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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE1. 
The  revised  Laws  of  the  College,  as  agreed  upon  at  the  late  adjourned' 
meeting,  were  now  again  read  and  fully  considered  ;  after  some  verbal  al- 
terations they  were  by  vote  unanimously  adopted.    (See  page  280.) 
The  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  to  propose  amendments  and 
prepare  the  Laws  for  publication,  were  on  motion  continued  to  publish  in 
pamphlet  form,  the  Charter,  Laws,  Code  of  Ethics,  list  of  members  and 
graduates,  and  such  information  relative  to  the  College  and  School  as  they 
may  deem  advisable. 
The  Committee  on  Sinking  Fund  reported  as  follows: 
i:  That  since  the  last  annual  meeting  of  the  College,  they  have  received, 
From  Proceeds.of  Patent  Medicine  Directions  sold,  .  $570.00 
And  from  a  member,  a  donation  to  the  fund  .  .  5.00 
$75,00 
And  have  paid  for  two  shares  of  stock  at  par  $200, 
The  debt  of  the  College  in  1854,  when  your  Committee  commenced  its 
labois,  was  $7800. 
We  have  now  the  pleasure  cf  reporting  that  the  whole  amount  still  due  is 
only  $200. 
There  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  Committee  .  .  $90.00 
And  temporarily  loaned  to  the  College  to  pay  ground  tent  100.00 
$190.00 
If  the  College  conclude  to  keep  up  the  stock  of  P.  M.  Directions,  this 
amount  will  probably  be  wanted  this  spring,  to  print  a  new  edition. 
Samuel  F.  Troth, 
Edward  Parrisii, 
Ambrose  Smith, 
Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund. 
The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  Committee  encouraged  to  continue  the 
publication  of  the  Patent  Medicine  directions. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Labels  was  read  and  accepted.  It  in- 
formed that  the  new  edition  of  bronzed  labels  had  been  issued,  and  the 
neeessary  steps  taken  to  provide  for  meeting  the  heavy  expense  of  publi- 
cation. 
The  following  report  from  the  Publication  Committee  was  read. 
u  The  undersigned  respectfully  report  that  the  'Journal'  has  been  regu-  < 
larly  issued  since  their  last  communication  to  the  College  in  March,  1855. 
So  far  as  they  have  been  able  to  learn,  the  subscribers  are  satisfied  with  its 
conduction.  The  present  number  of  subscribers,  including  those  members 
who  receive  it  gratuitously,  is  about  eight  hundred,  of  these  forty-three  are 
new  subscribers  since  last  report. 
The  advertising  sheet  connected  with  the  Journal  has  been  more  en- 
couraged during  the  past  year  than  before,  and  bids  fair  to  be  a  useful  medium.- 
The  statement  of  the  Treasurer  annexed  hereunto  will  exhibit  the  state 
of  the  finances  of  the  Publishing  Committee ;  all  which  is  submitted  by 
Charles  Ellis, 
R.  Bridges, 
A.  B.  Taylor, 
Edward  Parrish, 
W.  Proctor,  Jr. 
Publishing  Committee. 
