CONSTITUTION 



(As amended to date) 

 ARTICLE I 



NAME AND OBJECT 



The name of this Society shall be American Fisheries 

 Society. Its object shall be to promote the cause of fish 

 culture; to gather and diffuse information bearing upon 

 its practical success, and upon all matters relating to the 

 fisheries ; the uniting and encouraging of all interests of 

 fish culture and the fisheries, and the treatment of all 

 questions regarding fish, of a scientific and economic 

 character. 



ARTICLE II 



MEMBERS 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and the pay- 

 ment of two dollars, become a member of this Society. 

 In case members do not pay their fees, which shall be 

 two dollars per year after the first year, and are delin- 

 quent for two years, they shall be notified by the treas- 

 urer, and if the amount due is not paid within a month 

 thereafter, they shall be, without further notice, dropped 

 from the roll of membership. Any person can be made 

 an honorary or a corresponding member upon a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present at any regular 

 meeting. 



The President (by name) of the United States and the 

 Governors (by name) of the several states shall be hon- 

 orary members of the Society. 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and the pay- 

 ment of twenty-five dollars, become a life member of this 

 Society, and shall thereafter be exempt from all annual 

 dues. 



Any library, sporting or fishing club, society, firm or 

 corporation may, upon two-thirds vote and the payment 



