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and  the  Saginaw  Valley  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  ex- 
tended to  them  a  cordial  welcome. 
The  following  names  were  then  given  to  act  as  the  Committee 
on  Nominations  : 
From  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  Thomas  Whitfield. 
"      Massachusetts    "         "  Samuel  M.  Colcord. 
"     New  York,       "  William  Wright,  Jr. 
"      Philadelphia,     "         "  Wil  iam  Procter,  Jr. 
"      Cincinnati,        "         "  George  B.  McPherson. 
Kansas,  "  George  Leis. 
"      Saginaw  Valley  Association,     Samuel  S.  Garrigues. 
"      Alumni  Association,  P. CP.,     William  C.  Bakes. 
"  Association  at  large,  by  the  President,  William  H. 
Shuey,  of  Minneapolis ;  Charles  H.  Dalrymple,  of  Morristown, 
N.  J.,  and  N.  Gray  Bartlett,  of  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
The  delegation  from  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  not 
having  arrived,  it  was  ordered  that  its  first  delegate  arriving  be 
placed  on  the  Committee. 
The  credentials  of  the  delegates  from  the  Maryland  College 
not  having  been  received,  E.  Walton  Russell,  one  of  them,  was 
appointed  to  represent  that  College  on  the  Nominating  Committee. 
Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee,  read 
his  report,  of  which  the  following  is  an  outline : 
The  Committee  were  charged  last  year  to  prepare  rules  of 
order  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  on  considering  the 
subject  it  was  found  that  the  wants  of  the  Association  were  well 
met  in  a  little  volume  called  "  Rules  of  Order — a  manual  for 
conducting  business,  etc.,  by  B.  Matthias,  A.M.  ;  Phila.,  1869," 
which  it  is  believed  contains  all  the  regulations,  rules,  and  ex- 
planations necessary  for  our  guidance,  and  a  copy  is  herewith 
submitted. 
The  report  recommends  enlarging  the  duties  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Scientific  Queries,  and  changing  its  name  to  "  Com- 
mittee on  Scientific  Papers  and  Queries,"  and  that  the  duty  of 
this  Committee  shall  be  to  receive  all  reports  of  Standing  Com- 
mittees and  all  Scientific  Papers  intended  for  the  Association, 
to  designate  which  shall  be  read  at  length  and  which  by  title 
only,  and  prepare  or  have  prepared  synopses  of  such  others  as 
