1 40  Correspondence.  \  ^J'^' 
man.  are  to  be  furnished  to  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  press. 
10.  On  motion  of  H.  M.  Whelpley,  seconded  by  J.  H.  Beal, 
it  was  ordered  that  the  list  of  delegates  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Convention  be  published,  in  so  far  as  it  may  then  be  completed, 
on  April  1,  19 10,  with  the  explicit  statement  that  such  publication 
does  not  of  necessity  mean  that  such  delegates  will  be  received 
and  seated  by  the  Convention. 
11.  There  being  no  further  business,  the  Committee,  on  motion 
of  S.  L.  Hilton,  seconded  by  J.  H.  Beal,  adjourned. 
Attest:  Murray  Galt  Motter, 
Secretary. 
AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  CONSTITUTION. 
Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  10,  1910. 
To  the  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Press  : 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopceial  Convention  held  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  January 
28  and  29,  1910,  it  was  resolved,  five  members  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  assenting  thereto,  to  submit  to  the  next  meeting  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  (Incorporated)  the  fol- 
lowing propositions  to  amend  the  Constitution  of  the  Convention 
in  the  following  particulars : 
I.  To  amend  Section  2,  Article  II,  relating  to  membership,  by 
inserting  after  the  title  "  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States 
Marine-Hospital  Service."  the  following :.  "  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture, the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  the  Association  of 
Official  Agricultural  Chemists,  the  Association  of  State  and  National 
Food  and  Dairy  Department,  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists' 
Association,  and  the  National  Dental  Association." 
II.  Also  to  amend  said  Section  2,  Article  II,  by  changing  the 
words  "  three  delegates "  in  line  eleven  (page  seven  of  the  re- 
print of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  1909)  to  "  one  dele- 
gate " ;  the  effect  of  this  change  being  to  reduce  the  represen- 
tation of  each  organized  body  and  department  to  one  delegate 
each. 
III.  Also  to  amend  Article  IV,  concerning  "  Committees  and 
Trustees,"  by  changing  'the  title  "  Committee  of  Revision,"  to 
that  of  "General  Committee  of  Revision"  (Ibid.,  last  line). 
The  Constitution  does  not  require  notice  to  be  given  of  pro- 
posed changes  in  the  By-Laws  of  the  Convention,  but  to  make 
