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questions,  and  providing  that  all  fees  received  for  examinations  and  registra- 
tions be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  State,  and  all  expenses  incurred  by  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the 
law  be  paid  by  warrants  drawn  on  the  State  Treasurer.  The  law  should  also 
provide  that,  after  a  certain  date,  say  three  or  four  years  after  its  enactment, 
ever}T  person  applying  for  a  registered  pharmacist's  certificate,  to  enable  him  to 
carry  on  and  conduct  a  retail  pharmacy,  must  have  had  a  practical  experience 
of  not  less  than  four  years  in  a  retail  pharmacy,  and  be  a  graduate  of  an  accred- 
ited college  of  pharmacy  which  has  a  course  of  studies  of  not  less  than  three 
years. 
"  The  creation  of  a  Pharmaceutical  Council,  to  which  the  examination  ques- 
tions would  be  submitted  for  approval,  would  prevent  any  suspicion  of  unfair- 
ness, catch  questions  or  favoritism  on  the  part  of  the  Board,  and,  as  the  law  is 
clearly  in  the  interests  of  the  State,  the  revenue  derived  from  it  should  accrue 
to  the  State,  and  the  expenses  incurred  in  enforcing  its  provisions  should 
be  paid  out  of  its  treasury.  We  cannot  think  that  any  one,  believing  in  the 
higher  education  of  the  pharmacist,  will  question  the  propriety  of  registering, 
after  a  certain  time,  only  those  who  are  graduates  in  pharmacy. 
"  In  March  last  a  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Congress  was  held  in  the  city  of  Wash- 
ington to  consider  a  proposed  National  Food  and  Drug  Law.  Among  the  mem- 
bers present  from  our  Association  were  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, Mr.  M.  N.  Kline,  ex-President  John  F.  Patton  and  myself.  Professor 
Remington  was  appointed  a  delegate  by  the  Governor,  but  was  unable  to  be 
present.  Druggists  from  a  number  of  States  were  present.  After  the  first  ses- 
sion the  pharmacists  in  attendance  held  a  conference,  and  while  it  was  the 
consensus  of  opinion  that  any  law  placing  pharmacy  under  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  was  mo^t  objectionable,  it  was  the  decision  of  the  conference 
that  as  some  law  would  be  passed  in  which  the  inspection  of  drugs  would  form 
a  part,  it  would  be  better  to  try  and  have  the  proposed  law  so  amended  as  to 
make  it  less  objectionable  than  it  otherwise  might  be.  Hence,  amendments 
were  submitted  by  Mr.  Kline  and  unanimously  agreed  to,  and  he  was  selected 
to  present  them  to  the  Congress.  After  considering  the  bill  in  Congress  for 
some  time  and  making  little  progress,  it  was  finally  referred  to  a  committee 
for  consideration.  Mr.  Kline  was  made  a  member  of  this  committee,  and  we 
were  most  fortunate  in  having  him  there.  Too  much  praise  cannot  be  accorded 
him  for  the  faithful  work  that  he  did,  and  for  his  tact  and  ability.  Every 
objectionable  feature  was  stricken  from  the  bill,  and  ever}-  amendment,  as 
agreed  on  in  conference  by  the  pharmacists,  was  incorporated.  One  important 
amendment  inserted  was  to  secure  the  appointment  of  a  pharmaceutical  chem- 
ist for  the  department,  under  whose  direction  the  inspection  of  drugs  would  be 
conducted.  The  bill  has  been  introduced  in  both  House  and  Senate,  and  will, 
no  doubt,  eventually  be  made  a  law. 
"  I  would  also  call  your  attention  to  the  necessity  for  greater  effort  in  securing 
an  increased  membership  of  our  State  Association.  I  fear  that  the  promised 
too  new  members  will  not  materialize  this  year.  The  Association  has  been 
doing  good  work  for  the  pharmacists  of  the  State,  and  every  man  of  them 
should  be  members  and  assist  in  maintaining  the  organization.  If  we  could 
get  them  to  attach  themselves  to  the  Association  and  form  a  compact  and  co- 
operating body,  we  would  have  a  lever  by  which,  based  on  justice  and  equity, 
