^m'olZ'rt7trm'}  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  437 
Business  Committee — Joseph  Roberts,  Baltimore  ;  Henry  S.  Well- 
come and  Chas.  Rice,  New  York. 
The  nominees  were  severally  elected,  and  Messrs.  E.  R.  Squibb 
and  Fr.  Hoffmann  appointed  a  committee  to  conduct  the  President  elect 
to  the  chair.  Mr.  Chas.  Bullock  assumed  Jthe  presidency  with  a  few 
remarks  suitable  to  the  occasion. 
The  Treasurer  read  his  annual  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements 
during  the  past  year.  It  was  suggested  that  the  balance  on  hand  be 
deposited,  and  an  Auditing  Committee  was  directed  to  be  appointed, 
for  which  duty  the  chair  selected  Messrs,  Shinn,  of  Pennsylvania  ; 
Leis,  of  Kansas,  and  Ingalls,  of  Georgia,  ItVas  likewise  ordered  that 
members  dropped  for  being  in  arrears,  be  requested  to  return  their 
certificates  of  membership. 
The  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  By-laws,  in  compliance  with 
the  direction  of  the  meeting  of  1875,  presented  a  printed  report,  which 
was  distributed  among  the  members,  the  consideration  being  deferred 
to  a  subsequent  session. 
The  Committee  on  the  Ebert  Prize  read  their  report  (see  "  Amer. 
Jour.  Phar.,"  1876,  p.  227),  which  was  accepted  and  adopted. 
The  Committee  oh  Maximum  Doses  made  a  report,  showing  that 
they  had  conferred  with  the  American  Medical  Association,  by  which 
body  a  committee  had  been  appointed  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the 
committee  appointed  by  this  Association.  The  report  was,  on  motion, 
accepted,  and  the  committee  continued. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  was  read  by  J.  M. 
Maisch.  It  was,  on  motion,  accepted  and  the  Secretary  instructed  to 
incorporate  all  other  modifications  of  pharmacy  laws,  passed  during  the 
past  year,  which  may  come  to  his  notice. 
A  report  was  read  by  the  Committee  on  the  Liebig  Memorial  and, 
since  the  object  has  already  been  accomplished,  it  was,  on  motion  of 
Dr.  Menninger,  resolved  that  the  funds  collected  by  the  committee  be 
returned  to  the  donors,  and  that  the  committee  be  discharged. 
Dr.  Hoffmann  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Metrical  Weights 
and  Measures,  advocating  the  adoption  of  this  system.    Mr.  Wiegand 
presented  a  memorial  arguing  against  the  immediate  introduction  of  the 
metric  system.    The  two  papers  were  accepted  and  referred  to  a  com 
mittee  of  three,  to  report  at  a  future  meeting.    Messrs.  E.  S.  Wayne 
