1tepSber?iS?"}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  501 
proposed.  Mr.Bbert,of  Chicago, explained  his  method,  which  was  also  considered 
a  good  one.  The  minutes  of  the  second  and  third  sessions  were  then  read  and 
approved.  Mr.  Thompson  suggested  that  in  the  model  pharmacy  law  the 
exemption  of  poisons  dispensed  on  physicians'  prescriptions  from  the  list  of 
articles  required  to  be  registered,  should  be  qualified  to  read  in  such  a  manner 
that  the  prescription  is  specified  to  be  intended  for  a  patient.  Mr.  Thompson 
also  suggested  that  the  law  be  constructed  so  as  to  restrict  the  use  of  narcotics, 
like  opium  and  cocaine.  The  suggestions  were  referred  to  the  Committees  on 
the  Revision  of  Pharmacy  Laws  and  on  a  Model  Pharmacy  Law.  Prof.  Hallberg 
then  withdrew  his  name  as  nominee  for  Chairman.  The  Secretary  was  then 
instructed  to  cast  a  ballot  for  Prof.  Beal  as  Chairman.  Messrs.  Oldberg,  Hall- 
berg, Puckner,  Whelpley,  Beal,  Mason,  Hereth  and  Kaufmann  withdrew  their 
names,  and  Mr.  Webster,  of  Minnesota,  was  declared  unanimously  elected  for 
Secretary.  The  newly  elected  officers  were  then  installed,  and  the  retiring 
officers  were  given  a  vote  of  thanks.  Adjournment  was  then  ordered.  Presi- 
dent Morrison  called  the 
THIRD  AND  FINAL  GENERAL  SESSION  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION 
to  order  at  2.55  p.m.,  on  Saturday,  August  28th.  Secretary  Caspari  read  the 
minutes  of  the  second  general  session,  ancl  they  were  approved.  Secretary 
Kennedy,  of  the  Council,  followed  with  the  minutes  of  the  sessions  of  that  body. 
He  reported  that  a  communication  had  been  received  from  H.  L.  Palmer  and 
K.  L.  Ruddy  in  regard  to  publishing  a  history  of  the  Association.  Prof.  Hall- 
berg had  proposed  that  a  semi-centennial  of  the  organization  of  the  Association 
be  held  in  1902.  A  Committee  on  Semi-Centennial  Celebration  was  appointed 
and  these  matters  were  referred  to  it.  Mr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore,  Md., 
was  then  elected  Local  Secretary  for  1898.  An  appropriation  was  made  for 
the  support  of  the  bills  of  the  Committee  on  the  Status  of  Pharmacists  in  the 
United  States  Army  and  Navy.  Secretary  Kennedy  also  reported  the  names  of 
27  new  applicants  for  membership.  The  total  new  applicants  at  the  meeting 
numbered  130,  and  over  100  had  paid  their  first  annual  dues. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  of  the  Council  for  the  coming 
year:  Chairman,  W.  S.  Thompson,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Vice- Chairman,  J.  M. 
Good,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Secretary,  Geo.  W.  Kennedy,  Pottsville,  Pa.  The  Com- 
mittee on  Transportation  then  made  its  report.  Following  this  the  Committee 
on  Tax-Free  Alcohol  reported  that  Congress  had  attempted  no  legislation  on 
the  question  except  to  impose  a  tax  on'wood  alcohol,  and  that  this  measure 
was  defeated.  The  committee  had  no  recommendations  to  make,  but  it  men- 
tioned the  various  methods  that  are  adopted  in  European  countries  to  prepare 
alcohol  in  such  a  way  as  to  render  it  unfit  for  internal  use,  but  still  retain  it  in 
a  condition  fit  for  use  in  the  arts.  It  was  also  pointed  out  that  tax-free  alcohol 
would  render  wood  alcohol  quite  unnecessary,  as  it  costs  about  three  times  as 
much  to  produce  wood  alcohol,  and  besides,  the  latter  is  not  so  useful  as  ethyl 
alcohol.  The  report  was  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee.  The  Com- 
mittee on  National  Legislation  reported  that  the  matters  which  had  engaged 
its  attention  during  the  past  year  were  the  tax  on  alcohol,  the  retention  of 
alcoholic  beverages  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  and  the  question  of 
patents  and  trade-marks  as  applied  to  medicines.  The  report  was  received  and 
referred  for  publication.    It  was  moved  and  carried  to  continue  the  Special 
