Am"octriS6.arm'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  505 
Notice  was  given  of  an  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  favoring  the  abolish- 
ment of  the  Committee  on  Drug  Market ;  but  no  action  was  taken  on  this 
proposition  during  the  meeting. 
An  invitation  was  extended  to  the  physicians  and  druggists  present  in 
the  city  to  attend  the  sessions  and  participate  in  the  discussions.  The  first 
session  closed  with  the  reading  of  the  treasurer's  report  in  which  that 
officer  declined  a  re-election  as  treasurer. 
Second  Session. — On  Wednesday  morning  after  reading  the  minutes  of  the 
first  session  and  of  the  Council,  the  report  of  the  nominating  committee  was 
received  and  adopted  by  the  election  of  the  nominees.  The  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year  are : 
President — Charles  A.  Tufts,  Dover,  N.  H. 
Vice  Presidents — Henry  J.  Menninger,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  M.  W.  Alexander, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  N.  A.  Kuhn,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Treasurer — S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston,  Mass. 
Secretary — John  M.  Maisch,  Pennsylvania. 
"Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy — C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Members  of  Council— George  W.  Kennedy,  Pottsville,  Pa. ;  A.  H.  Hollister, 
Madison,  Wis.;  William  H.  Rogers,  Middletown,  N.  Y. ;  P.  C.  Candidus, 
Mobile,  Ala. 
The  chairmen  of  the  standing  committees  were  as  follows  :  Drug  market, 
O.  J.  Seabury,  New  York ;  papers  and  queries,  Virgil  Coblentz,  Spring- 
ifield,  O. ;  prize  essays,  C.  L.  Diehl,  Louisville;  legislation,  T.  L.  A.  Grieve. 
At  a  later  period  Mr.  Seabury  declined  serving  on  the  committee  on  the 
-drug  market,  and  Mr.  A.  H.  Mason,  Montreal,  was  elected  in  his  place. 
Mr.  Grieve  resigned  from  the  committee  on  Legislation,  stating  that  Mr. 
■Chas.  W.  Day,  Springfield,  111.,  had  really  received  the  nomination,  and  the 
name  of  this  member  was  accordingly  ordered  to  be  put  in  the  place  of 
Mr.  Grieve's. 
A  telegram  from  San  Francisco,  inviting  the  Association  to  meet  in  that 
city,  was  read  and  referred  to  the  committee  on  the  time  and  place  of  the 
next  annual  meeting,  consisting  of  Messrs.  J.  D.  Wells,  Emlen  Painter  and 
P.  W.  Bedford. 
Mr.  Sheppard  proposed  an  amendment  to  the  by-laws,  reducing  the 
treasurer's  salary  from  $750  to  $600,  which  was  adopted  at  the  fourth 
session. 
Three  candidates  were  proposed  for  membership,  after  which  the  reports 
of  the  committees  were  read.  The  first  one  read  was  on  Legislation,  report- 
ing new  pharmacy  laws  having  been  passed  during  the  year  in  the  State  of 
Virginia  and  the  territory  of  Wyoming,  and  amended  laws  for  Kings  county 
and  Erie  county,  N.  Y.,  and  for  the  States  of  Iowa  and  New  Jersey;  also  laws 
requiring  the  use  of  red  labels  for  morphine  in  the  States  of  Florida,  Georgia, 
Kentucky,  New  York,  Ohio  and  Virginia,  and  amendments  to  the  adultera- 
tion of  food  and  drug  law  of  the  State  of  New  York.  The  report  also 
presented  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  with  the  view  of  commu- 
nicating to  the  proper  authorities  the  action  of  the  Association  in  regard  to 
legislation  on  proprietary  medicines  : 
Whereas,  All  medicines  concern  the  health  of  those  who  use  them ;  and 
