NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONVENTION. 
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(1st  draft)  "Section  II.  The  members  of  this  association  shall 
consist,  firstly,  of  delegates  from  regularly  organized  Colleges,  and 
Societies  of  Pharmacy  within  the  United  States;  secondly,  of  dele- 
gates from  the  apothecaries  and  druggists  of  cities  and  towns 
where  no  organization  exists,  each  of  such  delegates  representing 
and  presenting  credentials  signed  by  ten  constituents  ;  and  thirdly, 
of  isolated  pharmaceutists,  residing  in  places  where  the  number 
of  apothecaries  is  too  small  to  send  a  representative  by  right,  who 
shall  be  admitted  to  the  meetings  of  the  Association  and  partici- 
pate in  its  transactions,  provided  they  are  introduced  at  the  meet- 
ings by  the  Committee  on  Credentials." 
(2d  draft)  "  Section  II.  All  pharmaceutists  and  druggists  who 
shall  have  attained  the  age  of  21  years,  whose  character,  morally 
and  professionally,  is  fair,  and  who,  after  duly  considering  the  ob- 
ligations of  the  Constitution  and  Code  of  Ethics  of  this  Associa- 
tion, are  willing  to  subscribe  to  them,  shall  be  eligible  for  mem- 
bership. 
"  The  members  shall  consist  of  Delegates  from  Colleges  of  Phar- 
macy and  Pharmaceutical  Societies,  who  shall  present  properly 
authorized  credentials;  and  of  other  reputable  pharmaceutists  feel- 
ing an  interest  in  the  objects  of  the  Association  who  may  not  be 
so  delegated,  the  latter  being  required  to  present  a  certificate 
signed  by  a  majority  of  the  delegates  from  the  places  whence  they 
came.  If  no  such  delegates  are  present  at  the  meeting,  they 
may,  on  obtaining  the  certificates  of  any  three  members  of  the 
Association,  be  admitted." 
An  animated  debate  ensued  on  the  above  drafts  of  the  second 
section  ;  one  part  of  the  members  were  of  the  opinion  that  the 
members  of  the  proposed  association  should  come  from  organized 
societies  as  far  as  practicable,  and  that  the  representative  basis 
should  be  aimed  at,  even  for  places  where  no  organization  exists, 
by  requiring  every  member  from  such  places  to  bring  credentials 
from  the  practicing  apothecaries.  This  would  enable  every  sec- 
tion of  the  profession  desiring  to  do  so,^to  have  a  voice  in  the 
National  Association,  and  by  bringing  them  together  would  prac- 
tically suggest  the  idea  of  organizing  themselves  into  permanent 
local  societies.  They  argued  that  any  instances  of  isolated  phar- 
maceutists desiring  to  take  part  in  the  meetings  from  interest  in 
their  objects,  would  be  met  by  the  latter  clause,  by  which  such  gen- 
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