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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Query  30.  On  Liquor  Ammoniae  Acetatis,  referred  to  Dr.  W. 
H.  Pile,  of  Philada.,  was  answered  in  a  paper  by  that  gentleman, 
read  by  Prof.  Procter.  This  paper  called  forth  considerable 
discussion  in  reference  to  the  several  modes  of  procedure  adopted 
by  apothecaries  in  different  localities  for  making  spirit  of  Min- 
dererus. 
The  President  now  announced  that  samples  of  various  wines 
and  pharmaceutical  preparations  would  be  on  exhibition  in  the 
anteroom  after  the  adjournment  of  this  session. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned  till  2J  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Third  Session. — Aug.  23.  Afternoon. 
The  President  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  2J  P.  M. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  adopted. 
The  Executive  Committee  proposed  the  following  names  for 
members  : — Emanuel  Mann,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  Noah  Huckins, 
Jackson,  Mich. ;  Daniel  W.  Richardson,  Almont,  Mich. ;  J.  E. 
d' Avignon,  Montreal,  Canada  East. 
The  President  appointed  E.  T.  Ellis  and  Gr.  W.  Eldridge  as 
tellers,  who  reported  the  several  candidates  as  unanimously 
elected. 
The  Report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  the  Internal  Rev- 
enue Law  in  its  relation  to  the  trade,  being  next  in  order,  Dr.  E. 
R.  Squibb,  the  Chairman,  read  it  at  great  length.  The  report, 
which  occupied  nearly  100  pages  of  cap  paper,  exhibits  the 
bearing  and  effect  of  a  high  rate  of  taxation  and  duty  upon 
alcoholic  spirits  used  in  the  manufacture  and  preparation  of 
drugs  and  medicines,  and  the  working  of  the  stamp  tax  in  rela. 
tion  to  regular  and  irregular  preparations,  etc.  Inasmuch  as 
the  opinions  of  some  members  of  the  committee  differed  from 
that  of  the  Chairman,  the  report  embraces  the  opinions  of  all 
the  members,  and  the  correspondence  with  the  Commissioners  of 
Internal  Revenue. 
A  resolution  of  thanks  to  the  Commissioners  for  the  kindness 
and  attention  with  which  the  representations  of  the  Committee 
were  received,  was  appended  to  the  Report. 
On  motion,  the  Report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unani- 
mously adopted. 
