they should be in practice for five years and pass a practical examination 
before a Board of Censors. After the reading of the three drafts, it was decided 
to take up the draft made by Dr. R. McLean, as it had been before the committee 
on legislative law; but Dr. L. McLean strongly opposed it on the ground that it 
did not call for an examination. A long discussion took place, when a motion 
was made by Dr. L. McLean, and carried, changing the draft to that effect, 
nineteen members voting for the motion and six against. The clause was finally 
adopted calling for an examination and five years in practice. The remaining 
