AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  489 
Dr.  Squibb  of  the  Business  Committee  was  requested  to  read 
separately  certain  Sections  of  the  Constitution  as  it  now  is,  and 
the  proposed  amendments,  which  are  as  follows : 
Article  II.,  Section  2d.    Omit  the  words  : 
"  Should  an  application  occur  in  the  recess"  and  all  that  fol- 
lows them  to  the  end  of  the  Section. 
The  Amendment,  on  motion,  was  adopted. 
Article  IV.,  Section  2d,  fourth  line,  omit  the  words,  "the  elec- 
tion of  members  in  the  recess." 
The  Amendment,  on  motion,  was  adopted. 
Article  IV.,  Section  3d,  Omit  all  the  words,  "in  this  country 
or  in  Europe." 
The  Amendment,  on  motion,  was  adopted. 
Resolved,  that  Article  IV.  of  the  Constitution  be  amended  to 
read  as  follows : 
Section  1st.  There  shall  be  five  Standing  Committees  elected 
annually :  an  Executive  Committee — a  Committee  on  the  Pro- 
gress of  Pharmacy — a  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market,  each  to 
consist  of  five  members ;  a  Committee  on  Scientific  Queries,  and 
a  Business  Committee,  each  to  consist  of  three  members. 
On  motion  this  amendment  was  adopted. 
Section  5th.  The  Committee  on  Scientific  Queries  shall  report 
near  the  close  of  each  Annual  Meeting  a  proper  number  of  ques- 
tions of  scientific  and  practical  interest,  the  answers  to  which 
may  advance  the  interests  of  Pharmacy,  and  shall  procure  the 
acceptance  of  as  many  such  questions  for  investigation,  and  re- 
port before  the  next  succeeding  Annual  Meeting,  as  may  be  prac- 
ticable. 
On  motion  the  amendment  was  adopted. 
Section  6th.  The  Business  Committee  shall  be  charged  with 
the  transmission  of  unfinished  business  from  one  Annual  Meeting 
to  another,  and  with  collecting,  arranging  and  expediting  the 
business  throughout  the  various  sessions  of  the  Annual  Meetings. 
On  motion  the  amendment  was  adopted. 
Mr.  Parrish  now  proposed  that  all  of  the  above  resolutions  be 
laid  on  the  table,  but  after  some  discussion  withdrew  his  proposi- 
tion, and  the  above  changes  and  additions  were  adopted  as  a 
-  whole. 
