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 cul- 

 ture; to gather and diffuse information bearing upon its prac- 

 tical 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 



MEMBERSHIP 



Active Members. — Any person may, upon a two-thirds 

 vote and the payment 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 first year, and are delin- 

 quent for two years, they shall be notified by the treasurer, 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 sporting or fishing club, society, firm, or corporation, 

 upon two-thirds vote and the payment of an annual fee of 

 five dollars, may become a member of this Society and be en- 

 titled to all its publications. Libraries shall be admitted to 

 membership at two dollars a year. 



Any state board or commission may, upon the payment of 

 an annual fee of ten dollars, become a member of this Society 

 and be entitled to all of its publications. 



Life Members. — Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote 

 and the payment of twenty-five dollars, become a life mem- 

 ber of this Society, and shall thereafter be exempt from all 

 annual dues. 



