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II. RESOLVED: That the Recording Secretary be given annually 

 $50.00 in addition to necessary expenses of the office. 



I would like to speak a word in favor of this. It has 

 been the custom of the Society up to the present time to 

 return the Recording Secretary nothing for his labor. 

 His work has been purely a labor of love and is more 

 than the Society ought to ask a man to give. 



Mr. Seymour Bower: As I understand it, the pub- 

 lication of the Proceedings is now referred to the Pub- 

 lication Committee. That will take 75 per cent of the 

 duties which formerly devolved upon the Secretary. That 

 should be taken into consideration. 



President: The Chair understands this Publication 

 Committee to be a reference committee to which the Sec- 

 retary can appeal. The Chair has therefore appointed 

 members living in New York State, with whom the Sec- 

 retary can confer on matters of fish culture and regard- 

 ing the quality of papers submitted. The Secretary has 

 still practically the same amount of work as before. 



Motion put and resolution adopted. 



President: The Secretary and the Publication Com- 

 mittee should have power in the matter of editing 

 papers. Very often papers are sent in which have meat 

 in them, but which are not in condition to send to the 

 printer. They need blue-penciling and some times scien- 

 tific correction. 



A motion is in order to give the Recording Secretary 

 and his advisory Publication Committee power to deal 

 with papers submitted for publication by the Society. 



Mr. Wilson: As one who has enjoyed having his 

 paper fixed up in a very nice manner, I would like to 

 make such a motion. 



Prof. Ward: I desire to second the motion, and, in 

 so doing, would ask you whether it is meant that power 

 should be given to prune or to reject entirely such papers 

 as they see fit, having in mind the income of the Society 

 and the possible size of the volume. 



President: The Chair used the words "with power" 

 in that sense. Regarding the 1912 Transactions, in the 



