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CORRESPONDENCE. 
In doing this work I have been struck with the difficulty which 
arises from the laws of one State being different from those of 
another. To accomplish all that is possible in the way of pre¬ 
venting the spread of contagious diseases, the laws of the differ¬ 
ent States should be alike. It is very obvious that if one State 
is very remiss in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, an¬ 
other State which pursues quite an opposite policy will suffer 
from the “ laisser-aller ” policy of its neighbor. 
Can the laws of the different States be rendered alike in this 
respect? I rather think that the laws of the different States can¬ 
not be harmonized unless the Constitution of the United States 
is altered. To those who would oppose such a measure I would 
say that the Constitution of the United States was adapted for 
a small territory and three millions of people, but it must be 
modified when you have a population of over forty millions and 
an immense territory. 
I do not think that a National Veterinary Department should 
be a mere appendage to the National Board of Health or of the 
Department of Agriculture. The functions which such a De 
partment has to discharge are important enough to call for a 
separate organization. Such a department, however, could not 
be of much service until the action of the different States is har¬ 
monized, and such a change is not unlikely to meet with con¬ 
siderable opposition. The losses which this country must suffer 
by delaying to make such a change will ultimately, as it appears 
to me, lead to its being carried out. Yours, etc., 
A. J. Murray, V. S., 
State Commissioner. 
N.B.—The above is sent to the .Review under the impression 
that the question treated of is of considerable importance to 
veterinarians.—A. J. M.] 
A CROSS-EYED MULE. 
Editor Review: 
> In the government corral at this place is a team mule with 
double internal permanent strabismus. 
