AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  485 
On  motion  of  Edward  Parrish  it  was  agreed,  that  the  Associa- 
tion on  Wednesday  morning,  at  11J  o'clock,  commence  the 
examination  of  specimens,  and  the  reading  of  scientific  papers. 
On  motion  it  was  carried,  that  the  next  business  after  the 
election  of  officers  be  the  consideration  of  the  new  Constitution. 
On  motion,  adjourned  to  meet  at  9  o'clock  on  Wednesday 
morning. 
[As  the  room  in  which  the  Association  convened,  which  was  chosen  for 
its  central  position,  did  not  prove  eligible,  the  succeeding  meetings  were 
held  at  the  Hall  of  the  University  of  Maryland. — Editor.] 
Second  Day — Morning  Session — Sept.  lQtJi,  1856. 
The  Association  met  at  9  o'clock  at  the  Maryland  University. 
The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read,  amended, 
and  adopted.  The  roll  was  then  called,  and  forty-one  members 
answered  to  their  names. 
[Those  not  before  present  were  S.  McPherson,  F.  S.  Walsh,  V.  Har- 
baugh,  and  Wm.  H.  Gilman,  of  Washington  ;  J.  L.  Kidwell,  of  George- 
town ;  A.  P.  Melzar,  Charles  T.  Carney,  Charles  II.  Atwood,  and  R.  R. 
Kent,  of  Boston  ;  R.  H.  Stabler,  of  Alexandria ;  A.  E.  Richards,  of  Louisi- 
ana ;  Eugene  J.  F.  Russell,  Jos.  C.  Rogers,  and  G.  Davidge  Woods,  of 
Baltimore  ;  and  James  Cooke,  of  Petersburg,  Va.] 
The  Committee  to  nominate  officers,  reported  the  following 
nominations,  viz : 
For  President — George  W.  Andrews,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 
«   1st  Vice  President— John  L.  Kidwell,  of  Georgetown,  D.  C» 
"   2d    "  "         Frederick  Stearns,  of  Detroit,  Mich. 
«    3d    "  "         H.  T.  Kiersted,  of  New  York  city. 
"    Treasurer — James  S.  Aspinwall,  of  New  York  city. 
"   Recording  Secretary. — W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
"    Corresponding  Secretary — William  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Phila- 
phia,  Pa. 
The  nominees  were  separately  balloted  for  and  elected. 
The  delegations  from  Boston  and  Washington  being  now 
present,  the  former  appointed  Charles  H.  Atwood,  and  the 
latter  V.  Harbaugh,  members  of  the  nominating  committee,  who 
have  further  to  report  ten  names  for  the  standing  committees. 
The  President  elect  was  now  conducted  to  the  chair  by  Mr. 
Meakim,  the  late  president,  and  in  a  pertinent  speech  returned 
