Am  M°ay?i9Sarm'}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  247 
Botanical  and  Microscopical  Laboratory,  four  cards  containing 
Type  Specimens  of  Commercial  Opium  and  Alkaloidal  Constitu- 
ents, Commercial  Cinchonas  and  Alkaloidal  Constituents,  Commer- 
cial Cinnamons,  and  a  Student's  Case  of  Crude  Vegetable  Drugs. 
A  letter  from  the  Curator  of  the  Museum  at  Harrisburg  states 
that  the  exhibit  has  proved  attractive  and  interesting. 
The  committee  recommend  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Joseph  Jacobs 
for  the  autograph  letter  of  Baron  Liebig,  which  was,  on  motion, 
adopted. 
The  resignations  of  Doctor  William  S.  Weakley  and  George  Y. 
Wood  from  active  membership  were  read  and  accepted. 
The  President  made  the  following  appointments :  Delegates  to 
the  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be 
held  at  Easton,  June  23d,  24th  and  25th,  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Mahlon 
N.  Kline,  William  Mclntyre,  H.  L.  Stiles  and  Charles  H.  La  Wall. 
Committee  on  By-Laws,  George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  W.  England 
and  C.  A.  Weidemann.  Delegates  to  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association,  George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  P.  Remington  and  C. 
B.  Lowe. 
Mr.  Wilbert  presented  a  preamble  and  resolution  relating  to  a  bill 
now  pending  in  Congress,  known  as  "  H.  R."  No.  16,091,  which  has 
for  its  object  the  improvement  of  the  pharmaceutical  service  in  the 
Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  service.  Considerable  discus- 
sion followed  the  presentation  ;  numerous  amendments  and  motions 
were  made,  after  which  a  special  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Remington,  Cliffe  and  Wilbert  were  appointed  to  consider  the  mat- 
ter, who  subsequently  proposed  the  following  amendment  to  the 
House  bill : 
"Resolved,  That  we  recommend  that  appointments  to  the  rank  of 
Assistant  Pharmacists  be  limited  to  graduates  of  pharmacy  from  a 
recognized  college  or  school  of  pharmacy." 
This  was  adopted,  and  copies  of  the  preamble  and  resolution,  and 
amendment  directed  to  be  sent  to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Expenditures  of  the  Treasury  Department,  and  the  Representa- 
tives in  Congress  from  Philadelphia. 
The  election  of  officers,  trustees  and  committees  being  now  in 
order,  Messrs.  Cliffe  and  England  were  appointed  tellers,  who,  after 
a  ballot  was  had,  reported  the  election  of :  President,  Howard  B. 
French  ;  First  Vice-President,  Mahlon  N.  Kline ;  Second  Vice-Presi- 
