Alo"cJtCber,JiS)a2!'n]'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  487 
about  250  applicants  had  completed  their  requirements  for  member- 
ship in  the  Association  and  had  been  duly  elected  at  this  meeting. 
Dr.  Frank  B.  Woodbury,  delegate  from  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, expressed  his  appreciation  of  the  work  accomplished  by  the 
delegates  of  the  A. Ph. A.  to  the  Section  on  Materia  Medica  and 
Therapeutics  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  The  Com- 
mittee on  Time  and  Place  of  meeting  reported  that  Mackinac  Island, 
Mich.,  had  been  selected  as  the  place  for  the  next  meeting,  the  time 
set  for  the  meeting,  August  10,  1903.  The  Committee  on  Exhib- 
its, Chairman,  Trios,  P.  Cook,  of  New  York,  reported  a  balance 
of  $950.16,  and  this  was  accepted  with  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks. 
The  Committee  on  Weights  and  Measures  reported  through  the 
Chairman,  Frank  G.  Ryan,  Detroit,  that  satisfactory  progress  had 
been  made  and  that  the  measures  before  Congress  would  be  prob- 
ably adopted  at  the  next  session.  Mr.  Kline  moved  that  the  Asso- 
ciation place  itself  on  record  as  favoring  reduction  on  the  tax  on 
alcohol,  which  was  carried.  Mr.  Searby  stated  that  under  the  pres- 
ent ruling  crude  drugs  which  are  subject  to  fermentation  on  account 
of  the  necessary  treatment  to  prepare  them  for  the  market  are 
classified  with  the  fermented  liquors  and  are  subject  to  duty,  whereas 
crude  drugs  are  admitted  free,  and  offered  a  resolution  to  place  them 
on  the  free  list,  which  motion  was  carried.  Mr.  Mayo  then  moved 
that  the  President  appoint  a  committee  of  twenty-five  to  confer  with 
the  Trustees  of  the  Carnegie  Institution  in  regard  to  formulating 
measures  providing  for  pharmaceutical  research  under  the  auspices 
of  that  Institution,  which  motion  carried.  The  Secretary  then  read 
a  number  of  telegrams  and  letters  of  congratulation  from  individuals 
and  societies  in  this  country,  and  abroad  as  well.  The  council 
had  recommended  making  extracts  from  these  letters  and  printing 
them  in  the  proceedings  and  it  was  so  ordered.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg, 
chairman  of  the  delegation  to  the  American  Medical  Association, 
reported  on  the  work  accomplished  by  the  section  on  materia  medica 
and  therapeutics  at  the  last  meeting  and  said  that  two  papers  pre- 
sented by  the  delegation  were  given  special  consideration,  viz.:  on 
"  Hypnotics  and  Analgesics,"  by  Dr.  Jelliffe,  New  York  City,  and  on 
"  Metric  Weights  and  Measures,"  by  himself.  George  F.  Payne, 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Status  of  Pharmacists  in  the  U.  S. 
Employ,  reported  that  the  title  of  pharmacist  had  been  given  to  the 
Hospital  Stewards  of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service,  and  that  Dr.  Rixey, 
