to Jury duty. We are all aware how inconvenient, in fact, how almost impossible it is for the average druggist to leave his store for a week or two, perhaps during the busy season or at a time when he happens to be short-handed. Your Secretary has had the experience. It was my first and hope it will be the last. While I do not believe any member of this Association would willingly shirk his duties as a citizen, yet owing to the difficulties with which he has to contend in absenting himself from his business a Statute of Exemption is most desirable. For that reason I would suggest that if it meets with the approval of this Association the Legislative Committee be instructed to prepare a bill for the purpose of Exempting Pharmacists from Jury Duty.

Copies of the Proceedings of Meetings for 1907 have been received from the following State Associations and as an acknowledgement of same a copy of our deliberations of last year has been forwarded to them:

Copies of our Proceedings for 1907 were sent to the following:

Trinity College, Hartford.

Wadworth Athaneum, Hartford.

Southport Library.

National Association Retail Druggists.

National Wholesale Druggists Association.
C. Louis Diehl, Louisville, Kentucky.

Watkinson Library of Reference, Hartford.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Your Secretary has also received complimentary copies of the foilowing Drug Journals: Mercks' Report and the Druggist Circular for which the thanks of the Association are due.

In conclusion would say that your Secretary could and would be of very great service to the members if they would take advantage of the "Bureau of Information" so called, if members in need of clerks and clerks needing positions would make their wants known to him.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN B. EBBS, Secretary.

MR. HODGSON:

Wouldn't it be well to have those recommenda

tions referred to some committee?

MR. FLEISCHNER: I would recommend that it be referred to the incoming Executive Committee.

MR. WILLIAMS: I would amend that, and have that report referred to the same committee as that on the President's address.

THE PRESIDENT: The motion is that the Report of the Secretary be referred to the committee on the President's address. (Voted.)

THE PRESIDENT: The next order of business is the report of the Executive Committee, Robert Walker, chairman.

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

To the Officers and Members of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association:

Your Executive Committee submits the following report for the year: At a meeting of the Executive Committee held at the Allyn House, Hartford, July 30th, 1907, the proceedings of the meeting held at Bridgeport were reviewed and ordered printed in the usual manner. It was unanimously voted to reimburse Brothers Rapelye and Hartigan for the amount of railroad fare expended by them in attending the joint committee meeting held at Boston, Mass., to make the necessary arrangements for the New England meeting which was held at Magnolia, with which you are all familiar. These two members had been sent there by a vote of your previous Executive Committee. The matter of delinquent members, which had been referred to this committee, was thoroughly discussed, and it was thought best to ask some member of the Association living in the town where such delinquent resides, to make a personal call on him and try and collect, if possible, the dues owed to the Association, and also persuade him to continue his affiliation with this Association.

The matter of remuneration of the Chairman of the Legislative Committee was carefully considered and fully realizing that whatever monetary consideration we should decide upon would or could not repay Captain J. K. Williams for the enormous amount of time spent and the good work done for every member of this Association, and taking into consideration the fact that the expenses of conducting the Association for the ensuing year will necessarily be very heavy on account of the bills for printing the proceedings of the meetings for the two years, 1906 and 1907, it was unanimously voted to draw on the treasury for the amount of $100.00, the same to be paid to Captain J. K. Williams in gold, at the next meeting of the Executive Committee.

It was also voted to ask the Association to decide its future policy with reference to this matter at each annual meeting, believing it will be a much more satisfactory arrangement to each individual member of the Association.

President Hartigan announced the names of J. P. Doran, of Danbury, and P. J. Garvin, of Bethel, as the Auditing Committee for the ensuing term. Mr. Karl Cyrus, of Bridgeport presented the name of Mr. Garfield, of Pittsfield, Mass., as an associate member of the Association, after which the meeting adjourned.

The second meeting of the Executive Committee was held at Waterbury, January 30th, 1908, at the Hotel Elton. Owing to the absence of Captain J. K. Williams, whom we had anticipated meeting at this time, it was voted to transmit the $100 in gold which had been voted at the previous meeting, by Charles A. Rapelye, to be presented by him to Captain J. K. Williams in behalf of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association for his efforts in behalf of its members as Chairman of the Legislative Committee. The Secretary, J. B. Ebbs read a communication which had been received from the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association as follows:

Waterbury, Conn., January 18, 1908.

The Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association,

John B. Ebbs, Secretary.

Dear Sir:-The Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association extends to you a cordial invitation to hold your Annual Meeting in this city, June 16th and 17th, 1908, presenting the fraternal greetings of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association, and hoping your meeting this year will be one of the best, if not the very best, you have ever held, I am

Sincerely yours,

THOMAS F. CASEY, Secretary.

