Wfri:* L / / THE /• i AND LAWS, OF THE PHILADELPHIA \/ COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A LZST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY TIMOTHY A. CONRAD, NO. 32 CHURCH ALLEY. 1830. L AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. WHEREAS; to dispense and prepare drugs and medicines for the use of the sick, requires knowledge and skill of a peculiar kind, an ignorance of which opens the door to numerous abuses and evils, and is pregnant with serious consequences to health and life; and it being the duty of every good government to protect, as far as in it lies, its citizens from those ills and dangers to which they become exposed in the multiplied relations of society, by promoting and encouraging wholesome institutions and regulations, calculated to advance the well being, security and interests of the community; and it being represented to the legislature, that an institution has been established in the city of Philadelphia, called "The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries," for the purpose of cultivating, improving and making known a knowledge of Pharmacy, its collateral branches of science, and the best modes of preparing medicines and their com- pounds, and of giving instruction in the same by public lectures : Now; that the purposes thereof may be the better carried into effect: Sect. 1st. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same; That all such persons as now are members of the Philadelphia College of Apothecaries, or may hereafter become members of the same, be, and they are hereby made and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, with power to make one public and common seal, and also one private seal to use in their affairs, and the same.or either of them to change at pleasure, to make contracts relative to said institution, to sue and be sued, and by that name and style to be capable in law of purchasing, taking, holding, and conveying any estate real or personal for the use of said corpo- ration: Provided that the annual income of such estate shall not exceed in value five thousand dollars, nor be applied to any other purposes than those for which this corporation is formed. 4 Sect. 2d. And ba it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said College may establish by-laws and rules for its govern- ment and regulation, and for the preservation and application of the funds thereof, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this commonwealth, and shall have power to erect an edifice for their accommodation, and to constitute a faculty or learned body, to consist of such head or heads, and such a num- ber of professors in pharmacy, materia medica, chemistry, and the collateral sciences, as they may judge necessary and proper, and to do every thing needful and necessary to the establishment of said college and faculty. Sect. 3d. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid; That the officers of said college shall be a president and two vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer, whose respective duties may be assigned by the by-laws, and who shall be elected at the stated meeting of the college held in the month of March in each year, and any vacancy that may occur may be supplied by a special election; there shall also be elected a board of trustees consisting of sixteen members, and the officers of the college shall also be ex-officio mem- bers of the board of trustees; one half of the said trustees shall be chosen at the stated meeting in March, and the other half at the sta- ted meeting in September, and the said board of trustees, nine of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall conduct the ordinary affairs of the college, make such rules and regulations and do all other things necessary for the government and support of the school of pharmacy, as they may deem fit and proper; and perform such du- ties as are or may be from time to time committed to them by the said college; the acts of the board of trustees, however, to be subject to the revision of the college at each stated meeting. Sect. 4th. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the annual and semi-annual elections for officers of said college and members of the board of trustees, shall not be held on the stated days, the said corporation shall not be thereby dissolved, but the officers and trustees shall continue in office until a new election. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the house of representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Jun. Speaker of the Senate. Approved March 30th, 1822. JOSEPH HIESTER. LAWS OF THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. LAW I. Of the President. Sect. 1st. The president shall preside and maintain order at the meetings of the College. Sect. 2d. He shall, at the request of any three members, specify ing the object in view, call a special meeting of the college. Sect. 3d. He shall nominate all committees, unless a ballot be required by the members or provided for by the laws, and shall sign all the diplomas and certificates of the college. LAW II. Of the Secretary. Sect. 1st. The secretary shall keep fair and correct minutes of the proceedings of the College and a list or roll of members. Sect. 2d. He shall issue the notices for the meetings at least one day previous to the time, and furnish the chairmen of all commit- tees with a copy of the minute of their appointment. LAW III. Of the Corresponding Secretary. Sect. 1st. The corresponding secretary shall conduct the corres- pondence of the College with such foreign members and scientific societies, as it may from time to time direct. It shall be his duty to reply to all foreign communications addressed to or regarding the College. He shall first submit all his proceedings to the president for his approval and their record shall be read at each stated meet- ing of the College. 6 LAW IV. Of the Treasurer. Sect. 1st. