AM6ct.DiB;f873EM'}  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  439 
was  read  by  Mr.  Peixotto,  accepted  and  referred.  The  report  on  the 
Progress  of  Pharmacy,  read  by  Prof.  Diehl,  was  ordered  to  take  the 
same  course.  On  motion,  the  sum  of  $250  was  directed  to  be  paid  to 
Prof.  Diehl  as  a  partial  acknowledgement  for  his  time  and  labor  in 
voluntarily  preparing  this  report. 
Letters  were  read  from  Mr.  W.  G.  R.  Frayser  and  Messrs.  C.  R. 
Rees  &  Co.,  offering  to  prepare  a  photographic  group  picture  of  the 
members  of  the  Association.  The  Secretary  was  directed  to  ac- 
knowledge both  letters  and  inform  the  writers  that  their  kind  offers 
must  be  respectfully  declined  for  want  of  time. 
Prof.  Diehl  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Arrangements 
for  the  Meeting  of  1876,  which,  after  suggesting  various  measures 
for  the  celebration,  recommends  that  the  meeting  of  1875  be  held  in 
the  city  of  Boston,  in  order  to  have  a  full  attendance  and  the  better 
to  arrange  for  the  centennial. 
The  resignation  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Grassly,  of  Chicago,  was  offered 
and  read.  This  communication  being  deemed  insulting  to  the  officers 
and  members  of  the  Association,  his  resignation  was  rejected,  and,  on 
motion  of  Dr.  Squibb,  he  was  expelled,  by  a  vote  of  58  to  2,  for 
using  indecorous  language  to  the  Association  and  its  officers. 
Dr.  Squibb  read  a  volunteer  paper  on  the  buying  and  selling  of 
alcohol,  which  was  accepted  and  referred. 
A  Committee  of  three  on  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  Annual 
Meeting  was  directed  to  be  appointed ;  the  President  named  Messrs. 
Joel  S.  Orne,  R.  H.  Gardner  and  Louis  Dohme  to  serve  on  this  Com- 
mittee. 
The  Association  then  went  in  a  body  to  the  exposition  room,  and 
afterwards  adjourned  until  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Third  Session- — Wednesday  Afternoon. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  session  having  been  read  and  ap- 
proved, the  report  of  the  Auditing  Committee  was  read  and  accepted  ; 
the  Committee  found  the  accounts  correct  and  the  books  in  admirable 
order. 
The  salary  of  the  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  was  next 
considered,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Peixotto,  seconded  by  Dr.  Squibb, 
the  By-Laws  were  so  amended  as  to  provide  that  he  shall  receive  such 
sum  for  his  report  as  shall  be  annually  determined. 
On  motion,  the  regular  order  of  business  was  postponed  till  the 