After the reading of this communication, it was voted to accept the same and to hold the next Annual Meeting at Waterbury on the above named date. Levi Wilcox was appointed Local Secretary, and Thomas F. Casey was appointed a committee on transportation and telephone. Mr. H. W. Lake, President of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association, was introduced and congratulated the members of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association for the good work done in the past and hoped the meeting held in this city would prove a very profitable one.

It was voted to draw on the treasurer for the amount of $22.50 to pay the expenses of entertaining the invited guests at the mid-winter meeting held at New Haven. President Hartigan, with one or two Bridgeport members had entertained these guests at their own expense,

believing the best interests of this Association would be served by the above action.

The Secretary reported at the present time there were 474 members on the roll, including active and associate.

President Hartigan asked the co-operation of each member of the Executive Committee and their friends in an effort to increase the membership to 500 before the opening of the Annual Meeting.

As this finished the business for the day, an adjournment was taken at 5:00 p. m.

At a meeting of the Officers-the Executive Committee, Legislative Committee and the Committee on Pharmacy and Queries, held at Bridgeport, Conn., at the Algonquin Club, April 28th, 1908, the following business was transacted:

It was voted to recommend a change in the Pharmacy Laws in this State to the members of the C. P. A. at the Waterbury meeting so that the fee charged under Section 4728 shall not be refunded to the applicant in case of failure upon first examination, but in lieu thereof a second examination will be granted without extra charge; that the law relating to the bonding of the Pharmacy Commissioners shall be so changed that it will not require the bonding of the President and Secretary of said Board, as the above named Officers do not have the handling of any funds of the said Pharmacy Commissioners. That Section 4721 shall be so amended to read as follows:

"There shall be three commissioners of pharmacy, each of whom shall be a reputable pharmacist, and who shall at all times during their term of office be actively engaged in, and proprietors of a retail drug store.

It was voted to ask the Legislative Committee to recommend such changes in the Excise Laws as they deemed best for your consideration at the meeting.

It was voted to invite Dr. Jenkins and Dairy Commissioner Noble, the Pure Food and Drug Commissioners, and also Prof. H. W. Wiley, the Chairman of the National Pure Food and Drug Commission, to be present and address the members on the first day of the meeting to be held at Waterbury, June 16th, the expense of the same to be paid by the Connecticut State Pharmaceutical Association.

One application for membership was received, but as the date of our next Annual Meeting was so near at hand, it was thought best to defer action on the same until that time.

Mr. Clarence J. Spalding, of New Haven, addressed the members present on the advisability of preparing a suitable display of U. S. P. and N. F. preparations, for the benefit of the members of the Connecticut Medical Association, the same to be displayed at their next Annual Meeting in New Haven in May; stating that the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association had been invited to make this display by the above named

society. After a full discussion it was voted to accept the invitation, and Mr. Spalding was chosen Chairman to act in conjunction with the Committee on Pharmacy and Queries, to arrange all details and solicit samples from the members, and when completed they to be sent to the Chairman at New Haven.

It was also thought best to have this display transferred to Waterbury in time for our Annual Meeting.

Mr. Charles A. Rapelye reported that Captain J. K. Williams positively refused to accept any gift or remuneration for his services in behalf of this Association, and returned the $100 in gold to the Treasurer. The membership of the Association is as follows: Number of Members reported at last meeting..... Number of Associate Members elected at last meeting. Number of Active members elected at last meeting.. Number of Active members elected during the year. Number of Associate members elected during the year.

Total

Number dropped from roll

Death of Active members during year

Death of Honorary members during year

Resignation of Members

.451

5

29

-485

8

I

Resignation of Associate members

Total Membership

489

As Chairman of your Executive Committee, it is with sorrow I report the death of five members during the year: W. H. Camp, of Canaan, could not find out any details; Ernest F. Hesse, New Haven; Charles H. Williams, Thomaston; Wm. E. Ford, New Haven; Elbert E. Daskum, Waterbury.

Ernest F. Hesse of New Haven, died August 7th, 1908, at his home, 52 Lawrence Street, after an illness of about three weeks with liver and heart trouble.

Mr. Hesse was a native of New York state and was 39 years of age last February. He established a prosperous business on the corner of Lawrence and Nash Streets. Previous to his going into business for himself he was head clerk for Thomas Trefry at the drug store he conducted for years on the corner of State and Edward Streets.

Mr. Hess was President of the New Haven Retail Drug Association, having been elected for a second term. He was a Deacon in the First English Lutheran Church on Lawrence Street and was a member of Hiram