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Maisch's  motion  to  adopt  the  report  as  a  whole  was  before  the 
meeting.    Mr.  Maisch  then  withdrew  his  motion. 
Mr.  Taylor  suggested  that  the  proposition  to  consider  qualifi- 
cation the  basis  of  the  law,  with  registration  to  ascertain  and 
sustain  it,  be  now  adopted. 
Dr.  Squibb  opposed  registration,  on  the  ground  of  its  creating 
many  political  offices  and  office-holders,  and  thought  that  the 
Association  should  keep  clear  of  proposing  it.  Let  it  be  de- 
clared that  we  desire  that  pharmaceutists  should  be  required  to 
possess  legal  qualification  to  practice,  and  leave  the  means  to 
the  legislators. 
Mr.  Procter  stated  that  registration  is  being  carried  out  very 
successfully  in  Great  Britain,  under  the  direction  of  the  Phar- 
maceutical Society,  which  is  recognized  by  Parliament  as  the 
agent  for  effecting  registration  and  ascertaining  qualification. 
It  is  not  necessarily  a  political  agency,  though  so  proposed  in 
the  Committee's  bill. 
Mr.  Colcord  favored  Dr.  Squibb's  proposition  of  a  simple 
declaration. 
Mr.  Coddington  urged  the  necessity  of  proposing  a  definite 
law,  as,  unless  it  is  done,  the  legislators  will  enact  laws  that  will 
be  much  more  burthensome  and  oppressive.  Some  machinery 
is  absolutely  necessary,  and  he  thought  that  of  the  bill  probably 
as  good  as  any  that  would  be  likely  to  originate  with  legislators. 
Mr.  Wright  believed  we  should  get  on  by  taking  a  vote  on 
the  question  of  registration  as  the  means  of  ascertaining  quali- 
fication. 
Prof.  Maisch  considered  that  the  law  proposed  by  the  Com- 
mittee would  impose  burdens  on  the  practising  pharmacist  not 
before  felt ;  and  that  those  burdens  are  for  the  benefit  of  the 
public  and  not  for  the  advantage  of  the  apothecary. 
Mr.  Shinn  believed  it  was  evident  that  all  members  did  not 
desire  legislation,  but  the  law  proposed  by  the  Committee  is 
brought  forward  conditionally,  viz.  : — to  meet  the  demand  for  a 
law  on  the  part  of  the  community.  He  therefore  believed  that 
the  proposed  law  should  be  ofi'ered  only  in  case  it  is  necessary 
by  the  forcing  of  legislation  upon  us,  and  then  to  be  offered  for 
guidance. 
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