AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  477 
TREASURER'S  REPORT. 
Baltimore,  Sept.,  15th,  1864. 
To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associ- 
ation : — 
It  affords  me  pleasure  to  present  the  same  healthful  condition  of  the 
Treasury  of  the  Association,  as  when  I  took  charge  of  it  one  year  since. 
Notwithstanding  the  increased  expenditure  incurred  in  publishing  the 
Proceedings,  yet  the  balance  on  hand  is  within  forty-five  dollars  of  what 
it  was  last  year,  and  the  Association  free  of  debt. 
I  concur  in  the  statement  of  the  late  Treasurer,  viz:  that  our  present 
financial  prosperity  "is  owing  to  a  large  number  of  delinquent  Members 
still  coming  forward  and  paying  their  arrears."  There  are  many,  however, 
as  the  accompanying  letters  will  show,  who  repudiate  their  dues,  and 
many  more  who  do  not  deign  to  take  any  notice  whatever  of  the  frequent 
appeals  of  the  Treasurer.  This  matter  claims  some  action  on  the  part 
of  the  Association.  I  have  grave  doubts,  however,  whether  the  proper 
time  has  yet  arrived  to  agitate  the  subject.  But  in  view  of  any  action 
that  may  hereafter  be  taken,  recommend  that  the  Treasurer  be  instructed 
to  make  an  alphabetical  list  of  the  entire  Membership,  and  their  stand- 
ing with  the  Association,  to  be  presented  at  the  next  Annual  Meeting. 
I  am  satisfied,  from  the  frequent  applications  I  receive  for  information 
on  subjects  that  are  recorded  in  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  that  the 
Association  should  have  that  instrument  printed  in  pamphlet  form,  and 
the  Secretary  be  required  in  all  cases  to  notify  new  Members  of  their 
election  in  writing,  with  a  copy  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  accom- 
panying the  notification.  For  the  necessity  of  the  above  recommenda- 
tion, I  would  refer  to  letter  marked  No.  11. 
Several  of  the  Members  have  called  my  attention  to  the  fact  of  their 
names  not  appearing  on  the  Roll  of  Membership,  and  one,  that  there  is 
no  evidence  whatever  of  his  election  in  any  part  of  the  printed  Proceed- 
ings. Accompanying,  I  enclose  a  list  of  the  names  referred  to  above, 
marked  No.  3.  With  many  regrets  that  I  am  not  able  to  meet  the  As- 
sociation this  year,  I  am  very  respectfully,  &c, 
J.  Brown  Baxley,  Treasurer. 
Gross  receipts  by  Treasurer,  $1381.44.   Gross  payments,  $978.19.   Balance  in  Ticasury,  $403.25. 
On  motion,  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  audit  the  Treasur- 
er's Report.  The  Chair  appointed  Messrs.  F.  Stearns,  J.  F. 
Moore  and  H.  Haviland,  said  Committee. 
On  motion,  the  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  again 
read  by  Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor,  its  Chairman,  with  the  addition  of  an 
obituary  notice  of  the  late  John  Meakim,  of  New  York  ;  the 
obituary  was  ordered  to  be  incorporated  in  the  Report,  and  the 
Report  accepted. 
