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his leisure, and accomplish something. The proposed 

 bill should go on record, and with the communications 

 presented will be argument enough, and ought to be 

 presented in proper form as coming from the American 

 Fisheries Society, so that after a while it will become 

 known as an aggressive body. 



Mr. Whitaker: I want to make a suggestion as to 

 the resolution. I would ask Mr. Dickerson to re-form 

 it. The bill should be drafted after conversation with 

 these men representing the different states and an 

 agreement from them. I suggest that Mr. Dickerson 

 put his resolution in this form : "That it is the sense 

 of this American Fisheries Society that some such 

 action should be taken," and leave the matter of the 

 drafting of a uniform bill to a subsequent meeting, that 

 shall represent the interests of the differeut states. 



Mr. Amsden: Will you have it, Mr. Whitaker, 

 that it comes from this Societ3% so that the Society 

 gets the credit of it ? 



Mr. Whitaker : The Society gets the credit for it, 

 in adopting it as its sense. 



The President : Do you accept the suggestion Mr. 

 Dickerson ? 



Mr. Dickerson : Yes, sir. 



Dr. James : With regard to this matter, it seems 

 to me that it is time for action. All the debate on this 

 subject here recently shows that there is a very great 

 need for action upon this subject by the states, and if 

 we leave it to the states indefinitely, the Government 

 of the United States will take no action, and, of course, 

 in that event we will not accomplish anything, and the 

 sooner we get at the matter the better. The resolu- 

 tion as originally offered was most correctly framed, 

 because the President and Secretary certainly have all 

 these different laws at their command and know just 

 what is needed, and if some sort of a draft is made and 

 brought up at our next meeting and discussed, we will 



