538  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.        { Am'0^ui8S"rm' 
Sloan,  Indianapolis,  W.  W.  Bartlet,  Boston  ;  Committee  on  Prize  Essays, 
C.  L.  Diehl,  Louisville,  Chairman ;  H.  B.  Parsons,  New  York,  Emil 
Scheffer,  Louisville;  Committee  ou  Legislation,  J.  M.  Maisch,  Phila- 
delphia, Chairman,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston,  E.  Booking,  Wheeling • 
Members  of  Council  for  three  years,  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati,  J.  L. 
Lemberger,  Lebanon,  Pa.,  W.  S.  Thompson,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  miuutes  of  the  Council  meeting  were  read  and  approved,  and  eleven 
candidates  for  membership  were  proposed. 
Prof.  Diehl  read  the  introductory  portion  of  the  report  on  the  progress  of 
pharmacy.  Mr.  P.  C.  Candidus,  Mobile,  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Committee  on  Exhibits  in  place  of  Mr.  Ingalls.  It  was  stated  that  certain 
articles  had  been  placed  on  exhibition  which  should  have  been  excluded 
under  the  by-laws,  or  about  which  it  was  doubtful  whether  they  could  be 
admitted.  The  Committee  was  requested  to  enforce  the  rules  and  report 
doubtful  cases  to  the  Association.  Local  Secretaries  were  instructed,  here- 
after to  embody  into  their  circulars  to  exhibitors,  Sections  1  and  2  of  Art.  V. 
Mr.  Ebert  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  proposed  meeting 
in  California,  discussion  on  which  consumed  considerable  time.  The  report 
together  with  an  invitation  received  from  New  Orleans  was  referred  to  a 
Committee  on  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  annual  meeting,  consisting  of 
Messrs.  E.  H.  Sargent  of  Chicago,  J.  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
P.  C.  Candidus  of  Mobile. 
The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  reported  that  none  of  the  papers  pre- 
sented last  year  appeared  to  be  entitled  to  the  Ebert  prize.  Mr.  Robinson 
presented  a  resolution  favoring  the  repeal  of  the  tax  on  alcohol,  which  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  President's  address. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Entertainments  was  read  and  referred  to 
a  Committee,  consisting  of  Messrs  E.  H.  Sargent,  Chas.  Eberle,  and  G.  W. 
Sloan,  for  consideration  and  report. 
The  Committee  on  unofficinal  formulas  read  a  report,  presented  a  number 
of  formulas  and  made  several  suggestions;  the  whole  subject  was  again 
referred  to  a  special  Committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Chas.  Rice,  P.  W. 
Bedford,  W.  P.  DeForest,  S.  J.  Bendiner  and  A.  Tsheppe. 
The  Association  then  paid  a  visit  to  the  exhibition  room  and  adjourned 
until  Thursday  morning. 
Third  Session,  Thursday  Morning,  August  28. 
The  Association  met  at  10  o'clock.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting 
and  of  the  Council  meeting  were  read  and  approved.  The  Committee  on 
Papers  and  Queries  made  a  report  favoring  a  change  in  the  method  for 
obtaining  papers  in  answer  to  queries,  the  latter  to  be  communicated  to  all 
the  members,  and  subsequently  printed  in  the  Proceedings,  the  names  of 
those  who  accept  one  or  more  thereof  to  be  retained  by  the  Committee. 
The  Committee  on  time  and  place  of  the  next  meeting  reported  in  favor 
of  meeting  in  New  Orleans,  on  Monday,  April  9, 1885,  and  did  not  consider 
it  desirable  at  this  time  to  recommend  meeting  in  California.  Much  dis- 
cussion was  had  on  this  report,  Montreal,  Newport,  R-  I.  and  Pittsburg 
being  mentioned  as  desirable  places  for  meeting,  and  the  Association  fin- 
