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Section  2.  The  mode  of  admission  to  membership  shall  be  as  follows :  Any  person  eligible  to 
membership  may  apply  to  any  member  of  the  Executive  Committee,  who  shall  report  his  appli- 
cation to  the  said  Committee.  If  after  investigating  his  claims  they  shall  approve  his  election, 
they  shall  at  the  earliest  time  practicable  report  his  name  to  the  Association,  and  he  may  be 
elected  by  two-thirds  of  the  members  present,  on  ballot.  Should  an  application  occur  in  the  recess, 
the  members  of  the  Committee  may  give  their  approval  in  writing,  which,  if  unanimous,  and 
endorsed  by  the  President,  shall  constitute  him  a  member,  and  the  fact  be  reported  to  the  Associa- 
tion at  the  next  succeeding  meeting. 
Section  3.  No  person  shall  become  a  member  of  this  Association  until  he  shall  have  signed  the 
Constitution,  and  paid  his  annual  contribution  for  the  current  year.  All  persons  who  become 
members  shall  be  considered  as  permanent  members,  but  may  be  expelled  for  improper  conduct 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at  any  annual  meeting. 
Section  4.  Every  member  shall  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  two  dollars  as 
his  yearly  contribution,  and  is  liable  to  lose  his  right  of  membership  by  neglecting  to  pay  said 
contribution  for  three  successive  years.  Members  shall  be  entitled,  on  the  payment  of  three  dol- 
lars, to  receive  a  certificate  of  membership  signed  by  the  President,  Vice-President  and  Secretary, 
covenanting  to  return  the  same  to  the  proper  officer  on  relinquishing  their  connection  with  the 
Association. 
Section  5.  Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  shall  be  entitled  to  five  delegates  in  the  annual 
meetings,  who,  if  present,  become  members  of  the  Association,  on  signing  the  Constitution,  with- 
out being  ballotted  for. 
JOHN  L.  KIDWELL,  President. 
Georgetown,  D.  C,  June  25th,  1859. 
<£Mtorial  IDcpartmcnt. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — On  the  13th  of  September 
next,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  rooms  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy,  Temple  Place,  in  the  city  of  Boston,  the  members  of  the 
Association  will  hold  their  Eighth  Annual  Meeting  ;  and  the  well  known 
hospitality  of  our  New  England  brethren,  the  time  and  the  place,  all 
promise  that  it  will  be  large  and  interesting.  But  two  months  ajad 
a  half  remain  for  the  action  of  committees  and  investigators  who  propose 
to  report  on  that  occasion.  Rumors  of  the  action  of  some  of  these  occasion- 
ally reach  us,  which  are  taken  as  an  earnest  of  the  good  fruits  to  come  in 
autumn.  The  important  subjects  of  "  Weights  and  Measures,"  "  The 
Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  "  Home  Adulterations,"  will  need 
much  careful  attention,  and  we  doubt  not  the  several  committees  are  alive 
to  their  duties.  Every  pharmaceutist  or  druggist,  whether  a  member  or 
not,  who  has  in  possession  facts  relative  to  adulterated  drugs,  would  mate- 
rially aid  the  last  committee  by  communicating  them  to  the  chairman, 
Charles  T.  Carney,  Washington  St.,  Boston.  Of  the  numerous  important 
subjects  accepted  for  investigation  by  members,  we  trust  a  large  proportion 
will  be  reported  on,  and  thus  add  permanent  value  to  the  Proceedings  of 
the  Association.  We  know  of  no  better  discipline  to  elevate  the  tone  of 
American  Pharmacy  than  that  taking  its  origin  in  the  pursuit  of  chemical 
and  pharmacological  investigations  ;  they  open  up  subjects  of  thought 
which  enlarge  the  mind  and  benefit  others  as  well  as  ourselves. 
There  is  a  little  matter  suggested  by  the  Executive  Committee,  which 
