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The  selection  of  the  nominating  committee  to  elect  the  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year  was  the  next  business  in  order,  and  to  afford  the  members  from 
the  various  States  and  Provinces  an  opportunity  to  choose  their  representatives, 
the  President  granted  a  recess  of  five  minutes.  The  meeting  was  subsequently 
called  to  order,  and  the  Permanent  Secretary  asked  to  call  the  roll  of  States, 
Territories,  District  of  Columbia  and  Provinces  of  Canada.  Responses  were 
had  from  Arkansas,  Florida,  Georgia,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Kansas,  Kentucky, 
Maine,  Maryland,  Massachusetts,  Michigan,  Minnesota,  Missouri,  New  Jersey, 
New  York,  North  Carolina,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Rhode  Island,  South  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  District  of  Columbia,  and  the  Provinces  of  Ontario,  Quebec  and 
Nova  Scotia.  In  addition  to  those  representing  the  States  and  other  sections, 
the  President  appointed  at  large  Messrs.  Bbert,  Remington,  Gray,  Betzler  and 
Voss  as  members  of  the  Nominating  Committee.  The  committee  decided  to 
meet  immediately  after  the  adjournment  of  the  session. 
Secretary  of  Council  Kennedy  followed  with  the  minutes  of  that  body,  which 
had  held  its  first  session  at  10  o'clock  a.m.  The  minutes  were  adopted.  Mr. 
Kennedy  also  reported  at  this  session  the  names  of  sixty-two  applicants  for 
membership.  They  were  mainly  from  the  eastern  and  northeastern  sections 
of  the  United  States,  although  several  were  from  Canada. 
The  Permanent  Secretary  was  ordered  to  subscribe  for  foreign  and  domestic 
journals  for  the  use  of  the  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy.  The  reports 
of  the  Committee  on  Membership,  of  the  Auditing  Committee,  and  of  the 
Treasurer  for  the  past  year  were  then  listened  to. 
Professor  Whelpley  proposed  that  the  Publication  Committee  on  National 
Formulary  allow  text-books  and  periodicals  to  publish  the  National  Formulary. 
This  proposition  was  referred  to  that  committee. 
A  Committee  on  Time  and  Place  of  next  Meeting,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Alpers,  Sheppard,  Frost,  Fennel  and  Burge,  was  appointed  by  President  Good. 
The  committee  met  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Nominating  Committee. 
Invitations  from  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Lake  Minnetonka,  Minn.,  were  referred 
to  it.  Vice-President  Dohme  invited  the  Association  to  Baltimore,  Md.,  in 
1898.  Some  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By-laws  offered  at 
the  meeting  last  year  were  adopted.  Among  these  was  the  change  of  the  name 
of  Permanent  Secretary  to  that  of  General  Secretary.  Inquiry  was  made  by 
Professor  Hallberg  as  to  the  matter  of  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
gress organized  at  the  meeting  in  Chicago  in  1893.  Professor  Whelpley  offered 
an  amendment  to  limit  the  reading  of  papers  to  ten  minutes,  or  in  case  of  a 
long  paper,  it  must  be  accompanied  by  a  synopsis,  which  should  not  take  more 
than  ten  minutes.  It  was  referred  to  Council.  Some  greetings  of  personal 
character  and  invitations  were  extended  by  members  present  on  behalf  of 
friends.  Secretary  Caspari  then  made  some  announcements  regarding  trans- 
portation, and  at  6.30  p.m.  the  session  adjourned  until  10  a.m.  on  the  following 
morning.  On  Wednesday  evening,  at  9  o'clock,  the  members  of  the  Associa- 
tion were  tendered  a  reception  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  Quebec  and  the  Montreal  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  the  parlors  of  the 
Windsor  Hotel.  The  guests  were  received  by  the  Presidents  of  these  organi- 
zations, Messrs.  R.  W.  Williams  and  W.  H.  Chapman,  respectively.  The 
events  of  the  evening  were  much  enjoyed  by  all  in  attendance. 
