^September! wo?'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  419 
honorary  members.  Sketches  of  the  members  who  had  died  during 
the  year  were  given,  the  one  on  the  late  Secretary  Geo.  W.  Ken- 
nedy, eulogizing  his  life  and  work,  being  read  in  full. 
On  motion  of  C.'S.  N.  Hallberg  the  report  was  adopted  by  a  rising 
vote  in  honor  of  Mr.  Kennedy. 
The  Nominating  Committee,  Chas.  E.  Dohme,  chairman,  unani- 
mously reported  in  favor  of  the  following  candidates,  who  were 
accordingly  chosen  as  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  Lewis  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland,  O. ;  First  Vice-President, 
Wm.  C.  Alpers,  New  York  ;  Second  Vice-President,  A.  M.  Roehrig, 
U.  S.  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service,  New  York; 
Third  Vice-President,  Otto  F.  Claus,  St.  Louis;  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D. 
Sheppard,  Boston;  Secretary,  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  Baltimore ;  Reporter 
on  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Louisville  ;  Members  of 
the  Council  for  three  years:  Leo  Eliel,  South  Bend,  Ind. ;  Geo.  F. 
Payne,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  E.  G.  Eberle,  Dallas,  Tex. 
National  Bureau  of  Medicines  and  Foods. — Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby, 
chairman  of  the  Committee  for  the  Establishment  of  a  National 
Bureau  of  Pure  Foods  and  Drugs,  first  read  the  resolutions  adopted 
by  the  committee,  which  were  as  follows: 
Whereas,  The  foods  and  medicines  supplied  in  the  United  States  do  not  so 
uniformly  agree  with  proper  standards  of  .purity,  quality  and  strength  as  they 
should  ;  and 
Whereas,  A  degree  of  mistrust  and  want  of  confidence  concerning  quality 
of  such  foods  and  medicines  prevails  to  a  discouraging  extent ;  therefore  it  is 
Resolved,  That  a  more  perfectly  organized  system  for  remedying  the  above 
mentioned  conditions  than  that  now  existing  should  be  devised  and  put  into 
operation  ;  and 
Resolved,  That  the  A.Ph.A.  and  the  American  Medical  Association,  acting  in 
harmony  with  the  United  States  Government  authorities,  constitute  the  most 
competent  and  trustworthy  means  for  obtaining  the  object  named  ;  and 
Resolved,  That  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Assoeiation  shall  co-operate  to 
this  end  with  the  above-mentioned  institutions,  provided  that  a  plan  be  devised 
satisfactory  to  those  institutions,  and  that  the  committee  of  this  Association  be 
continued  and  instructed  to  report  to  the  council  in  the  event  that  a  plan  satis- 
factory to  the  council  of  this  Association  be  reported  to  them  previous  to  the 
next  meeting  of  this  Association.  Said  council  shall  be  authorized  to  select 
from  the  members  of  the  A.Ph.A.  a  Board  of  Directors  consisting  of  five  mem- 
bers to  act  with  a  similar  board  in  the  event  of  its  appointment  by  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  with  the  United  States  Government  authorities  in  the 
establishment  of  a  National  Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Foods,  and  the  council 
shall  immediately  upon  the  election  of  such  board  report  the  same  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
