AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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it  may  deem  desirable  ;  and  also  to  arrange  in  connection  with 
the  Business  Committee  the  time  for  their  being  read. 
The  report  also  presents  suggestions  in  separate  form  of  a  re- 
modeling of  the  Constitution,  and  recommends,  to  save  time, 
that  the  whole  be  referred  to  a  committee  to  report  to  this  meet- 
ing whether  or  not  the  suggestions  shall  be  entertained. 
It  being  agreed  to  refer  the  recommendations  of  this  report 
to  a  Committee,  the  Chair  appointed  Henry  Haviland,  of  New 
York,  Ashel  Boyden,  of  Boston,  and  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, to  that  duty. 
William  Wright,  Jr.,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  preparing  a 
law  to  regulate  the  practice  of  Pharmacy,  reported  verbally  that 
the  duty  had  been  attended  to,  and  printed  copies  of  the  pro- 
posed law  were  on  the  table  for  distribution  to  the  members  for 
consideration  and  criticism  prior  to  its  being  taken  up  by  the 
Association. 
The  Permanent  Secretary  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  Gellatly, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market,  explaining 
the  causes  of  failure  in  presenting  a  report,  offering  to  furnish 
the  usual  statistics  in  time  for  publication,  and  suggesting  the 
appointment  of  a  Committee  on  the  Tariff. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  now 
called  up.  The  Chairman,  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn, 
explained  that  his  was  an  individual  report,  it  having  been  un- 
derstood that  each  member  of  the  ^Committee  would  make  a 
separate  report,  and  that  the  report  offered  by  him  he  alone  was 
responsible  for.  Dr.  Squibb  then  read  the  first  part  of  his  re- 
port on  the  Pharmacopoeia,  a  document  of  80  cap  pages  of  MS. 
Mr.  Bedford,  moved  that  when  we  adjourn  we  adjourn  to  meet 
to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock,  which  was  carried. 
The  Chairman  then  proceeded  to  read  the  address  of  the  re- 
tiring President,  Edward  Parrish. 
The  address,  for  which  we  have  not  space,  expresses  regret  at  the 
inability  of  the  President  to  meet  his  fellow  members  in  the  great  and 
growing  metropolis  of  the  North-west.  The  embarrassed  financial  con- 
dition of  the  Association  is  referred  to  the  too  tardy  payment  of  dues 
by  members.  The  valuable  services  of  the  Permanent  Secretary  are 
alluded  to  in  terms  justly  complimentary  to  that  excellent  officer.  The 
16th  volume  of  Proceedings  is  spoken  of  with  approval.    The  Reports  on 
