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PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
Sec. I. It shall be lawful for not less than five of the grad¬ 
uated Veterinary Surgeons in the several judicial districts of the 
Supreme Court of this State to meet together and organize Soci- 
ties, and whenever said Societies shall be organized as aforesaid, 
they are hereby constituted bodies corporate in fact and under 
the name of “ The District Veterinary Society ” of the respective 
judicial districts where they shall be located. 
Sec. II. Each of said district Societies, when organized as 
aforesaid, shall elect delegates who shall meet in the City of Al¬ 
bany, and proceed to organize—not less than 15 delegates being 
present—a State Veterinary Society, which shall be named “ The 
Veterinary .Society of the State of New York” 
Sec. III. The Secretary of each of the district Societies shall 
lodge in the County Clerk’s office of some County within their dis¬ 
trict, a copy of all the proceedings and records of their organization; 
and it shall also be the duty of the Secretary of the State Veteri¬ 
nary Society to lodge in the office of the Secretary of State a 
copy of its records and proceedings had at the organization there¬ 
of ; and the said County Clerks respectively and the Secretary of 
State shall file the same in their respective offices, and shall re¬ 
ceive therefor a fee of one dollar. 
Sec. IV. The State Veterinary Society shall appoint eight (8) 
censors to constitute a Board of Censors, who shall be divided 
into three classes, two to serve two, three to serve three, and three 
to serve four years; said Board of Censors shall meet at least 
once a year at such time and place as they shall designate, and 
thus met, six of them constituting a quorum, they shall examine 
all persons who are entitled to examination under the provisions 
of this act, and who shall present themselves for that purpose, 
and report their opinions in writing to the president of said Soci¬ 
ety ; and on recommendation of the said board it shall be the 
duty of the president aforesaid to issue a certificate to such per¬ 
son or persons, countersigned by the secretary, and bearing the 
seal of said society, conferring upon him or them the degree of 
“ Licentiate of Veterinary Medicine ,” L.V.M.; and it shall not 
be lawful for any other corporation to grant to any person the 
said degree of “Licentiate of Veterinary Medicine.” 
