320 DOMESTICATED TROUT. 



Article II. 

 Members. — All fish culturists shall, upon a two-thirds vote of 

 the society and a payment of three dollars, be considered mem- 

 bers of the association, after signing the constitution. The com- 

 missioners of the various States shall be honorary members of 

 the association, ex officio. 



Article III. 

 Officers. — The officers of the association shall be a president, 

 a secretary, and a treasurer, and shall be elected annually by a 

 majority vote. Vacancies occuring during the year may be filled 

 by the president. 



Article IV. 

 Meetings. — The regular meetings of the association shall be 

 held once a year, the time and place being decided upon at the 

 previous meeting. 



Article V. 

 Changing the Constitution. — The constitution of the society 

 may be amended, altered, or repealed by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



The constitution having been adopted, the following 

 officers were chosen for the ensuing year : W. Clift, Mystic 

 Bridge, Conn., President ; L. Stone, Charlestown, N. H., 

 Secretary; B. F. Bowles, Springfield, Mass., Treasurer. 



It was then resolved that an effort be made to secure an 

 exhibition of live fish at the next meeting, and that the 

 following gentlemen be requested to prepare papers, to be 

 read at the next meeting, on the subjects annexed to their 

 names : — 



A. S. Collins, on "Spawning Races and the Impregna- 

 tion of Eggs." 



J. H. slack, 



W. Clift, on " The Culture of Shad." 

 Dr. Edmonds, on "The Introduction of Salmon into 

 American Rivers." 



B. F. Bowles, on " Land-locked Salmon." 



