American Fisheries Society. 31 



a committee for that ]nir2)08e, and ena])ling them to do it a little 

 in advance of the time of tlie meeting. I propose that as a 

 standing rule. 



Motion seconded. 



Mr. Titcomh : Do von wish to inelnde all of the executive 

 committee ? I think if it is left to the president and secretary 

 YOU will have the thing done more quickly than if you wait for 

 all the officers to get together. 



Mr. Ward : I will accept the suggestion, making it a com- 

 mittee of three, the i:»resident and the two secretaries. 



The President: Will you state the mofion again? 



Prof. Ward : That the president and the two secretaries he 

 empowered to arrange and group the ^^apers for the programme 

 of the meetings of the society. 



^Ir. Gunckel : We have had motions similar to that and we 

 ah\'ays forget them. Xow, why can't you make that part of 

 Article Five of our constitution and hy-laws, right after the 

 article we have discussed here, and then it will always appear 

 in our report. We have no hack reports here. There are a lot 

 of motions which we have forgotten all aljout. There is one 

 made in Xew York a few years ago, and you have forgotten all 

 about that. 



Prof. Ward : I will gladly do that if it can be adopted con- 

 stitutionally. Xow, I should be glad to accept the suggestion 

 and make it Section 2 of the present article. 



]\Ir. Gunckel : I would suggest that under Pule G this pro- 

 posed amendment shall be noted as tSection "Ix" 



Dr. Birge : I would suggest that the words, "and group*' be 

 omitted. The power to arrange is sufficient. 



Prof, ^^'ard : I will accept the suggestion. 



The proposed amendment to the constitution is that the 

 president and the two secretaries be empowered to arrange the 

 papers of the meetings of the society, and that that l:»e added to 

 Article 5 as Clause "b" of the constitution just amended. 



Seconded and unanimously carried. 



The amendment to the constitution as finally adopted is as 

 follows : 



