PROCEEDINGS 



of the 



American Fisheries Society 



Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting 



Louisville, Ky., October 8tn, 9tn and 10th, 1919 



Headquarters, Seelbach Hotel 



Opening Session, Wednesday Morning, October 8th, 1919. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Hon. M. L. 

 Alexander, Conservation Commissioner of Louisiana. 



Hon. Edward J. McDermott, formerly Lieutenant-Governor 

 of Kentucky, was then introduced and welcomed the Society to 

 Louisville and Kentucky in a pleasing address. 



Hon. W. H. Killian, Conservation Commissioner of Maryland, 

 was called upon to respond to the address of welcome. 



A short business meeting followed. 



Owing to the defection of the stenographer who took the 

 report of the earlier sessions, the exact record of the proceedings 

 with all of the discussion, has been lost, up to the afternoon session 

 of October 9th. Fortunately, certain matters were preserved in 

 the hands of the officers of the Society and among these were the 

 reports of the Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary, the list 

 of new members elected, etc. 



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