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6th.  In  the  first  sitting  the  President  of  the  Committee  of  Organization 
will  proceed  by  ballot  to  the  nomination  of  officers.  These  shall  consist 
of,  first,  a  President ;  second,  five  Vice-Presidents  ;  third,  a  Secretary, 
and  fourth,  three  Vice- Secretaries. 
7th.  The  officers  will  be  charged  with  the  publication  of  the  minutes. 
8th.  The  various  questions  submitted  to  the  Congress  will  be  submitted 
to  special  committees  for  consideration  and  report. 
9th.  The  discussions  will  generally  be  in  the  French  language.  For 
aiding  the  deliberations,  the  Commission  will  provide  capable  interpreters. 
10th.  No  memoir  on  the  questions  before  the  meeting  can  be  read  but 
with  the  consent  of  the  officers. 
11th.  Decisions  will  be  made  by  a  majority  of  votes. 
12th.  A  Committee  of  Organization,  designated  by  the  Society  of  Phar- 
macy of  Paris,  and  composed  of  the  Titular  members  of  that  Society,  will 
be  charged  with  all  the  measures  preparatory  for  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
gress. It  will  receive  the  requests,  propositions  and  communications  of 
all  Pharmaceutists  who  think  proper  to  address  it.  Memoirs  which  treat 
on  the  questions  in  the  Programme  should  be  sent  positively  before  the 
15th  of  June,  18G7. 
13th.  The  Committee  will  draw  up,  under  the  direction  of  the  Society  of 
Pharmacy  of  Paris,  the  Programme  of  the  meeting  of  the  Congress  of 
1867,  and  will  publish  it  in  good  time  in  the  largest  number  possible  of 
Pharmaceutical  Journals  of  all  countries. 
14th.  Before  the  close  of  the  second  session,  the  Congress  will  nomi- 
nate, if  it  so  decides,  a  Committee  to  prepare  for  a  third. 
15th.  Associations  and  Societies  of  Pharmaceutists  who  intend  being 
represented  in  the  Congress  are  requested  to  send  in  advance,  and  in  all 
cases  before  the  1st  of  August,  1867,  the  names  and  addresses  of  then 
delegates. 
16th.  M.  Robinet,  Commissioner  General,  is  empowered  to  conduct  the 
correspondence  relating  to  the  meeting  of  1867  at  Paris,  Rue  de  PAbbaye., 
Saint-Germain,  3. 
PROGRAMME. 
Pharmacy  in  Europe  at  this  time  is  in  an  unhealthy  and  critical  condi- 
tion, not  less  injurious  to  the  true  interests  of  society  than  to  those  of  the 
profession  itself.  This  critical  situation  has  been  explained  by  the  Con- 
gress of  Brunswick,  and  that  body  has  given  the  results  of  its  deliberations 
in  the  form  of  Resolutions,  which  represent  the  opinion  of  the  majority  of  its 
members.     These  resolves  have  been  expressed  in  the  following  terms : 
1st.  Pharmacy  should  be  recognized  by  the  State,  not  only  as  a  simple 
department  ot'industry,  but  as  a  learned  corporation  and  as  an  integrant 
part  of  the  Sanitary  Body. 
2d.  Pharmacy  ought  to  exercise  a  direct  influence  on  the  ordinances 
bearing  upon  its  scientific  and  professional  interests. 
3d.  Pharmacy  should  be  protected  by  the  State  from  the  attacks  on 
its  rights,  from  whatever  source  they  may  arise. 
