The Committee appointed to consider the President's recommendations reported as follows:

To the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Medical Association:

We, your Committee to whom was referred the address of your President, beg leave to recommend as follows:

1. That it would be to the best interests of the Association that all standing committees be appointed by the President of the Association.

2. That the President and Secretary of the Association be ex-officio members of all standing committees. 3. That the by-laws of the Association at present provide for a Committee of five who shall compose the Committee on Public Policy and Legislation, and we recommend that this by-law be strictly adhered to in the future.

4. That the matter of inviting guests be left entirely to the Committee on Scientific Work.

5. That the Committee on Scientific Work shall have full power to fill the program as they deem best without considering whether or not the papers or reports have been presented in a county society.

6. That the restrictions now existing as to the selection of vice presidents from the list of presidents of District Societies only, be removed, and the Association have full power to select its various officers from its membership without regard to their having served as officers in subordinate societies.

7. That the by-laws of the Indiana State Medical Association be amended so as to conform with these recommendations.

8. We further recommend that hereafter a strict adherence to the constitution and by-laws as laid down by the Association will be to the best interests of the profession, and will obviate much of the friction and the discontent that are at present apparent. Respectfully submitted,

A. M. HAYDEN, ALLEN PIERSON, W. F. HOWAT.

The report as read was adopted, and Dr. Howat, of the Committee, then presented amendments to the by-laws as suggested in the report. These amendments were given first reading, final action being deferred, according to the rules, until the next day's meeting. Similar action was taken on Dr. Hayden's proposed amendment to strike out the provision requiring delegates to send in credentials ten days in advance of the session. (These amendments will be found in full in the minutes of the final meeting.)

On motion of Dr. A. M. Hayden, the President was authorized to appoint a committee of three to report as soon as possible on the subject of medical defense in suits for malpractice. The President appointed the following committee: Drs. G. D. Kahlo, of French Link; A. C. Kimberlin and A. E. Sterne, of Indianapolis.

Dr. J. H. Weinstein, of Terre Haute, moved that the annual dues be raised to two dollars, and on motion of Dr. M. F. Porter, Fort Wayne, the consideration of this matter was postponed until the Friday morning meeting.

Dr. F. A. Tucker, of Noblesville, made a motion, which was duly seconded and carried, that the finance committee of the Council report at the Friday meeting of the House of Delegates on the financial affairs of THE JOURNAL.

Dr. W. H. Stemm, of North Vernon, then offered the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, After years of education and agitation the American medical profession have succeeded in enacting into law the Pure Food and Drugs Act, the interpretation and enforcement of which was placed in the Department of Agriculture, and

WHEREAS, The Indiana State Board of Health having taken an advanced position, in ruling out of the state all misbranded and adulterated foods, particularly in reference to such foods as have been chemically preserved with benzoate of soda and other chemical preservatives; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Indiana State Medical Association, in annual convention assembled in Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 29 and 30, 1910, affirms its confi dence in and active support of the State Board of Health in its efforts to protect the public health and to drive out of the state all kinds of impure and adulterated foods, including foods artificially preserved with benzoate of soda and other chemicals, and be it further

Resolved, That we reaffirm our conviction that the decision of the Referee Board appointed by ex-President Roosevelt be not accepted as final, and that further investigation be conducted along the broadest lines for the conservation of the health and vitality of the people.

A motion to postpone indefinitely the adoption of the resolutions was defeated, and a motion to adopt the resolutions was carried. Adjourned.

F. C. HEATH, Secretary.

Third Meeting, Friday Morning, September 30 Meeting called to order by President T. C. Kennedy, who announced that the report of the Committee on Education had been inadvertently omitted at the first meeting of the House of Delegates, and the Chairman, Dr. Miles F. Porter, was asked to make his report (published in the September number of THE JOURNAL) which was unanimously adopted. The President was authorized to appoint a committee of three to carry out the recommendations of the committee, this special committee to have the power to enlarge its membership if deemed expedient.

The committee appointed to consider the matter of circulating literature against quackery, reported as follows:

Since there has been issued from the press of the Journal of the A. M. A. several pamphlets exposing quacks and their nefarious methods, which can be had in quantities at small cost, we recommend that the various county medical societies throughout the state be urged through THE JOURNAL of this Association to supply themselves with this literature and through their officers, executive committees and individual members, see that it gets into the hands of thoughtful and reasonable laymen in their respective communities, that copies be supplied to libraries and reading tables, and that social and literary clubs be interested in disseminating the truths contained in these pamphlets, to the end that the public may be in some measure relieved from the awful toll in money and health paid the soulless wretches who prey on its credulity. ALLEN PIERSON,

J. MCLEAN MOULDER, MILES F. PORTER.

The report was unanimously adopted.

