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$12,000,  and  that  there  was  a  profit  to  the  Association  of  over 
$4,000.  The  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Membership,  George 
W.  Kennedy,  reported  that  102,  or  about  82  per  cent,  of  the  mem- 
bers proposed  at  the  Richmond  meeting  had  completed  their  mem- 
bership. In  addition  an  eloquent  tribute  was  paid  to  the  memories 
of  Dr.  Rice  and  Dr.  Squibb.  The  treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard, 
reported  that  the  cash  received  during  the  year  amounted  to 
$8,595.40  and  that  the  cash  to  new  account  was  $1,379.52.  C. 
Lewis  Diehl,  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  presented  his  usual 
report.  The  Committee  on  Credentials  gave  a  report  through  its 
chairman,  William  M.  Searby.  The  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
National  Legislation,  Albert  E.  Ebert,  reported  the  work  that  had 
been  done  by  the  committee,  in  cooperation  with  other  organizations, 
in  the  successful  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Tax  and  then  moved  that  a 
permanent  committee  consisting  of  three  members,  one  of  whom 
should  be  located  in  Washington,  and  to  which  all  matters  relating 
to  national  legislation  shall  be  referred,  be  appointed.  The  chair- 
man of  the  Special  Committee  on  Weights  and  Measures,  Frank 
G.  Ryan,  reported  that : 
"During  the  past  year  some  definite  progress  has  been  made 
toward  the  adoption  of  the  metric  system  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  our  Government.  Although  the  final  result  is  by  no  means 
certain  another  step  in  the  right  direction  has  been  taken.  The 
Committee  on  Coinage,  Weights  and  Measures  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  through  its  chairman,  Mr.  Southard,  reported  the 
following  bill  with  a  favorable  recommendation  on  March  i,  1 90 1  : 
"A  BILL 
"To  adopt  the  weights  and  measures  of  the  metric  system  as  the  standard 
weights  and  measures  in  the  United  States. 
"  Be  it  Enacted,  By  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  on  and  after  the  first  day  of 
January,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  ajl  the  Departments  of  the  Government 
of  the  United  States,  in  the  transaction  of  all  business  requiring  the  use  of 
weight  and  measurement,  except  in  completing  the  survey  of  public  lands, 
shall  employ  and  use  only  the  weights  and  measures  of  the  metric  system  ;  on 
and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  the  weights  and 
measures  of  the  metric  system  shall  be  the  legal  standard  weights  and  meas- 
ures of  and  in  the  United  States." 
This  bill  was  committed  to  the  Committee  of  the  Whole  House 
on  the  state  of  the  Union,  and  ordered  to  be  printed.    It  is  hoped 
