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The  report  on  the  President's  address  having  been  printed  and  distributed 
among  the  members,  the  resolutions  appended  thereto — except  the  last  one 
— were  adopted  as  follows  : 
Resolved,  That  this  Association  solicit  the  aid  and  co-operation  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  in  promoting  the  describing  by  physicians 
of  officinal  medicines  only,  or  such  preparations  as  have  published  formulas, 
in  preference  to  others  ;  and  that  the  several  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tions make  similar  requests  of  their  respective  State  Associations. 
Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
inquire  if  there  be  a  better  plan  for  the  management  of  this  Association 
than  the  existing  one ;  said  committee  to  be  appointed  by  the  chair,  and  to 
represent  the  various  sections  of  the  country. 
Resolved,  That  the  committee  on  publication  are  hereby  instructed  to  have 
the  annual  proceedings  published  and  ready  for  delivery  on  or  before  Janu- 
ary 1st ;  and  they  are  also  instructed  to  omit  from  said  publication  any  papers 
that  may  not  be  in  their  possession  in  proper  time  for  the  execution  of  this 
resolution. 
Resolved,  That  the  multiplication  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  should  be  dis- 
couraged except  where  the  need  of  them  is  undoubted. 
A  standing  committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  con- 
sisting of  five  members,  was  created  but  not  elected. 
The  last  resolution  contemplating  the  discontinuance  of  the  admission 
fee  excited  considerable  discussion,  and  an  amendment  offered  by  Mr. 
Ebert  to  reduce  it  to  $2  was  finally  carried  by  a  vote  of  61  ayes  to  39  nayes ; 
and  chapter  viii.,  art.  iii.  of  the  by-laws  was  then  altered,  94  voting  in 
favor  and  6  in  opposition. 
The  Committee  on  the  next  annual  meeting  presented  a  majority  report 
in  favor  of  Cincinnati,  and  a  minority  report  in  favor  of  San  Francisco.  The 
adoption  of  the  minority  report  was  lost  by  a  vote  of  26  ayes  to  59  nayes  ; 
and  amendments  to  the  majority  report  to  meet  in  Put-in-Bay  and  in 
Detroit  being  likewise  negatived,  the  report  was  then  adopted,  and  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Macmahan,  the  time  was  fixed  for  the  first  Monday  of  Septem- 
ber, at  2  o'clock  p.  m.  Messrs.  Remington,  Thompson,  Alexander,  Macma- 
han and  Sheppard,  were  appointed  the  committee  on  the  order  of  business.  , 
Sixth  Session. — In  order  to  finish  the  business,  each  speaker  was  limited  to 
three  minutes. 
Mr.  G.  W.  Voss  of  Cincinnati,  was  elected  local  secretary  and  chairman 
of  arrangement  committee. 
The  Committee  on  the  order  of  business  reported  progress  and  were 
granted  time  until  next  year  to  bring  a  full  report. 
A  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  reported  a  resolution  of  sympathy 
with  the  Charleston  sufferers,  which  was  adopted  and  ordered  to  be  commu- 
nicated to  ex-President  Luhn. 
The  amendment  to  the  by-laws  offered  by  Mr.  Day,  to  abolish  the  admis- 
sion fee  was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Macmahan,  laid  upon  the  table,  and  the 
amendment  proposed  by  Mr.  Colcord  to  reduce  the  dues  to  $3.00  was  not 
concurred  in. 
On  motion  of  Prof.  Markoe,  the  arrangement  committee  was  specially 
requested  to  secure  for  the  next  meeting  a  hall  in  a  quiet  locality.  After 
