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are healthy, with a fracture of the right femur, just below the ar¬ 
ticular head of the bone, at the neck. The head is forced into 
the acetabulum, and has caused an elevation of the inner plate of 
the ilium, part of which, however, is destroyed, and allows the 
head of the femur to form the anterior border of the obturator 
foramen. On looking at the interior face of the pelvis, a portion 
of the cotyloid cavity is seen, about J of it; the remaining is filled 
by the head of the femur, which has slipped outside of it, back¬ 
wards. The head is firmly secured by bony deposits, and a false 
articular surface, irregular in shape but smooth, is situated at its 
inferior face, and must have been articulated with the body of 
bone. The obturator foramen is much reduced, its antero-exter- 
nal border presenting irregular bony deposits, and showing the 
round and smooth surface of the head of the femur. 
SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
A BILL FOR AN ACT TO SUPPRESS AND PREVENT THE DISSEMINA¬ 
TION OF CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
Introduced iu the Couucil by Mr. Tiiomas Sturgis, of Cheyenne. Passed by 
the 7th Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory, March, 1882. 
Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the 
Territory of Wyoming: 
Section 1. That the Governor of the Territory is hereby 
authorized to nominate, which nomination may be made upon the 
recommendation of the Stock Growers’ Association of the Terri¬ 
tory, and by the advice and consent of the Council, appoint (with¬ 
out necessary delay after the passage of this act) a competent 
veterinary surgeon, who shall be known as the Territorial Veter¬ 
inarian, and on entering on his duties shall take an oath to well 
and truly perform his duties as provided by law. 
Sec. 2. The duties of said veterinarian shall be as follows: 
To investigate any and all cases of contagious and infectious 
disease among domestic animals in this Territory, of which he may 
have knowledge or which may be brought to his notice by any 
