CONSTITUTION 



(As amended to date). 



ARTICLE I. 



NAME AND OBJECT. 



The name of this Society shall be American Fisheries So- 

 ciety. Its objects shall be to promote the cause of fish culture; 

 to gather and diffuse inforaiation bearing upon its practical suc- 

 cess, and upon all matters retting to the fisheries; the uniting 

 and encouraging of all the interests of fish culture and the 

 fisheries, and the treatment of all questions regarding fish, of a 

 scientific and economic character. 



ARTICLE II. 



MEMBEKS. 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and the payment of 

 one dollar, become a member of this Society. In case members 

 do not pay their fees, which shall be one dollar per year, after tlv-i 

 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. Any person can be made an honor- 

 ary or a corresponding member upon a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote, and the payment of 

 $15.00, become a life member of this Society, and shall there- 

 after be exempt from all annual dues. 



ARTICLE III. 



OFFICERS. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President and a Vice 

 President, who shall be ineligible for election to the same office 

 until a year after the expiration of their term ; a Corresponding 



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