In response to Dr. Tucker's motion calling for information about the financial affairs of THE JOURNAL, the

1. The adoption of a plan of Medical and Surgical Defense for the members of the Indiana State Medical Association.

2. That a fund for such purpose be set aside out of the annual dues.

3. That the dues for the ensuing year be increased to $2, and that the surplus remaining in the treasury after paying outstanding indebtedness and current expenses be devoted to the establishment of a sinking fund to meet the expenses of this plan after it has been incorporated.

4. That until a final working plan be adopted no active defense be undertaken.

5. That this Association shall not undertake more than to provide competent legal talent in the defense of its members in civil cases only.

6. That under no circumstances shall it incur any liability on account of damages awarded.

7. That in order to perfect detailed working plans for this purpose further consideration is necessary, and that the final report of this committee be subImitted at the next annual session.

This report was accepted and the recommendations adopted.

The motion of Dr. Weinstein to fix the dues at two dollars, offered Thursday and according to the rules deferred for final action one day later, was brought up for action and passed unanimously.

On motion, duly carried, the incoming president was authorized to appoint a committee of five to procure, by education and legislation, such action as may be necessary to eradicate preventable blindness, and the Association appropriated fifty dollars for the expenses of the committee in carrying on its work.

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Frederick C. Heath, Indianapolis; First VicePresident, John N. Hurty, Indianapolis; Second VicePresident, A. S. Dickey, Tipton; Third Vice-President, J. P. Salb, Jasper; Secretary, Chas. N. Combs, Terre Haute; Treasurer, David W. Stevenson, Richmond; Councilors for three years, Third District, W. J. Leach, New Albany; Sixth District, C. S. Hougland, Milroy; Ninth District, W. H. Williams, Lebanon; Twelfth District, B. Van Sweringen, Fort Wayne. Delegates to the American Medical Association for two years, Miles F. Porter, Fort Wayne, and Frederick A. Tucker, Noblesville; Alternates, 'Curtis Bland, Greensburg, and J. B. Garber, Dunkirk.

On motion duly carried, Indianapolis was selected as the place for the next annual session.

A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the President for his interest in and work for the Association. A unanimous vote of thanks was also extended to the Committee on Arrangements, the officers and members of the Fort Wayne Medical Society and their wives and the people of the city of Fort Wayne generally, for the royal manner in which the Association had been entertained.

the Association was facing a deficit and that the deficit would increase rather than diminish, it was the general sentiment that the Council should recommend that the dues be increased to two dollars per year.

The question of ethical advertising in THE Journal was also considered, and the editor was asked to edit the copy of all advertising so that it will conform to the ethical requirements of THE JOURNAL, but that he use his own judgment in refusing advertising from members of the Association who are violating the ethical code, and who have not been disciplined by their local societies.

The President of the Council referred to his correspondence and conversations with the Governor conIcerning the appointment of Dr. Smelzer to represent the regular medical profession on the Board of Medical Registration and Examination, but action on the report was deferred until a subsequent meeting. Adjourned. ALBERT E. BULSON, JR., Secretary.

Second Meeting

The Council convened on Thursday afternoon, September 29, and was called to order by the President. The complaint of an advertising agent of New York that he had not been paid commissions on advertising secured for THE JOURNAL was presented by Dr. Wishard, the same having been turned over to him by the President of the Association. On motion, by Dr. Daugherty, seconded by Dr. Stemm, and carried, the matter was referred to Dr. Bulson, the editor of THE JOURNAL, for such adjustment as he thinks proper.

Dr. Wishard then referred in detail to his correspondence and conversations with the Governor concerning the Smelzer matter, and on motion by Dr. Bulson, seconded by Dr. Stevenson, and duly carried, Dr. Wishard was requested to present the matter in detail to the House of Delegates for action, and with the recommendation that the House of Delegates approve the action of the Council in a request that the Governor appoint some one in the place of Dr. Smelzer to represent the regular medical profession on the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examination.

The Council convened on Friday morning, September 30, and was called to order by Chairman Wishard. Those present were Drs. Krebs, Knoefel, Stemm, Kemper, Daugherty, Wishard, and the editor of THE JOURNAL. The election of officers resulted as follows: Chairman, W. N. Wishard, Indianapolis; Secretary, B. Van Sweringen, Fort Wayne.

Moved by Dr. Knoefel and seconded by Dr. Stemm that Dr. Bulson, the editor of THE JOURNAL, be requested to print 200 copies of the revised constitution and by-laws for the use of the officers of the Association and officers of county societies. Motion carried.

Moved by Dr. Kemper and seconded by Dr. Daugherty that Dr. Bulson, the editor of THE JOURNAL, be empowered to secure all of the stationery for the officers, including councilors, of the Association, and to save expense that one form be used, and that the councilor map be placed on the back of every letterhead. Motion carried.