CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF 

 THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 



We, the undersigned, persons of full age and citizenship 'of the 

 United States, and a majority heing citizens of the District of Columbia, 

 pursuant to and in conformity with sections 599 to 603, inclusive, of 

 the Code of Law for the District of Columbia enacted March 3, 1901, 

 as amended by the Acts approved January 31 and June 30, 1902, hereby 

 associate ourselves together as a society or body corporate and certify 

 in writing : 



1. That the name of the Society is the AMERICAN FISHERIES 

 SOCIETY. 



2. That the term for which it is organized is nine hundred and 

 ninety-nine years. 



3. That its particular business and objects are 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; to unite 

 and encourage all interests of fish culture and the fisheries; and to 

 treat all questions of a scientific and economic character regarding 

 fish ; with power : 



a. To acquire, hold and convey real estate and other property, and 

 to establish general and special funds. 



b. To hold meetings. 



c. To publish and distribute documents. 



d. To conduct lectures. 



e. To conduct, endow, or assist investigation in any department 'of 

 fishery and fish-culture science. 



f. To acquire and maintain a library. 



g. And, in general, to transact any business pertinent to a learned 

 society. 



4. That the affairs, funds and property of the corporation shall be 

 in general charge of a council, consisting of the officers and the execu- 

 tive committee, the number of whose members for the first year shall 

 be seventeen, all of whom shall be chosen from among the members 

 of the Society. 



Witness our hands and seals this 16th day of December, 1910. 



Seymouf Bower (Seal) 



Tn eodore Gill ( Seal) 



William E. Meehan (Seal) 



Theodore S. Palmer (Seal) 



Bertrand H. Roberts ( Seal) 



Hugh M. Smith (Seal ) 



R [i hard Sylvester (Sea!) 



