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VETERINARY HONORS 
Dyer, Dixon, Dusten, Haydon, Leatherman, Gerth, Jr., Rowland, Hawk, Mook 
and Lowe. 
The secretary then read a letter from Dr. J. C. Corlies, in which he stated 
his reasons for non-attendance. The letter was laid over for discussion at the 
next regular meeting. 
A bill to incorporate the association under the name of the “ New Jersey 
State Veterinary Society,” by an enactment of the Legislature, was then read, 
and after considering each section separately, it was adopted as a whole, and a 
resolution offered and passed that the association incorporate as provided for in 
said bill. 
It was moved and seconded that the chair appoint a committee of three, who, 
in connection with the president and secretary, take charge of and engineer the 
bill through the Assembly. The chair appointed Drs. Hawk, Leatherman and 
Dyer to act on said committee. 
It was moved that the committee be empowered to expend a sum of money 
not to exceed $25. Seconded and carried. 
A motion was made by Dr. Dixon that the secretary notify each individual 
member of the association that a bill to incorporate the association is going to be 
presented to the Legislature, and urge them to use their influence in securing its 
passage. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
J. Gerth, Jr., D.V.S., Secretary. 
VETERINARY HONORS. 
F. S. Billings, V.M., who has just returned from Europe, has 
been invited to take charge of the pathological department and 
laboratory recently established by the N. Y. Polyclinic. Dr. B. 
has been intimately connected with Virchow for a number of 
years, and is undoubtedly well fitted for the position to which he 
is called. We can look for original investigations and interesting 
publications from him. He is the first veterinarian in this country 
that has ever been directly connected with a school of human 
medicine. 
Complimentary Tribute to a Veterinarian.— Dr. T. W. 
Spranklin, D.V.S., of Baltimore, has been presented a handsome 
gold medal by the dairymen of Baltimore County for his profes¬ 
sional attention and care in introducing inoculation as a preventive 
measure against contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
