o?t!%88T"'*}  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  515 
Chairman  i  A.  W.  Miller,  Philadelphia  5  Chas.  Huston,  Culumbus,  O.j  Thos,  Doli- 
ber,  Boston,  and  the  Secretrary  ex-officio.  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market — Louis 
Lehn,  New  York,  Chairman ;  [as.  G.  Steele,  San  Francisco  ;  I.  L.  Lyons,  New 
Orleans  5  Thos.  Whitfield,  Chicago  ;  J.  P.  Muth,  Baltimore.  Committee  on  Papers 
and  Slueries — J.  U.  Lloyd,  Cincinnati,  Chairman ;  S.  H.  Ambler,  New  York;  W. 
W.  Bartlett,  Boston.  Business  Committee — H.  J,  Menninger,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  Chair- 
man-^ Chas.  L.  Eberle,  Philadelphia;  E.  H.  Heinitsh,  Columbia,  S.  C.  Committee 
on  Prize  Essays —C  L.  Dieh\y  Louisville,  Chairman;  J.  F..  Judge,  Cincinnati  ,•  E. 
SchefFer,  Louisville.  Committee  on  Legislation — J.  M.  Maisch,  Philadelphia;  J.  W. 
Rankin,  Atlanta,  Ga.;  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston. 
The  nominees  were  balloted  for  and  elected.  Credentials  were  received  from  the 
Nova  Scotia  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  the  accredited  delegate  was,  on  motion, 
admitted.  Messrs.  Saunders,  of  Canada,  and  Ebert,  of  Illinois,  conducted  the 
president  and  vice-presidents  elect  to  their  chairs,  and  short  addresses  of  thanks  were 
imade  by  the  new  officers.  A  ballot  was  had  for  the  candidates  for  membership 
reported  at  the  first  session  and  they  were  unanimously  elected.  On  motion  of  Mr. 
Kennedy  a  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Eberle,  Diehl  and  Ebert  was  appointed 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  at  this  meeting  sufficient  funds  so  that  the  Association 
may  come  into  possession  of  the  Centennial  Fund. 
The  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  read,  and  permission  was  granted  to 
add  obituary  notices  of  several  deceased  members.  The  report  was  accompanied 
by  that  of  the  Permanent  Secretary,  which  gives  an  account  of  the  expenses  of  his 
office  and  of  the  property  in  his  charge. 
The  Treasurer  reporteda  balance  on  hand  amounting  to  Si, 561. 6  i,  which  includes 
.$370.00  received  for  life-memberships  ;  1:49.32  interest  from  the  Ebert  Fund  and 
^1,585.00  yearly  contributions  for  the  current  year.  The  report  and  books  of  the 
Treasurer  were  placed  into  the  hands  of  an  auditing  committee  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Gordon  of  Ohio,  Dalrymple  of  New  Jersey,  and  Sloan  of  Indiana. 
The  introductory  part  of  the  annual  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  was 
read,  and  the  whole  report  referred  for  publication.  The  report  on  the  Drug  Mar- 
ket by  M.  L.  Lehn,  gives  valuable  and  interesting  information  on  many  drugs  and 
chemicals,  but  mainly  such  which  have  been  recently  introduced  or  revived  as  reme- 
dial agents.  The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  reported  that  no  award  had  been  made 
for  1878  and  1879.  ^  verbal  report  was  received  from  the  Committee  on  Legis- 
lation, and  ordered  to  be  completed  and  printed. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Membership  stated  that  more  than  two-thirds  of 
the  applications  acted  on  this  morning  were  replies  to  the  efforts  of  the  committee. 
Sixteen  additional  candidates  were  proposed  for  membership. 
The  committee  charged  with  the  publication  of  last  year's  report  on  the  revision 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  reported  that  that  duty  had  been  attended  to,  and  that  from 
the  tunds  collected  for  the  purpose,  a  surplus  of  ^78.79  had  been  paid  over  into  the. 
Centennial  Fund.   The  committee  appointed  early  m  the  same  session  reported  that 
it  had  succeeded  in  collecting  the  entire  balance  required  for  that  fund. 
The  special  business  of  the  morning  session  was  then  taken  up  and  the  report  on 
the  organization  of  a  business  council  was  considered  in  detail  and  adopted  as  pro- 
posed. The  council  consists  of  the  eight  officers  oF  the  Association,  ex-officioy  and 
of  nine  members,  three  of  whom  are  elected  for  one  year,  three  for  two  years  and 
three  for  three  years,  and  hereafter  three  councilors  are  elected  annually  for  the 
term  of  three  years.  Flie  Council  elects  its  own  chairman  and  secretary  and  three 
-committees  on  membership,  finance  and  publication.    The  Executive  and  Business 
