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poses,  and  having  made  an  abortive  attempt  some  years  ago  ourselves 
many  were  naturally  dubious  at  the  onset,  of  harmony  and  ultimate  success* 
It  gives  me  pleasure,  however,  that  more  unity  of  action  and  evident  desire 
for  the  progress  of  science,  and  for  the  increased  utility  and  respectability 
of  its  members,  could  not  be  manifested  than  in  the  meetings  of  the  Associa- 
tion, from  its  first,  on  the  22d  February,  responsive  to  a  call  through  the  pub- 
lic journals,  convened  at  the  Washington  Infirmary  and  representing  twenty- 
one  establishments,  up  to  the  last,  on  the  2d  inst,  when  with  twenty -eight 
active  and  seven  honorary  members,  we  became  fully  organized  by  the  adop- 
tion of  a  Constitution,  a  Code  of  Ethics,  and  by  the  election  of  officers.  At 
the  latter  meeting  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  charter  to  be  pre- 
sented for  the  action  of  the  Association  at  a  special  meeting  on  the  16th  inst., 
and  then  to  Congress.  A  bill  has  also  been  prepared  and  adopted  for  the 
action  of  the  City  Councils  with  features  intended  to  be  protective  in  the 
interim,  this  bill  for  municipal  action  would  have  been  unnecessary,  but 
lhat  there  is  at  present  a  bill  before  our  Councils,  "To  regulate  the  sale 
of  Poisons,  &c, "^containing  clauses  objectionable  to  the  Apothecaries,  and 
thus  the  presentation  of  a  substitute  was  deemed  necessary.  To  favorable 
action  in  both  these  cases  we  look  forward  with  hope,  and  confident  of  your 
sympathies  in  all  our  acts,  I  have  the  honor  to  be  respectfully 
F.  S.  Walsh,  Corresponding  Secretary. 
Win.  Procter,  Jr.,  Esq.,  Ed.  Am.  Journal  of  Pharmacy . 
In  answering  this  letter,  we  requested  further  information  regarding  the 
intentions  of  the  "Association,"  and  were  informed,  that  whilst  at  present 
their  principal  aim  has  reference  to  the  increase  of  professional  competency 
of  the  members,  the  ultimate  design  is  to  include  within  the  scope  of  the 
Association  a  School  of  Pharmacy.  The  following  preamble  to  the  Con- 
stitution is  extracted  from  a  pamphlet  forwarded  by  Mr.  Walsh,  embodying 
that  document,  the  code  of  ethics  and  a  list  of  the  members. 
';  Whereas,  the  time  has  arrived  when  an  obvious  necessity  exists  for  a 
more  perfect  union  and  amity  between  the  Apothecaries  of  the  District  of 
Columbia;  and,  whereas,  a  mutual  protection  of  our  interests  and  the  ele- 
vation of  the  professional  standing  of  the  Pharmaceutist  demand  these,  we 
therefore,  the  Apothecaries  and  Druggists  of  this  District  here  assembled, 
(deeming  it  a  necessary  step  to  accomplish  these  objects,)  do  hereby  join, 
in  one  bond  of  union,  and  constitute  ourselves  into  a  permanent  Association 
to  meet  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  hereafter  be  determined  on  ;  and  to 
adopt  for  our  government  the  following  Constitution  and  Code  of  Ethics,  for 
the  observance  and  maintenance  of  which,  we  pledge  ourselves  one  to  the 
other." 
In  glancing  over  the  pamphlet  we  observe  that  the  officers  of  the  College 
are  Valentine  Harbaugh,  President;  John  L.  Kid  well,  1st  Vice  President ; 
Joseph  W.  Nairn,  2d  Vice  President ;  William  H.  Gilman,  Recording  Secre- 
tary;  Francis  S.  Walsh,  Corresponding  Secretary  ;  Charles  Siott,  Treasurer  ; 
and  an  Executive  Committee  consisting  of  Joseph  Walsh,  Joseph  B.  Moore, 
Dunbar  S.  Tyson,  John  W.  Nairn,  and  Daniel  B.  Clarke. 
The  following  is  the  1st  section  of  article  3d  of  the  Constitution,  viz  . 
"Every  apothecary  and  druggist  of  good  moral  and  professional  standing, 
and  who  shall  have  been  actively  engaged  for  the  term  of  four  years,  either 
as  principal  or  clerk,  who,  after  duly  considering  the  objects  of  this  Asso- 