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of the funds of the College, giving bond and security to the president, if required, for the faithful performance of this trust. Sect. 2d. He shall pay no monies unless on an order of the pre- sident, or the chairman of the board of trustees, countersigned by the respective secretaries of the College or board, as the case may be. Sect. 3d. He shall present annually to the board of trustees, at the stated meeting in February, a statement of his accounts. LAW V. Of the Members. Sect. 1st. The members of the College shall consist of resident, associate, honorary and foreign members. The number of resident members shall not exceed one hundred. Sect. 2d. Any person who has been regularly educated to the drug and apothecary business, and attended two courses of lectures in the school of pharmacy instituted by the College, and is of correct moral deportment, may be elected a resident member by the board of trustees in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of that board. But no other person shall be elected a resident member, unless he be recommended by the board of trustees and receive an unanimous vote of the College. Sect. 3d. Resident members shall pay an installation fee of five dollars, and five dollars annually thereafter, in the month of De- cember of each year. But any resident member elected after the 1st day of January in any year shall only pay a proportional part of the annual contribution for the year in which he is so elected, reckoning from the time of such election to the stated meeting in December next ensuing the same. Sect. 4th. Professional or scientific men residing in any part of the United States may be elected in the same manner a= prescribed in the case of resident members, associate members of this College. Each person so elected, to pay at the discretion of the board of trus- tees a contribution of twenty dollars in lieu of all other contribn. tions. 7 Sect. 5th. All such persons as from their knowledge of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and their collateral branches of science, shall, in the opinion of the College, merit that distinction, may on the re- commendation of four members be proposed as candidates for hon- orary membership, and persons residing in foreign countries, dis- tinguished for their knowledge of the above branches of science, may on similar application be proposed as foreign members at one stated meeting of the College and may be ballotted for at the next stated meeting: three fourths of the votes given shall be necessary to an election. Sect. 6th. Associate, honorary, and foreign members shall have the same privileges as resident members in regard to the use of the library, and attending the lectures and meetings of the College, but they shall have no right to vote or hold any office in the institution. Sect. 7th- No resignation shall be received from any member of the College, unless accompanied by a voucher from the treasurer that his certificate of membership has been returned or destroyed and all arrearages paid. Sect. 8th. Any member of the College neglecting the attendance of its meetings for one year, or the payment of his contributions for one year after they are due, may be expelled the College by a vote of two thirds of the members present. Sect. 9th. Any person elected a member of the College and ne- glecting to pay his initiation fee, and to sign the constitution for six months, after being informed of his election, shall be considered as having forfeited his right of membership. LAW VI. Of the Trustees. Sect. 1st. The board of trustees shall meet once a month, or oftener if necessary, by adjournments, or on the call of their chair- man; and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sect. 2d. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to establish a school of pharmacy, provide suitable apparatus and a library, and appoint one or more lecturers, as may be deemed expedient, on mate- ria medica, chemistry and pharmacy, and on such branches of natural science as may be useful in the instruction of an apothecary; to ap- point a committee of inspection, who shall examine all articles of 8 drugs and medicines brought into the market and submitted to them, and report their character to the board of trustees, who shall make the same public, if required by the interest of the trade, and the good of the community; to appoint a committee of equity, to settle any disputes that may arise in the transactions of business, by the members of the College, which may be referred to them. They shall also be entrusted with the election of resident and associate members, and shall regularly give notice of such elections to the secretary and treasurer of the College; and have power to frame rules and regulations for the examination of and granting diplomas to those who shall attend the lectures in the school of pharmacy. LAW VII. Of the Meetings. Sect. 1st. The stated meetings of the College for the transaction of business shall be held on the last tuesday in every month except April, May, July and August. 2d. Eleven members shall constitute a quorum. Sect. 3d. As soon as eleven members shall appear, at or after the appointed time of meeting, the president, or in his absence one of the vice presidents, or in their absence a chairman pro tempore, shall take the chair and call the members to order. Sect. 4th. After the meeting has been organized, no member shall leave the room without permission from the presiding officer. Sect. 5th. At stated or adjourned meetings, business shall be proceeded in, in the following order, viz. 1. The secretary shall call the roll and note absentees. 2. Minutes of the preceding meeting read, corrected, if necessa- ry, and adopted. 3. The minutes of the board of trustees, for the preceding meet- ing or meetings, and such reports and memoirs as they may present. 4. Essays and communications on subjects relating to the objects of the institution. 