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modifications,  while  others  desired  the  medical  profession  to  take  charge 
of  the  materia  medica  part,  and  to  designate  the  pharmaceutical  and 
chemical  preparations  which  should  be  admitted,  leaving  to  the  phar- 
maceutical profession  the  entire  control  of  devising  the  formulas  and 
and  processes.  Interesting  as  the  discussions  were,  the  Association 
was  evidently  not  prepared  for  a  final  vote,  and  Mr.  Sargent's  motion 
therefore  prevailed  to  lay  the  subject  upon  the  table  until  the  next 
annual  meeting,  so  as  to  afford  ample  time  for  consideration. 
The  interesting  report  of  the  Committee  on  Adulterations  and 
Sophistications  was  then  read  by  the  chairman,  O.  Eberbach,  and  re- 
ferred for  publication  ;  and  after  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to 
consider  and  report  upon  the  place  and  time  for  holding  the  next  annual 
meeting,  the  Association  adjourned  until  8J  o'clock  the  same  evening. 
Messrs.  S.  M.  Colcord,  Boston;  J.  T.  Shinn,  Philadelphia,  and  J.  F. 
Hancock,  Baltimore,  were  appointed  this  committee. 
Fourth  Session — Thursday  evening,  September  \\th. 
After  the  reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes,  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Revision  of  the  By-laws  was  taken  up.  The  commit- 
tee, evidently  opposed  to  frequent  and  unnecessary  changes,  prefer  to 
carry  out  the  spirit  of  the  laws,  and  merely  recommend  to  change  two 
special  committees — those  on  the  Ebert  Prize  and  on  Legislation — to 
standing  committees.  The  requisite  change  in  Chap.  VI,  Art.  I,  of 
the  by-laws,  was  approved  by  the  Association,  and  the  duties  of  the 
two  committees  defined  as  follows  : 
Article  XL  The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  shall,  within  six  months  after  the 
annual  meeting  at  which  the  essays  are  presented,  determine  which,  if  any  of  them, 
has  met  the  requirements  of  the  founder  of  the  prize.  In  all  other  respects  they 
shall  be  governed  by  the  stipulations  expressed  by  the  donor.  The  decision  of  the 
committee,  with  such  comments  upon  the  successful  essay  only  as  they  may  deem 
proper,  may  be  published  in  the  journals  of  pharmacy  in  advance  of  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Association. 
Article  XII.  The  Committee  on  Legislation  shall  keep  a  record  of,  and  compile 
for  reference,  the  enactments  of  the  different  States  regulating  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy and  the  sale  of  medicines.  They  shall  report  at  each  stated  meeting  of  the 
Association  what  legislation  has  occurred  during  the  year. 
The  Executive  Committee  presented  the  names  of  thirty  candidates 
for  membership,  who  were  duly  elected,  Messrs.  A.  P.  Brown  and 
"Wm.  Mclntyre  acting  as  tellers. 
