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CONSTITUTION. 
Article  I.    Name,  Aims,  and  Objects. 
This  Association  shall  be  called  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Its  aim  shall  be  to  unite  the  educated  and  reputable  Pharmaceutists  and  Drug- 
gists of  the  United  States  in  the  following  objects  : — 
(1)  To  improve  and  regulate  the  drug  market,  by  preventing  the  importation 
of  inferior,  adulterated  or  deteriorated  drugs,  and  by  detecting  and  exposing 
home  adulteration. 
(2)  To  establish  the  relations  between  druggists,  pharmaceutists,  physicians 
and  the  people  at  large,  upon  just  principles,  which  shall  promote  the  public 
welfare  and  tend  to  mutual  strength  and  advantage. 
(3)  To  improve  the  science  and  the  art  of  pharmacy  by  diffusing  scientific 
knowledge  among  apothecaries  and  druggists,  fostering  pharmaceutical  litera- 
ture, developing  talent,  stimulating  discovery  and  invention,  and  encouraging 
home  production  and  manufacture  in  the  several  departments  of  the  drug 
business. 
(4)  To  regulate  the  system  of  apprenticeship  and  employment  so  as  to  pre- 
vent as  far  as  practicable  the  evils  flowing  from  deficient  training  in  the 
responsible  duties  of  preparing,  dispensing  and  selling  medicines. 
(5)  To  suppress  empiricism,  and  as  much  as  possible  restrict  the  dispensing 
and  sale  of  medicines  to  regularly  educated  druggists  and  apothecaries. 
Article  II.  Composition. 
The  "Association,"  as  provided  for  in  the  Preamble  and  as  named  in  Article 
I,  shall  be  composed  of  two  principal  parts,  namely,  "The  General  Body," 
and  "The  Council."  The  General  Body  shall  be  divided  into  Sections,  and 
from  the  membership  of  the  Council  shall  be  formed  a  Board  of  Trustees. 
Article  III.  Membership. 
The  General  Body  may  include  regular,  life,  and  honorary  members.  The 
Council  may  include  ex-ofncio,  elected,  and  delegate  members,  all  of  whom 
must  have  been  members  of  the  General  Body,  in  good  standing,  for  three 
years  and  shall  be  known  as  Councilors. 
Article  IV.  Officers. 
The  officers  of  the  Association  shall  be  a  President,  First  Vice-President  and 
Second  Vice-President,  who  shall  be  elected  annually  by  the  General  Body  ;  a 
Chief  Councilor,  General  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Phar- 
macy, Journal  Editor  and  L/Ocal  Secretary,  all  of  whom  shall  be  elected  an- 
nually by  the  Council. 
Article  V.  Funds. 
All  permanent  and  special  funds,  including  those  derived  from  life  member- 
ship and  such  as  may  be  bequeathed  to  the  Association  or  otherwise  donated 
to  it,  shall  be  invested  by  the  Treasurer  in  such  securities  as  may  be  approved 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  interest  only  of  the  current  year  from  such 
funds  may  be  used  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Association  for  that  year. 
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