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Mr.  Merrill  thought  it  inexpedient  to  have  any  bill  requiring 
registration,  and  believed,  if  adopted,  it  would  become  inopera- 
tive, he  was  opposed  to  it  as  oppressive.  He  considered  that 
the  law  must  act  by  compelling  every  apothecary  to  employ 
competent  clerks,  by  making  him  responsible  for  the  acts  of 
these  clerks  when  they  are  unqualified. 
Mr.  Ebert  wanted  to  know  what  our  courts  would  understand 
by  qualification,  if  they  have  no  standard  to  judge  by. 
Mr.  Haviland  proposed  to  move  that  all  the  clauses  regard- 
ing registration  be  stricken  out. 
Dr.  Squibb  stated  the  difiiculty  of  drafting  resolutions  as  im- 
portant as  those  now  needed,  in  the  hurry  of  business.  He  had 
prepared  a  sketch  which  he  proposed  now  to  read. 
Resolved,  That  the  draft  of  a  Law  presented  by  a  Oommittee  of  the  As- 
sociation appointed  for  that  purpose,  be  incorporated  in  the  Minutes  of 
the  Association,  as  one  scheme  whereby  the  objects  of  the  Association 
may  be  attained ;  and  that  as  snch  it  is  placed  on  record  for  the  use  of 
the  Legislatures  of  the  different  States  of  the  Union,  if  they  please  to 
consult  it ;  but  it  is  also 
Resolved,  That  the  diSiculties  of  constructing  a  proper  form  of  law 
adapted  to  general  use  as  such,  and  the  impossibility  of  obtaining  har- 
monious action  in  our  own  body  is  so  apparent,  that  we  are  satisfied  with 
enunciating  the  broad  principle  which  in  our  judgment  underlies  most  of 
the  accidents  and  abuses  which  we  aim  to  correct. 
Resolved,  That  this  principle  is  that  lack  of  qualification  in  those  who 
prepare  and  dispense  medicinal  substances,  is  the  chief  cause  of  the  acci- 
dents and  difficulties  which  occur,  and  that  proper  qualification  and  edu- 
cation should  be  secured  by  law. 
Mr.  Colcord  expressed  satisfaction  with  these  resolutions. 
Mr.  Procter,  while  agreeing  with  the  resolutions,  would  have 
been  pleased  if  the  Association  could  have  gone  further  and  ex- 
pressed more  specifically  in  a  series  of  resolutions  all  the  salient 
points  of  the  bill. 
Dr.  Squibb  then  proposed  that,  if  a  majority  of  the  Associa- 
tion approved  the  resolutions,  the  subject  be  postponed  till 
the  commencement  of  the  afternoon  session,  when  the  resolutions, 
more  carefully  elaborated,  could  be  laid  before  the  meeting  for 
its  action.    Agreed  to. 
Mr.  Shinn,  on  behalf  of  the  Oommittee  appointed  to  bring 
