3ic  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {Amjune?i89ifrm* 
ing  authority  to  memorialize  Congress  with  the  view  of  securing,  if  possible,  the 
adoption  of  the  prototypes  presented  by  the  International  Metric  Bureau,  as 
the  standards  for  weights  and  measures  of  the  United  States  as  provided  for  by 
the  Constitution.    A  resolution  to  this  effect  was  passed  unanimously. 
The  Nominating  Committee  presented  a  report,  placing  in  nomination  for 
the  ensuing  year  for  President,  Alexander  K.  Finlay,  of  Louisiana  ;  for  Vice- 
Presidents,  George  J.  Seabury,  of  New  York  ;  W.  H.  Torbert,  of  Iowa,  and 
L.  T.  Dunning,  of  South  Dakota  ;  for  Permanent  Secretary,  John  M.  Maisch  ; 
for  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D,  Sheppard ;  for  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy, 
Charles  Rice;  and  for  Council  Members,  J.  M.  Good,  Adam  Conrath  and 
C.  T.  P.  Fennel.    The  nominees  were  duly  elected. 
Professor  Fennel  referred  to  the  many  valuable  services  rendered  to  the 
Association  by  Professor  Diehl,  who  had  declined  a  re-election  as  Reporter  on 
the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  and  moved  for  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  to 
draft  proper  resolutions  embodying  a  vote  of  thanks  to  this  retiring  officer. 
The  chair  appointed  as  such  committee,  Messrs.  Fennel,  Ebert  and  Heinitsh. 
In  this  connection  it  may  be  stated  that  rumors  had  reached  the  place  of 
meeting  of  the  serious  illness  of  Professor  Diehl ;  but  we  are  pleased  to  have 
learned  since  then,  that  while  he  was  at  that  time  suffering  from  sickness,  this 
had  at  no  time  been  as  alarming  as  had  been,  currently  reported,  but  on  the 
contrary  that  he  was  convalescent  and  in  a  fair  condition  of  recovering  his 
usual  good  health. 
After  hearing  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Publication  the  Association 
passed  a  resolution  requesting  that  Committee  to  offer  the  older  volumes  of  the 
Proceedings  at  a  low  figure  and  to  send  the  price-list  to  the  various  pharma- 
ceutical journals  with  a  request  to  publish  it. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  next  annual  meeting,  recommending 
it  to  be  held  at  the  Crawford  House,  White  Mountains,  on  the  second  Monday 
of  September,  1892,  created  considerable  discussion,  during  which  Galveston, 
Tex.,  Cresson  Springs,  Pa.,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  New  York  City  and  Denver, 
Col.,  were  suggested  as  suitable  places  for  holding  the  next  meeting.  Cresson 
Springs  was  selected  ;  but  at  the  last  session  the  vote  was  reconsidered,  and 
the  original  report  of  the  Committee  was  adopted,  naming  the  Crawford 
House,  but  changing  the  date  to  the  first  Monday  of  September,  1892,  unless 
the  Council  shall  find  it  better  to  change  the  date  or  the  hotel  at  which  the 
meeting  is  called. 
Mr.  Ebert  moved  an  amendment  to  Chapter  vi,  Article  viii  of  the  By-laws, 
by  adding  a  new  Section,  requiring  the  Council  to  decide  upon  the  place  and 
time  of  the  next  meeting  and  to  announce  its  decision  at  the  second  session 
of  the  Association.  The  proposed  amendment  was  laid  over  for  future  con- 
sideration. 
The  amendment  to  the  By-laws  offered  at  the  preceding  meeting  in  relation 
to  an  admission  fee  payable  by  new  members  on  joining,  was,  on  motion  of 
Mr.  Ebert,  indefinitely  postponed. 
The  Committee  on  the  President's  address  presented  a  report,  which  was 
accepted ;  the  Committee  took  it  again  in  charge  for  the  purpose  of  preparing 
resolutions  based  upon  the  recommendations,  for  action  by  the  Association. 
The  Section  on  Commercial  Interests  held  a  session  on  Tuesday  afternoon 
and  its  second  session  on  Wednesday  morning,  Chairman  Canning  presiding. 
