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 encour- 

 aging 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 delinquent 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. Libraries may 

 become members on the payment of the two dollar annual fee. 



Any sporting or fishing club, society, firm or corporation may 

 upon the payment of an annual fee of five dollars, become a 

 member of this Society and entitled to all its publications. 



Any State board or commission, upon the payment of an 

 annual fee of two dollars, may become a member of this Society 

 and entilled to all its publications. 



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

 and the payment of twenty-five dollars, vecome a life member 

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

 dues. 



Patrons. — Any person, society, club, firm or corporation, on 

 approval by the Executive Committee and on payment of $50.00, 

 may become a Patron of this Society with all the privileges of a 



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