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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  furnish  a  copy  of 
the  resolutions  in  regard  to  the  renewal  of  prescriptions  to  the 
East  River  Medical  Association. 
The  Secretary  now  read  the  following  communication  from 
Chicago. 
l<  Chicago,  Sept.  5,  1868. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy, 
held  Sept.  2d,  1868,  a  resolution  was  passed  extending  a  cordial 
invitation  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  hold 
their  next  annual  meeting  in  the  City  of  Chicago. 
Louis  Strehl, 
Recording  Secretary. 
To  the  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association." 
The  Secretary  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  legisla- 
tion regulating  the  practice  of  Pharmacy,  which  was  accepted. 
The  resolution  appended  to  the  report  came  up  for  action. 
The  Business  Committee  offered  an  amendment  that  it  is  expe- 
dient to  appoint  a  committee  to  frame  such  a  law. 
The  amendment  was  adopted.  An  amendment  to  strike  out 
the  clause  referring  to  the  American  Medical  Association  and  to 
local  bodies,  was  adopted,  when  the  resolution  stood  thus  : 
Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  appoint  a  committee  to  draft  a 
law  to  be  presented  to  the  legislatures  of  the  various  States. 
After  some  discussion  on  the  number  of  members  to  be  ap- 
pointed on  this  duty,  the  number  three  was  adopted,  when  the 
resolution  as  amended  was  adopted. 
The  Committee  on  the  Code  of  Ethics  made  a  verbal  report  to 
the  effect  that  they  had  examined  the  subject  and  find  that  the 
Code  was  adopted  with  the  Constitution  at  the  beginning  of  the 
Association,  and,  although  it  has  never  been  formally  set  aside 
or  abolished,  it  was  practically  so  considered  when  the  Constitu- 
tion was  thoroughly  revised  in  1856,  since  when  it  has  not  been 
printed  with  the  Proceedings  annually.  The  Committee  recom- 
mended the  reading  of  the  Code,  and  the  first  article  of  the 
Constitution,  that  members  may  know  just  what  they  contain,  and 
then  by  a  vote  decide  whether  to  abolish  the  former. 
Pending  the  consideration  of  this  report,  a  motion  to  adjourn 
till  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning  was  carried. 
