402 PROPOSED BYE-LAWS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
The President then called attention to some interesting specimens of Cin¬ 
chona bark, kindly sent to them by Mr. Howard; to a specimen of poison- 
bottle ; and to a register of poisons from Mr. Mackay, of Edinburgh, which, 
lie considered, would be very useful. 
The meeting then adjourned to the 6th of January. 
THE PROPOSED BYE-LAWS 
TO BE SUBMITTED FOR CONFIRMATION BY THE PHARMACEU¬ 
TICAL SOCIETY ON THE 14lH OF JANUARY. 
PRELIMINARY. 
In the following Bye-laws words importing the singular 
number shall include the plural number; and words importing 
the plural number shall include the singular number, unless 
there be something either in the subject or context repugnant 
to such construction. By the expression, “ the Statute, 1852,” 
shall be meant and intended the Statute, 15 & 16 Viet., cap. 56, 
intituled “ An Act for regulating the qualifications of Pharma¬ 
ceutical Chemists;.” and by the expression “ the Act, 1868,” 
shall be meant and intended the Statute, 31 & 32 Viet. cap. 
121, entitled “An Act to regulate the Sale of Poisons, and 
alter and amend the Pharmacy Act, 1852.” All the Bye-laws 
heretofore passed are hereby repealed. 
SECTION I. 
QUALIFICATIONS, ELECTIONS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
1. Persons who have respectively become Members, Asso¬ 
ciates, and Apprentices or Students of the Society, pur¬ 
suant to the Charter of Incorporation, the Statute, 1852, 
and the Bye-laws which have heretofore from time to 
time been in force, may continue to be Members, Asso¬ 
ciates, and Apprentices or Students respectively, subject 
to the Bye-laws in force for the time being. 
2. Persons qualified to be elected Members, Associates, or 
Apprentices or Students of the Society, shall at a meeting 
of the Council be proposed and seconded by Members of 
the Council. The qualification of the proposed Member, 
Associate, or Apprentice or Student,, shall be stated in a 
written resolution, which, when proposed and seconded, 
shall be submitted to the Council, and when passed, shall 
confer the right of becoming a Member, Associate, or Ap¬ 
prentice or Student. 
3. Persons registered as Pharmaceutical Chemists under 
section 10 of the Statute, 1852, and desirous of becoming 
Members of the Society, shall make application to the 
Council in that behalf; 
Charter, 
lines, 69, 89; 
Stat. 1852, 
sec. x. 
Charter, 
lines 69, 89; 
Srat. 1852, 
sec. x.; 
Act, 1868, 
sec. xviii-xx. 
Stat. 1852, 
sec. x. 
