528  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { ^ptemberfS' 
the  Association  that  Congress  should  enact  laws,  rules  and  regulations  con- 
cerning matters  of  copyright  and  patents  on  medicinal  products,  to  protect 
this  country  against  the  invasion  of  foreign  countries,  which  annually  take 
large  sums  of  money  from  the  United  States  for  such  articles.  The  resolution 
was  adopted.  Prof.  Hallberg  offered  the  suggestion  that  a  committee  of  five 
be  appointed  to  collect  facts  concerning  the  use  of  alcohol  by  pharmacists,  and 
to  advise  the  Senate  Committee  having  the  subject  of  tax-free  alcohol  under 
consideration.  This  was  also  ordered.  Secretary  Caspari  read  a  communica- 
tion from  the  Nebraska  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  which  that  organ- 
ization extended  greetings  and  an  invitation  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  to  meet  in  Omaha  in  1898.  Mr.  Mayo  then  put  in  a  plea  for  New 
York  for  1898,  and  Mr.  Dohme  reminded  the  meeting  that  he  had  previously 
spoken  for  Baltimore  for  that  year.  These  matters  were  then  referred  to  the 
next  committee  on  time  and  place  of  meeting.  A  motion  to  amend  the  by- 
laws so  as  to  make  it  imperative  for  an  applicant  to  pay  his  first  annual  fee  on 
the  date  of  his  application  was  discussed  for  some  time,  and  finally  tabled. 
Mr.  Hopp  then  offered  a  resolution  to  the  Association  to  permit  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Section  on  Commercial  Interests  to  convene  that  body  at  the  end 
of  the  last  general  session  of  the  next  meeting,  if,  in  his  opinion,  it  is  neces- 
sary. This  was  held  over  to  be  taken  up  at  the  first  general  session  next  year. 
It  was  ordered  that  requisition  for  stationery  should  hereafter  be  made  to  the 
General  Secretary;  also,  that  the  badges  and  bars  of  the  Association  should  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Local  Secretary  for  sale.  The  Local  Secretary  for 
next  year  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Entertainment  Committee.  A  vote  of 
thanks  was  then  tendered  to  all  the  people  of  Montreal,  at  whose  hands 
the  Association  had  met  so  much  and  generous  hospitality.  Mr.  Chapman, 
of  Montreal,  replied  to  this  courtesy.  President-elect  Morrison  spoke  of  the 
state  of  the  finances  of  the  local  committees,  and  showed  that  the  arrange- 
ments for  entertaining  the  visiting  members  had  been  successfully  carried 
out. 
President  Good  appointed  Messrs.  Hereth  and  Chapman  to  conduct  the 
newly-elected  officers  to  the  chair,  where  they  were  officially  installed  by  him. 
The  retiring  officers  were  given  a  rising  vote  of  thanks.  President  Morrison 
then  appointed  Messrs.  Stewart,  Ebert,  Thompson,  Muir  and  Squibb,  a  Com- 
mittee on  National  Legislation  ;  Messrs.  Eliel,  Bartley,  Stevens,  Searby  and 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  a  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  ;  Messrs. 
Hereth,  Payne  and  Chapman  a  Committee  on  General  Prizes;  also  the  Dele- 
gates to  the  American  Medical  Association  and  the  National  "Wholesale  Druggists' 
Association,  the  latter  of  which  is  to  meet  in  Philadelphia  on  October  5th.  The 
reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  session  were  dispensed  with.  Mr.  Mayo  pro- 
posed that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  consider  the  advisability  and 
feasibility  of  having  the  meeting  of  19JO  on  board  of  a  steamer  en  route  to 
Europe.  This  was  approved.  To  extend  the  time  of  the  present  meeting  as 
arranged  by  the  Council,  Professor  Ryan  made  a  motion  that  the  Association 
adjourn  until  9  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  August  26,  1896,  and  it  was  so 
ordered. 
In  the  morning  and  afternoon  of  Monday,  August  17th,  the  members  of  the 
Association  and  their  friends  took  a  trip  through  the  Lachine  Canal,  Lake  St. 
Louis  and  Lachine  Rapids  ;  in  the  evening  they  attended  a  concert  in  the 
Windsor  Hall. 
