476  The  1913  Meeting  of  Amer.  Phar.  Asso.  {A^/Xer  ^nn- 
That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  consider  the  practicability  of 
devising  a  blank  certificate  of  award  for  A.  Ph.  A.  membership 
prizes  by  colleges  of  pharmacy,  and  state  boards  of  pharmacy; 
That  the  A.  Ph.  A.  endeavor  to"  secure  and  to  enforce  laws 
requiring  that  each  pharmacy  and  drug  store  have  on  hand  a  copy 
of  the  latest  editions  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States 
and  of  the  National  Formulary ; 
That  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  favors  the 
further  development  of  professional  education; 
That  the  Association  endorses  the  enactment  of  laws  restrict- 
ing the  sale  of  methyl  alcohol ; 
That  the  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
present  at  this  meeting  are  heartily  in  favor  of  securing  a  building 
to  be  used  as  the  official  headquarters  of  the  Association; 
That  the  Association  urge  the  passage  of  the  Macon-Hughes 
Bill  for  the  better  treatment  of  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps 
of  the  U.  S.  Army; 
That  the  members  present  approve  of  the  production  of  an 
official  button ; 
That  the  "  zone  "  system  of  parcel  post  be  endorsed ; 
That  efforts  be  made  to  lessen  the  number  of  poisoning  cases 
from  the  use  of  poisonous  tablets  intended  for  external  use; 
That  the  U.  S.  P.  and  the  National  Formulary  Committees  of 
Revision  be  requested  to  indicate  in  some  way  all  toxic  drugs ; 
That  the  members  of  the  Association  present  favor  a  radical 
revision  of  existing  patent  and  trade-mark  laws ; 
That  the  Association  endeavor  to  secure  a  revision  of  the  exist- 
ing Internal  Revenue  laws,  so  as  to  provide  for  a  drug  store  license 
distinct  from  the  present  liquor  dealers'  license; 
That  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  heartily  in 
favor  of  greater  uniformity  in  so-called  antinarcotic  laws ; 
That  the  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
extend  to  Messrs.  Harrison,  Wright  and  others,  their  appreciation 
of  work  done  in  connection  with  the  proposed  law  to  restrict  in- 
terstate traffic  in  opium,  cocaine,  their  alkaloids,  derivatives  and 
preparations ; 
That  the  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
heartily  endorse  the  provisions  of  H.  R.  6282,  as  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Finance  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States ; 
That  there  is  a  great  need  for  reform  in  the  matter  of  phy- 
