NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONVENTION. 
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Convention  finally  adjourns,  it  will  accept  the  invitation  of  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  adjourn  to  meet  as  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  Boston,  on  the  fourth 
Wednesday  [24th]  of  August,  1853. 
On  motion,  the  Convention  then  adjourned  to  9  o'clock  A.  M, 
to-morrow. 
Fourth  Sitting— October  8th,  1852,  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 
President  in  the  Chair. 
The  minutes  of  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
The  business  Committee  proposed  the  following  addition  to  the 
fourth  section  of  the  Constitution,  which  was  read. 
"  Section  IV.  article  3d.  Immediately  after  the  temporary  organi- 
minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Association.  He  shall  keep  a  roll  book 
of  the  members,  and  see  that  it  is  corrected  annually,  and  he  shall  furnish 
to  the  Executive  Committee  a  correct  transcript  of  the  minutes  of  the 
meetings  for  publication  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Association. 
Article  IV.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  attend  to  the  official 
correspondence  directed  by  the  association  with  other  bodies,  or  with  its 
members,  all  of  which  correspondence  shall  be  approved  by  the  President. 
Article  V.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  take  care  of  the  funds  of 
the  association ;  shall  pay  its  money  only  on  the  order  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  countersigned  by  the  President ;  and  shall  present  a  statement 
of  his  accounts  annually,  that  they  may  be  audited. 
Article  VI.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  take  charge  of  the  publi- 
cation of  the  proceedings  of  the  Association,  including  such  papers  on  scien- 
tific subjects  as  it  may  direct  to  be  published  ;  attend  to  their  distribution  ; 
pay  the  expenses  incurred  on  behalf  of  the  Association  at  its  meetings  or  in 
the  interim,  and  report  a  statement  of  their  transactions  to  the  next 
meeting. 
Section  IV.    Of  the  Meetings. 
Article  I.  The  meetings  shall  be  held  annually,  at  such  time  and  place 
as  shall  be  determined  at  the  adjournment  of  the  previous  meeting,  observ- 
ing that  no  two  meetings  shall  be  held  consecutively  at  the  same  place. 
Article  II.  The  meetings  shall  be  organized  by  the  President  of  the 
previous  year,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  either  of  the  Vice  Presidents  in  the 
order  of  their  election,  or,  in  their  absence,  by  the  Recording  Secretary,  who 
shall  act  pro  tempore  until  the  nomination  and  election  of  officers  for  the 
session. 
Article  III.  Immediately  after  the  temporary  organization  of  the  Asso- 
ciation the  roll  shall  be  called,  when  a  committee  on  credentials  shall  be 
appointed  from  the  members  present,  to  whom  the  certificates  of  delegates 
