490  MINUTES  OF  THE 
The  President  now  appointed  Messrs.  Procter  and  Colcord  to 
conduct  the  President  elect  to  the  chair,  when  the  President 
arose  and  introduced  Dr.  Richard  H.  Stabler  to  the  meeting, 
who  then  made  a  few  appropriate  remarks. 
The  Secretary  read  the  introduction  to  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  which  with  the  report 
was  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee. 
The  Secretary  read  the  Report  on  the  Constitution  and  By- 
Laws,  which  was  accepted.  Various  suggestions  being  made,  it 
was  ordered  that  the  report  be  recommitted  to  the  Committee, 
who  were  to  receive  the  suggestions  of  the  members  in  writing, 
and  report  at  a  future  sitting. 
The  report  of  the  Secretary  on  Legislation  was  read  and  ac- 
cepted. 
It  was  moved  and  adopted  that  the  Laws  on  Pharmacy  be 
printed  in  the  Proceedings,  and  that  the  other  suggestions  con- 
tained in  the  report  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Presi- 
dent's Address. 
It  was,  on  motion,  ordered  that  Dr.  Squibb  have  the  floor  at 
12  o'clock  to-morrow  to  read  papers  and  exhibit  specimens. 
On  motion,  a  Committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  consider 
the  time  and  place  of  next  meeting,  to  which  service  the  Presi- 
dent appointed  Henry  Haviland  of  New  York,  Thomas  Whit- 
field of  Chicago,  and  Fleming  G.  Grieve  of  Georgia. 
On  motion  of  the  Business  Committee,  a  Committee  of  Three 
was  appointed  by  the  Chair,  consisting  of  William  S.  Thompson 
of  Baltimore,  William  T.  Wenzell  of  San  Francisco,  and  G.  F. 
H.  Markoe  of  Boston. 
Albert  E.  Ebert  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Queries, 
which,  being  approved,  was  referred  for  publication : 
The  Committee  on  Queries  report  the  following  list  for  the  ensuing 
year,  with  the  names  of  those  who  have  accepted  them  for  examination. 
Albert  E.  Ebert,  Chairman. 
1.  Are  the  preparations  of  rennet  identical  with  those  of  pepsin,  and 
can  the  former  be  prepared  only  from  the  fourth  stomach  of  the  calf? 
Acce'pted  hy  Clemmons  Parrish,  Philadelphia. 
2.  How  may  camphor  be  reduced  to  a  fine  powder,  and  retained  in  a 
pulverulent  condition?       Accepted  by  John  C,  Lowd,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
3.  On  examination  of  the  meat  extracts  of  commerce,  what  is  the  actual 
