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NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONVENTION. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Procter  it  was  resolved  to  proceed  to  the 
election  of  a  Treasurer  and  Executive  Committee. 
Messrs.  Bache  and  Taylor  were  appointed  tellers,  who  reported 
that  Alfred  B.  Taylor  was  elected  Treasurer,  and  William  Procter, 
Jr.,  George  D.  Coggeshall,  and  Joseph  Burnett  as  the  Executive 
Committee. 
Mr.  Burnett,  of  Boston,  said  that  he  was  instructed  by  resolu- 
tion of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  to  express  the 
desire  of  that  body,  that  the  Convention  would  meet  next  in 
their  city. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Stewart  it  was  resolved  that  when  this 
gated,  the  latter  being  required  to  present  a  certificate  signed  by  a  majority 
of  the  delegates  from  the  places  whence  they  come.  If  no  such  delegates 
are  present  at  the  Association,  they  may  on  obtaining  the  certificates  of  any 
three  members  of  the  Association  be  admitted,  provided  they  be  introduced 
by  the  committee  on  credentials. 
Article  III.  All  persons  who  become  members  of  this  Association  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. 
Article  IV.  Every  member  in  attendance  at  the  annual  meetings  shall 
pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  two  dollars  as  his  yearly 
contribution. 
Article  V.  Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  shall  be  entitled  to 
five  delegates. 
Section  III.    Of  the  Officers. 
The  officers  of  this  association  shall  be  a  President,  three  Vice  Presi- 
dents, a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Treasurer,  and 
an  Executive  Committee  of  three,  which  may  include  any  of  the  members 
except  the  President,  all  of  whom  shall  be  elected  annually. 
Article  I.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  and  preserve 
order.  He  shall  nominate  all  committees,  except  a  majority  of  the  members 
present  direct  a  resort  to  balloting  or  other  means.  He  shall  sign  all  cer- 
tificates of  membership,  approve  of  all  foreign  correspondence,  and  counter- 
sign all  orders  on  the  Treasurer  drawn  by  the  Executive  Committee.  And 
he  shall,  at  least  three  months  previously  to  the  annual  meeting,  publish  a 
call  in  all  the  pharmaceutical  and  in  such  medical  and  other  Journals  as 
he  may  select,  stating  therein  the  objects  of  the  Association,  and  the  condi- 
tions of  membership. 
Article  II.  In  case  of  the  temporary  absence,  or  inability  of  the 
President,  his  duties  shall  devolve  on  one  of  the  Vice  Presidents. 
Article  III.    The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  fair  and  correct 
