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that  the  printed  constitution,  with  list  of  members,  was  still  in  the  hands  of  the 
printer,  awaiting  the  final  passage  of  the  new  drug  law,  now  before  the  Legis- 
lature, relating  to  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  with  the  view  of 
incorporating  the  same  into  the  pamphlet. 
The  new  drug  bill  was  then  brought  up  for  discussion,  when,  after  consider- 
able debate  on  some  minor  points  which  were  considered  now  irremediable,  the 
proposed  bill  was  accepted  and  endorsed  by  the  Society. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Association  be  tendered  to  Messrs.  Malin- 
krodt  &  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  for  the  donation  of  a  box  of  chemicals  received  by 
the  Society. 
The  Corresponding  Secretary  read,  among  other  correspondence,  extracts 
from  a  letter  from  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  requesting  botanical  specimens  indige- 
nous to  this  coast,  either  on  a  basis  of  exchange  or  pecuniary  remuneration, 
when,  on  motion,  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Directors. 
The  above  mentioned  drug  law  having  since  passed  the  Legislature  and 
received  the  signature  of  the  Governor,  we  give  in  the  following  a  general 
synopsis  of  the  Act,  which  provides  that  after  the  1st  of  June,  1872,  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  one  unless  a  registered  pharmaceutist  or  assistant  pharmaceu- 
tist, to  open  or  conduct  any  pharmacy  or  store  for  retailing,  dispensing  or  com- 
pounding medicines  or  poisons.  The  persons  to  be  registered  are  divided  into 
four  classes  :  graduates,  licentiates,  practicing  and  assistant  practicing  phar. 
maceutists — the  status  of  each  being  clearly  defined.  The  members  of  the 
California  Pharmaceutical  Society  residing  in  San  Francisco  shall,  during  the 
month  of  May,  and  annually  thereafter,  elect  five  of  the  most  prominent  phar. 
maceutists  of  San  Francisco  to  serve  as  a  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  duties 
and  powers  of  this  board  are  defined  in  detail  by  the  remainder  of  the  bill,  also 
the  regulating  of  the  sale  of  poisons  and  adulterated  drugs.  In  the  main,  the 
bill  is  analogous  to  the  new  proposed  act  drafted  by  the  Conference  Committee 
of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Societies  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  made  conformable  to  the  wants  of  the  pharmaceutists  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. An  important  feature  of  this  Act  is  the  exemption  of  all  pharmaceu- 
tists from  jury  duty. 
Wm.  T.  Wenzell.  Cor.  Sec. 
A  Meeting  of  the  Pharmacists  and  Druggists  of  Cleveland  was  held  on 
Thursday,  April  18th,  at  the  store  of  Strong  &  Armstrong;  the  following 
committees  were  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  the  twentieth  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  held  in  Cleveland 
in  September  next  : 
Committee  on  Ways  and  Means. — E.  M.  Hessler,  F.  H.  Hubbard,  S.  P. 
Churchill,  L.  Smithnight,  J.  J.  Vogt,  A.  C.  Armstrong,  L.  J.  Merkel,  W.  H. 
Hartness,  P.  I.  Spenzer,  J.  P.  Moore,  W.  J.  Ranny,  George  Ashcraft,  T.  Theo. 
Mueller,  A.  J.  Townsend. 
•  Committee  of  Arrangements.— C.  S.  Mackenzie,  H.  C.  Gaylord,  S.  M.  Strong, 
D.  Meyers,  L.  J.  Merkel,  Bruce  Huling,  C.  P.  Vaupel. 
Committee  on  Halls. — H.  C.  Gaylord,  Marshall  Shay,  A.  Mayell,  H.  C.  Bush, 
G.  W.  Clarke,gJ.  F.  Baier. 
