282 UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
New Haven, Ct., and Sira men and Hoi in an, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
were present as invited guests. 
The minutes of the previous meeting held in Boston in March 
last, were adopted as read by the Secretary. 
The committees on Diseases, and Education and Intelligence, 
had no reports to make. 
The report of the comitia minora was read and accepted. 
Dr. Thayer, seconded by Dr. Bell, moved that the Association 
vote for the election of all the candidates recommended at one 
ballot. J. D. Hopkins objected and the motion was withdrawn. 
Balloting then proceeded in the regular way, resulting in the 
election of Messrs. Farley, R. A. McLean, Miller, Herr and L. 
McLean. Messrs. Rogers, Carman, Cattnach, Smith, and Klein- 
dopli were not balloted for, inasmuch as they had not complied 
with all the requirements of the By-Laws. 
The Chair appointed Messrs. Liautard, Laidlaw, Bell, Saunders 
and G. B. Penniman a committee to nominate officers for the 
ensuing year. The committee reported : 
For President, J. L. Robertson, of N. Y. City; Vice Presi¬ 
dent, J. H. Stickney, of Boston, Mass.; Recording Secretary, A. A. 
Holcombe, of N. Y. City ; Corresponding Secretary, Win. J. 
Coates, of N. Y. City ; Treasurer, Charles Burden, of FT. Y. City. 
Censors : A. Liautard, C. P. Lyman, A. Lockhart, E. F. Thayer, 
W. J. Coates, C. B. Michener. 
It was moved by Dr. Stickney that the Secretary be instructed 
to cast the vote of the Association for the candidates as nom¬ 
inated, in a single ballot. The motion was carried, and the Chair 
appointed Dr. Laidlaw a committee of one to conduct the newly- 
elected President to the chair. Retiring President Lyman thanked 
the Association for the honor conferred upon him during the last 
two years, as presiding officer, and expressed the hope that our 
present era of good feeling would be maintained through all fu¬ 
ture time. 
President Robertson accepted with gratitude the flattering 
compliment which the Association had paid him in choosing 
him as their chairman for the next year, and assured those pres¬ 
ent that his first endeavor would be to maintain the best of 
