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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June.  1900. 
charge  of  the  preparation  of  the  manuscript  and  reading  proof  for  the  revised 
Pharmacopoeia,  and  shall,  through  its  chairman,  appoint  such  sub- committees, 
committees  on  research  and  experts  as  may  be  required  for  the  proper  revision 
of  the  work.  The  Committee  of  Revision  shall  elect  a  chairman,  two  vice- 
chairmen  and  a  secretary  to  serve  until  their  successors  are  elected.  The  chair- 
man shall  direct  the  work  of  revision,  receive  and  announce  the  votes,  attend 
to  the  correspondence  and  prepare  the  final  manuscript  of  the  work.  A 
vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  chairman  shall  be  filled  by  the  votes  of  the 
committee,  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  being  necessary  to  elect.  The 
chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  shall  receive  such  salary  for  his  ser- 
vices as  may  be  determined  by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  appoint  all 
sub- committees,  research  committees  and  experts  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  and  shall  present  to  the  Convention  a  report  of 
the  work  of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  and  shall  hold  office  until  his  succes- 
sor is  elected.  The  Committee  of  Revision  shall  receive  such  nominal  com- 
pensation for  their  services  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  direct.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee  of  Revision  shall  be  elected  for  their  especial  fitness  and 
technical  knowledge  of  the  various  subjects  required  for  the  proper  revision  of 
the  work,  and  shall  hold  office  until  their  successors  are  appointed.  Vacan- 
cies in  the  Committee  of  Revision  may  be  filled  by  election  by  ballot  by  the 
Committee  of  Revision. 
The  following  resolutions  were  offered  by  Joseph  P.  Remington,  and  adopted 
by  the  Convention  : 
Resolved,  That  the  treasurer  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia of  1890  be  directed  to  pay  over  any  balance  remaining  in  his  hands 
after  the  payment  of  all  outstanding  debts  incurred  by  the  Committee  on 
Revision  and  Publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1890,  and  any  moneys  from 
any  source  received  hereafter  by  him,  to  the  treasurer  of  the  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copoeial  Convention. 
Resolved,  That  the  treasurer  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia of  1890  be  directed  to  pay  immediately  to  the  treasurer  of  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention  the  sum  of  $1,000,  to  be  held  subject  to  the  order 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  defray  such  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in 
carrying  on  the  work  of  the  revision  and  publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
of  1900. 
Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Revision  and  Publication  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia of  the  United  States  of  America  for  the  seventh  decennial  revision  be 
authorized  to  direct  that  their  chairman,  with  their  chairman  of  the  Finance 
Committee  and  their  treasurer,  constitute  a  committee  with  full  power  to 
transact  all  business  relating  to  the  closing  of  their  accounts  and  the  transfer 
of  the  balance  remaining  in  the  treasurer's  hands  to  the  treasurer  of  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention. 
Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  be  directed  to  print,  bind  and  publish 
the  eighth  decennial  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  of 
America  for  the  account  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  and  to  take 
out  a  copyright  in  the  name  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copoeial Convention. 
Resolved^  That  the  Committee  of  Revision  shall  print  in  a  conspicuous  place 
in  the  book  a  definite  date,  reasonably  distant  from  the  actual  date  of  publica- 
