244  Pharmacy  Laivs  and  Legislation.  {AmMay?i9oiarm' 
In  considering  this  question,  a  proper  regard  should  be  had  for 
the  reputation  of  American  pharmacy,  as  well  as  the  honor  of  Pro- 
fessor Procter. 
Whatever  is  undertaken  should  be  clearly  within  the  limits  of 
our  ability  to  do  well  and  thus  reflect  credit  on  pharmacy  while 
honoring  one  of  its  patrons.  The  disgrace  which  would  attend 
failure  in  such  an  effort  would  be  intensified  rather  than  assuaged 
by  ascertaining  when  too  late,  that  our  endeavors  were  aimed  too 
high. 
My  suggestion,  if  one  is  permitted,  would  be  to  appoint  the 
strongest  committee  possible ;  embracing  all  phases  of  pharmacy, 
and  give  this  committee  full  power,  first  to  solicit  subscriptions  and 
second,  afterwards  to  decide  on  the  character  of  the  memorial. 
Washington,  D.  C.  W.  S.  Thompson. 
PHARMACY  LAWS  AND  LEGISLATION. 
Contributed  by  Prof.  J.  H.  Beat.,  Scio,  O. 
(Under  this  title  it  is  designed  to  give  each  month  a  brief  resume  of  proposed 
and  accomplished  pharmacy  legislation,  and  of  decisions  of  importance  to 
pharmacy  boards  and  pharmacists.  On  account  of  space  limitations,  proposed 
legislation  cannot  be  more  than  briefly  mentioned,  but  bills  enacted  into  law 
will  be  discussed  and  their  principal  features  pointed  out.  Pharmacy  boards 
and  members  of  legislative  committees  and  others  are  requested  to  send  copies 
of  such  measures  and  news  of  this  kind  either  to  the  editor  of  this  Journal, 
or  to  Prof.  J.  H.  Beal,  Scio,  O.) 
The  flood  of  proposed  pharmacy  legislation  still  continues  ;  the 
state  legislature  that  has  not  at  least  two  or  three  pharmacy  bills 
pending  is  decidedly  out  of  fashion. 
NEW  YORK. 
New  York  still  continues  to  be  the  storm  centre  of  proposed 
pharmacy  legislation.  Among  the  measures  which  have  not  been 
previously  reported  in  these  columns,  are  the  following : 
As  a  result  of  the  disastrous  explosion  in  the  drug  warehouse  of 
Tarrant  &  Co.,  of  some  months  ago,  a  bill  has  been  introduced  into 
the  Assembly  to  amend  the  present  law  regulating  the  storage  of 
explosives.  The  measure  was  prepared  by  a  committee  of  the 
drug  section  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation,  and  pro- 
hibits the  storage  of  the  substances  specified  in  any  building  part 
