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this  may  be  a  disappointment  to  some  who  have  expected  that  the  model  would 
present  some  new  and  startling  innovations,  the  author  is  of  the  opinion  that  a 
draft  based  upon  a  conservative  plan  will  be  of  far  greater  helpfulness  in  pro- 
moting progress  in  pharmaceutical  legislation  than  one  based  upon  purely  theo- 
retical considerations  could  possibly  be. 
General  Plan  of  the  Model  Law. — In  accordance  with  the  view  above  ex- 
pressed, it  has  been  attempted  to  frame  the  model  in  accordance  with  the  fol- 
lowing principles  : 
(1)  The  model  should  be  constructed,  as  nearly  as  possible,  wholly  of  tried 
and  tested  material,  selected  from  statutes  already  in  force,  and  should  consist 
of  provisions  which  have  withstood  the  test  of  experience,  and  have  been 
found  to  work  well  in  practice.  Experiments  should  be  tabooed,  and  new 
provisions  not  found  in  existing  statutes  should  be  admitted  only  upon  the 
•clearest  evidence  of  their  usefulness  and  practicability. 
(2)  The  machinery  required  for  the  enforcement  of  the  law  should  be  simple 
and  inexpensive,  as  every  complication  increases  the  liability  to  break-downs, 
and  the  difficulty  of  enforcing  the  law. 
(3)  The  form  of  statement  adopted  for  the  various  provisions  should  be  as 
clear  and  simple  as  is  consistent  with  the  technicalities  of  legal  phraseology 
indispensable  to  accuracy  and  certainty. 
(4)  The  provisions  of  the  statute  should  be  confined  to  the  creation,  sup- 
port and  direction  of  the  board  of  pharmacy,  the  requirements  for  examina- 
tion and  registration,  the  regulation  of  the  sale  of  poisons,  and  the  definition 
and  punishment  of  offences  against  the  law.  Provisions  regulative  of  adulterar 
tions,  and  other  collateral  matters  should  be  left  to  the  general  statutes. 
^5)  Since  experience  has  shown  that  nearly  all  State  boards  are  hampered 
by  lack  of  necessary  funds  for  the  enforcement  of  the  law,  the  draft  should 
provide  ample  revenue  for  the  use  of  the  board,  and  should  allow  its  members 
such  compensation  as  will  justify  them  in  devoting  sufficient  attention  to  the 
law  to  make  it  efficient. 
The  draft  and  the  amendments  proposed  were  referred  to  a  special  committee 
consisting  of  Messrs.  J.  H.  Beal,  Oscar  Oldberg,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  C.  S.  N. 
Hallberg  and  W.  C.  Alpers. 
The  first  order  of  business  at  the  Saturday  morning  session  was  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  National  Legislation  by  the  Chairman, 
F.  B.  Stewart.  The  report  was  brief  and  the  following  paragraph  indicated 
the  nature  of  the  work  accomplished  : 
"The  question  of  National  Legislation  on  the  subject  of  patents  and  trade- 
marks is,  as  you  are  aware,  officially  in  the  hands  of  a  commission  appointed 
by  President  McKinley  for  its  investigation.  So  far  as  your  committee  was 
able  to  assist  in  the  labors  of  said  commission,  by  presenting  to  it  the  views  of 
the  Association,  this  has  been  done,  and  the  subject  of  patents  and  trade- 
marks as  affecting  medical  wares  has  repeatedly  been  discussed  by  your  com- 
mittee with  the  commission." 
The  Secretary  of  the  Section,  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, read  the  report  of  the  delegates  to  the  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Congress, 
at  Washington,  in  March  last. 
A  recess  of  the  Section  was  then  taken  to  permit  of  a  special  general  session, 
at  which  the  minutes  of  the  Council  were  read.    Among  other  matters  reported 
