92  Pharmaceviic(d  CoUec/es  and  Associations.  {^^y^'^^{s^""^' 
Staunton;  Secretary,  E.  R.  Beck  with,  Petersburg ;  Treasurer,  F.  H.  Masi, 
Norfolk ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Dr.  E.  A.  Craighill,  Lynchburg. 
A  constitution  and  by-laws  were  adopted  and  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  draft  and  report  a  pharmacy  law  to  be  presented  to  the  General  Assem- 
hly  for  its  action.  The  committee  consisting  of  J.  W.  Thomas,  Norfolk  ;  T. 
F.  Knock,  Petersburg;  C.  H.  Lumsden,  Lynchburg;  G.  W.  May,  Staun- 
ton, and  F.  H.  Masi,  Norfolk,  subsequently  reported  the  law,  which  was 
approved  and  adopted  as  a  whole. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Starke,  it  was  resolved  that  all  reputable  druggists  in 
the  State  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Association  on  sending 
their  names  to  E.  R.  Beckwith,  Secretary,  Petersburg,  Va.,  and  complying 
with  the  following  by-laws :  "  The  initiation  fee  of  this  Association  shall 
be  $1,  with  the  annual  contribution  for  the  current  year,  shall  be  paid  into 
the  treasur^^ ;  and  the  applicant  sign  the  constitution  and  by-laws  before 
the  close  of  the  next  annual  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  in 
May  next,  in  Richmond." 
During  the  sessions  of  the  convention  the  visiting  pharmacists  were 
very  hospitably  entertained  at  a  banquet  by  the  Petersburg  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association  in  the  banquet-room  of  the  Masonic  Hall. 
West  Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association.— A  special  meeting 
was  held,  January  12th,  in  McLain's  Hall,  in  the  city  of  Wheeling,  for  the 
puri^ose  of  considering  the  proper  steps  to  be  taken  in  relation  to  a  bill 
before  the  Legislature  which,  in  section  3,  provides  for  the  appointment, 
by  the  circuit  court  in  every  county,  of  a  board  of  examiners — consisting 
of  three  intelligent  physicians — for  the  purpose  of  examining  all  persons 
desiring  to  obtain  a  license  to  carry  on  the  business  of  a  druggisjl  in  such 
county.  The  section  also  forbids  the  sale  of  alcohol,  except  upon  the  affi- 
davit of  the  person  requiring  it,  stating  the  quantity  and  the  "  mechanical 
or  scientific  "  purj^ose  for  which  it  is  to  be  used  ;  it  also  forbids  the  sale  of 
.s^Dirituous,  vinous  and  malt  liquors,  drinks,  mixtures  or  preparations, 
except  upon  tlie  written  prescription  and  statement  of  a  practising  physi- 
cian "of  good  character  and  standing  in  his  profession,"  certifying  on  his 
professional  honor  that  the  article  is  absolutely  necessary  as  a  medicine. 
The  Association,  after  a  lengthy  discussion,  expressed  itself  strongly  in 
opposition  to  the  bill  as  far  as  it  relates  to  druggists,  and  in  favor  of  main- 
taining the  present  j^harmacy  act  with  such  amendments  as  had  been  pro- 
posed by  the  Conimissioners  and  in  the  Governor's  message.  A  special 
committee  was  appointed  to  use  all  honorable  means  to  defeat  the  bill. 
The  committee  had  a  protracted  hearing  before  the  Judiciary  Committee 
on  January  21st,  when  Mr.  Logan  spoke  of  the  iniquities  of  the  proposed 
law,  and  Mr.  Bocking  of  the  benefits  of  the  present  act.  The  Judiciary 
Committee  finally  agreed  to  strike  out  section  3  of  the  proposed  bill, 
which,  as  amended,  relates  mainly  to  licenses  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
licpiors  and  is,  in  the  main,  considered  unobjectionable. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain.— At  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Meeting  held  November  2d,  three  papers  were  read  which  we  pub- 
