32 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



On motion duly seconded the report was accepted and 

 referred to the Auditing Committee. 



President : The next order of business is the report of 

 standing committees. Has the chairman of the Executive 

 Committee any report to make ? 



Mr. Fullerton : I have not had the committee together 

 yet. I expect that we shall meet after adjournment today. 



President : Are there any other standing committees 

 ready to report? Has the chairman of the special anni- 

 versary committee anything to offer? 



It is customary to appoint a committee on papers and 

 this committee is one of special importance at this meeting 

 because we have such a large number of papers and 

 addresses that the reading of some of them must necessarily 

 be omitted, though read by title and published in the pro- 

 ceedings. The Chair is empowered to appoint this com- 

 mittee, and I will therefore name Mr. M. C. Marsh, Dr. 

 Tarleton H, Bean, Mr. John W. Titcomb, and Dr. Raymond 

 C. Osburn. 



The other committees will be announced at the afternoon 

 session. 



CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 



A few weeks ago I received quite a long letter from Dr. 

 Smith making a number of suggestions, and some of them 

 I think are most excellent, but with some it is too late to 

 take action this year. Among them was one recommending 

 that we amend the constitution and provide for five vice- 

 presidents, each in charge of a group of subjects that are 

 germane to the affairs of this Society. For example, one 

 is to be a vice-president in charge of fish culture and another 

 in charge of protection of fish. I understand that an amend- 

 ment to the constitution has been prepared embracing the 

 doctor's suggestion, in substance at least, and I would there- 

 fore call for the reading of that amendment and will ask 

 that its adoption be moved, which will bring the matter 

 properly before the meeting. 



