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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
A  ballot  was  ordered  for  the  officers  as  nominated.  Messrs. 
Meakim,  Laidley  and  Coddington,  acting  as  tellers,  reported  the 
election  successively  of  the  President  and  Vice  Presidents;  when 
on  motion  of  Edward  Parrish,  the  President  was  requested  to 
deposit  a  ballot  for  the  remaining  officers,  whereupon  the  tellers 
reported  their  election. 
The  President  elect  not  being  present,  Vice  President  Gordon 
then  took  the  chair,  and  James  T.  Shinn  assumed  the  Secretary- 
ship. 
On  motion  of  John  Meakim,  of  New  York,  the  following  reso. 
'  7  o 
lution  was  a  dopted. 
Resolved,  That  invitations  to  attend  the  sittings  of  the  Asso- 
ciation be  tendered  to  the  following  gentlemen  : 
Dr.  Edward  Delafield,  President  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons. 
Dr.  John  W.  Draper,  President  of  the  Medical  Faculty  of  the 
University  of  New  York. 
Dr.  John  Watson,  President  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine. 
The  Professors  and  ex-Professors  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy 
of  the  City  of  New  York. 
The  Eellows  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine. 
The  Members  of  the  Pathological  Society. 
The  Members  of  the  N.  Y.  County  Medical  Society. 
On  motion  of  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  it  was  unanimously 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Association  be  voted  to  the  retiring 
President  and  other  active  officers,  for  the  able  manner  in  which  they  have 
discharged  their  duties  during  the  past  year. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  being  called  up,  was  read,  showing 
a  balance  of  $80.89  in  favor  of  the  Association.  On  motion  it 
was  accepted,  and  referred  to  an  auditing  committee  of  three  : 
Thomas  Restieaux,  Charles  A.  Junghanns  and  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb, 
were  appointed  by  the  Chair  to  that  duty. 
Edward  Parrish,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress 
of  Pharmacy,  read  that  portion  of  the  Report  relating  to  Phar- 
maceutical Education  and  Literature,  to  the  condition  of  the  drug 
market,  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  Necrological 
notices,  omitting  the  condensed  records  of  discoveries  of  materia^ 
medica,  pharmacy,  organic  chemistry,  inorganic  chemistry, 
and  toxicology ;  the  whole  document  occupying  eighty  pages  of 
manuscript. 
