508  American  Pharmaceutical  Assockition.        {^^' oc?\TsT^' 
Prize  Essays  was  made  by  one  member,  owing  to  the  absence  in  Europe  of 
another,  and  the  illness  and  death  of  the  third  member  ;  it  was  referred  to 
the  Council  for  further  action.  After  the  appointment  of  several  com- 
mittees, a  motion  to  adjourn  until  Wednesday  morning  was  carried. 
The  second  session  opened  with  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  pre- 
ceding day  and  of  the  Council,  and  the  report  of  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee, followed  by  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year.  Mr.  Jos. 
Roberts,  of  Baltimore,  was  elected  President ;  A.  H.  HoUister,  of  Madison, 
Wis.,  Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  Joseph  S.  Evans,  of 
West  Chester,  Pa.,  Vice-Presidents.  The  remaining  officers  and  retiring 
members  of  Council  were  re-elected;  tlie  formation  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Drug  Market  was  postponed,  and  the  other  standing  committees  were 
left  unchanged,  except  that  Prof  V.  Coblentz,  on  the  Committee  on  Papers 
and  Queries,  took  the  place  of  Mr.  Sloan,  declined,  and  Prof  Oldberg,  on 
the  Committee  on  Prize  Essays,  the  place  of  Mr.  Parsons,  deceased. 
The  report  of  the  Drug  Market  was  read  by  Mr.  M.  N.  Kline,  and  was 
ordered  to  be  printed  in  circular  form  for  distribution  to  the  members,  and 
to  be  published  in  the  Proceedings. 
The  report  of  the  Finance  Committee  contained  various  suggestions,, 
chiefly  in  relation  to  the  annual  audit  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts.  In 
compliance  with  the  regulation  of  the  Council,  made  for  the  purpose  of 
affording  ample  time  for  the  thorough  examination  of  the  books  and 
accounts,  tiie  Treasurer  reported  on  the  financial  condition  of  the  Associa- 
tion^on  July  1st,  which  is  the  beginning  of  the  financial  year,  instead  of  at 
the  time  of  the  meeting,  as  was  customary  heretofore;  on  this  account  the 
rejiort  shows  a  smaller  cash  balance  than  would  otherwise  have  been  the 
case.  As  verified  by  the  Auditinu*  Committee,  the  funds  of  the  Association 
on  the  1st  day  of  July  were  as  follows  :  (leneral  fund,  cash  in  bank  and  on 
hand,  $4,278.79;  Permanent  fund  from  life  memberships,  etc.,  |1,429.47; 
Ebert  fund,  §729.55;  Centennial  fund,  $1,359.36. 
The  Committee  on  Legislation  pointed  out  some  of  the  differences  in  the 
pharmacy  laws,  showing  that  there  is  no  unity  of  sentiment  or  action  in 
regard  to  the  fundamental  principles  which  should  guide  pharmaceutical 
legislation.  The  failure  before  Congress  of  the  bill  relating  to  apothecaries 
of  the  Army  and  Navj^  was  reported,  and  a  synopsis  was  given  of  the 
requirements,  together  with  the  full  text  of  the  new  pharmacy  laws  of 
Kansas,  Maine,  Massachusetts,  Michigan  and  Minnesota,  as  well  as  such 
portion.^,  relating  to  pharmacists,  of  the  prohibitory  laws  of  Kansas  of 
March  7,  1885,  and  of  the  new  penal  code  of  Minnesota. 
The  Committee  on  Legislation  on  Proprietary  Medicines  presented  a 
carefully  prepared  argument  in  favor  of  requiring  each  package  of  such 
medicines  to  contain  a  sufficient  statement  of  the  composition ;  also  the 
draft  of  a  law  for  regulating  the  sale  of  proprietary  medicines.  The  reso- 
lution attached  to  the  report  and  adopted  by  the  meeting  declares  "  that  it 
is  tlie  deliberate  opinion  of  this  Association  that  the  labels  of  ])roprietary 
medicines  ought  to  carry  a  statement  of  their  constituents.'' 
A  report  was  read  from  the  delegation  to  the  meeting  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  at  St.  Louis,  and  from  the  Committee  ort 
Unofficinal  Formulas. 