5. Incidental business. Sect. 6th. At a special meeting, after the minutes of the prece- ding meeting have been read, the meeting shall immediately proceed to the consideration of the business for which it was specially con- vened, and no other business shall be brought before the College at such special meeting. Sect. 7th. The chair 6hall decide upon questions of orderj from % 9 which decisions, however, an appeal to the meeting may be had, it required by two members, and the meeting shall thereupon decide without debate. Sect 8th. No motion shall be received unless seconded, nor until the mover, if required by the president, chairman, or a member, shall have committed it to writing. Sect. 9th. Every member, when speaking, shall address the chair, and when a question is before the meeting, no motion shall be re- ceived unless to amend, divide, commit or postpone or to adjourn; and a motion to adjourn shall always be decided without debate. Sect. 10th. No member of the College shall receive an apprentice for a less term than four years; and it shall be rendered obligatory on such apprentices to attend two courses of the different lectures of the institution. Sect. 11th. Every member of this College shall, on paying one dollar and a half, be entitled to a certificate of membership, signed by the president, vice president and secretary. LAW VIII. Of the Journal. Sect. 1st. A journal of such transactions of the College as may be ordered for publication, of original essays and of selections from scientific books shall be published quarterly. Sect. 2d. The journal shall be entitled "the Journal of the Phila- delphia College of Pharmacy." Each number shall contain not less than 80 pages, and be complete in itself, and four numbers shall form a volume. Sect. 3d. A standing committee of five members shall be elected annually at the stated meeting in March, who shall be called the publication committee, and shall have charge of printing and pub- lishing the Journal, and authority to draw upon the board of trustees for money for that purpose. Sect. 4th. All original communications to the College for the journal shall be referred to this committee, who shall examine and publish at their discretion such communications. Sect. 5th. The publication committee shall affix the price, and collect the subscription money for the journal; they shall keep a correct account of their receipts and expenditures, and the profits, if any, of publication shall be handed over by them to the treasurer B 10 of the College. They shall make an annual report of their proceed- ings at the stated meeting in March. Sect. 6th. The College will not hold itself responsible for the opinions and investigations contained in the communications pub- lished in the journal. LAW IX. Sect. 1st. No amendment or alteration of these rules shall be made unless proposed to the College by two members at one stated meet- ing, considered at the next, and adopted by two thirds of the mem- bers present. OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE. President—Daniel B. Smith. Vice Presidents—Samuel Jackson, M. D. Henry Troth. Secretary—Charles Ellis. Treasurer—Edward B. Garrigues. TRUSTEES. Benjamin Ellis, M. D. Alexander Fullerton, Jr. Algernon S. Roberts, Warder Morris, Charles Schaffer, Jr. Peter Lehman, Samuel P. Griffits, Jr. Charles H. Dingee, John Price Wetherill, Samuel C. Sheppard, Samuel F. Troth, Joseph Reakirt, George B. Wood, M. D. John Carter, William Hodgson, Jr. William Marriott PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. Benjamin Ellis, M. D. Charles Ellis, George B. Wood, M. D. Samuel P. Griffitts, Jr. Daniel B. Smith, RESIDENT MEMBERS. Daniel B. Smith, Peter Lehman, Charles Marshall, Edward B. Garrigues, Dr. Samuel Jackson, Thomas M'Clintock, John Elliott, Robert Milnor, Warder Morris, Elisha Crowell, Henry Troth, William Rovoudt, -* * James W. Simes, Samuel P. Wetherill, Matthias Pleis, William Baker, Edmund Pry or, George D. Wetherill, Thomas Wiltberger, Isaac Thompson, Peter Williamson, Jacob Bigonet, Peter Thompson, Jr. William C. Poole, Frederick Klett, Richard Jordan, Frederick Brown, Caleb Ash, Jr. Charles Ellis, Thomas Oliver, Mordecai L. Gordon, Dr. George H. Burgin, Alexander Fullerton, Jr. Algernon S. Roberts, Solomon Temple, Edward Needles, John P. Wetherill, Eleazer L. Cohen, Daniel Laws, George Glentworth, Charles Wetherill, Charles Yarnall, Thomas Evans, Henry M. ZoUickoffer, Charles Rizer, John Farr, William Dick, Joseph Reakirt, Samuel F. Troth, Dr. Benjamin Ellis, 11 Robert A. Philson, William Marriott, Samuel P. Griffitts, Jr. Thomas C. Percival, Edward Yarnall, Richard Cook, Charles Reynolds. Edward Roberts, John Carter, Abraham Kunzi, Isaac P. Morris, Ashfield H. Wetherill, Jeremiah W. Flickwir, David Schaffer, Samuel C. Sheppard, George Gatchel, Elias Durand, Edward Macpherson, Joshua C. Jenkins, John Horn, Thomas Bettle, William Biddle, Thomas Milnor, Samuel P. Shoemaker, Christopher Marshall, Charles H. Dingee, William Foulke, Christopher Graff, Caleb E. Pleasants, Charles Schaffer, Jr. Lewis Krumbhaar, Jr. William F. Krumbhaar, Benjamin C. Hornor, Aaron S. Martin, William Hodgson, Jr. Robeson Moore, Dr. George B. Wood, Caspar W. Morris, 12 John H. Dingee, William R. Fisher, Joseph Scattergood, John C. Allen. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. Joseph Bringhurst, fWilmington, D. Dr. Michael Wolf, Cincinatti, O. John Rickey, Jr. Trenton, N. J. Joseph S. Morris, Louisville, K. David M'Clong, Curaccas, Edward La Roque, Baltimore, E. Maynard, Boston Marshall C. Slocum, N. Y. J. F. Heinitsh, Lancaster, P. Albert C. Barney, N. Bedford. HONORARY AND FOREIGN MEMBERS. Nathaniel Chapman, M. D. M. Virey, M. D. Paris, John Redman Coxe, M. D. Pelletier, Paris. Thomas Say, Mess. Brandes, Germany. John Ayrton Paris, M.D. London, Doebereiner, do. Anthony Tod Thomson, London, Sertiirner, do. M. Dcrosne, Paris, Tromsdorff, Prussia. Robiquet, do. Hermbstedt, do. " /