AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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NOTICE. 
TO  THE  PHARMACEUTISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  3d  Section  First  Article  of  the  Constitution  requires  the  President, 
at  least  three  months  previous  to  the  annual  meeting,  to  publish  a  call,  in 
all  the  Pharmaceutical  and  in  such  other  Medical  Journals  as  he  may  se- 
lect, stating  therein  the  objects  of  the  Association  and  the  conditions  of 
the  Membership.  In  compliance  with  this  duty,  you  are  hereby  notified, 
that  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  will  be  held  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  on  the  second  Tuesday,  (11th)  of  September,  1855,  at  3  o'clock 
P.  M. 
The  objects  of  the  Association  are,  to  deliberate  on  the  condition  of  our 
profession,  the  advancement  of  Pharmaceutical  knowledge,  and  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  professional  character  of  Apothecaries  and  Druggists  through- 
out the  United  States. 
Condition  of  Membership. 
Section  II — Article  I.  All  pharmaceutists  and  druggists  who  shall  have 
attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  whose  character,  morally  and  profes- 
sionally, is  fair,  and  who,  after  duly  considering  the  obligations  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  Code  of  Ethics  of  this  Association  are  willing  to  subscribe  to 
them,  shall  be  eligible  for  membership. 
Article  II.  The  members  shall  consist  of  delegates  from  regularly  con- 
stituted Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  and  Pharmaceutical  Societies,  who  shall 
present  properly  authorized  credentials,  and  of  other  reputable  Pharmaceu- 
tists feeling  an  interest  in  the  objects  of  the  Association,  who  may  not  be  so 
delegated,  the  latter  being  required  to  present  a  certificate  signed  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  delegates  from  the  places  whence  they  come.  If  no  such  dele- 
gates are  present  at  the  Association,  they  may  on  obtaining  the  certificates 
of  any  three  members  of  the  Association  be  admitted,  provided  they  be  in- 
troduced by  the  committee  on  credentials.* 
Article  IV.  Every  member  shall  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
the  sum  of  two  dollars  as  his  yearly  contribution. 
Article  V.  Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  shall  be  entitled  to 
five  delegates. 
W.  B.  Chapman,  President. 
Cincinnati,  April  11,  1855. 
[*  Note  hy  the  Editor. — The  wording  of  the  second  arlicle  of  the  constitution 
has  been  understood  by  many  in  an  exclusive  sense.  It  should  be  distinctly 
understood  that  all  reputable  Pharmaceutists  and  druggists,  who  are  favorable 
to  the  objects  of  the  Association  will  be  welcomed  at  the  meeting  ] 
