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AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  389 
The  statement  of  the  stock  of  Proceedings  on  hand  shows  as 
follows : 
For  1851, 
427 
copies. 
Jb  or  looo, 
dlo  copies. 
"  1852, 
207 
cc 
i  o 
"  1853, 
195 
u 
"  1860, 
266  " 
"  1854, 
13 
a 
"  1862, 
325  " 
"  1855, 
212 
a 
«  1863, 
313  " 
«  1856, 
8 
a 
"  1864, 
312  " 
"  1857, 
307 
u 
«  1865, 
276 
The  Secretary  further 
states 
that  he  issued  a 
circular  notice 
of  this  meeting 
to  the  m 
embers 
in  the  Southern 
States,  request- 
ing  them  to  perfect  their  membership  by  payment  of  back  dues, 
&c,  in  accordance  with  the  By-Laws.  [At  the  present  meeting 
this  action  was  reversed  so  far  as  to  remit  the  dues  which  accrued 
during  the  war.] 
The  Business  Committee  brought  forward  a  resolution  to 
amend  Art.  II.  Section  4th,  of  the  Constitution,  so  that  only  one 
Vice  President  should  sign  the  certificates  of  membership,  which 
should  also  be  signed  by  the  Treasurer,  or  the  officer  issuing  it. 
Laid  over  till  next  session. 
The  amendment  relating  to  the  substitution  of  Local  Secretary 
for  Corresponding  Secretary,  proposed  in  the  resolution  of  Prof. 
Parrish  at  the  meeting  of  1865,  was  now  called  up,  discussed 
freely,  and  passed  ;  so  that  hereafter  the  foreign  correspondence 
and  that  referring  to  the  business  of  the  Association  will  be  con- 
ducted by  the  Permanent  Secretary,  whilst  the  Local  Secretary, 
being  an  annual  officer,  always  to  be  elected  from  among  the 
members  of  each  place  of  meeting,  will  assist  the  Permanent 
Secretary,  co-operate  with  any  local  action  in  arranging  for  the 
meetings,  shall  have  custody  of  specimens,  papers,  apparatus, 
etc.,  destined  for  use  or  exhibition  at  the  meeting,  and  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  Permanent  Secretary  at  the  first  meeting,  shall 
officiate  until  another  be  appointed. 
The  appointment  of  the  Nominating  Committee  being  in  order, 
the  several  delegations  present  appointed  the  following  : 
Massachusetts  College,       .       .       .  Robert  R.  Kent. 
New  York  College,     .  Win.  Wright,  Jr. 
Philadelphia  College,  .       .       .  Wm.  Procter,  Jr. 
