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Resolved. That the thanks of the Society be extended to Dr. Hugh 

 M. Smith for the interest manifested by him in the work of the Society, 

 and especially for his remarkable success in securing additional mem- 

 bership. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be extended to Mr. Daniel 

 B. Fearing, Newport, R. I., for the donation of a seal and engraved 

 plate for certificate of membership, and for assistance offered in con- 

 nection with the proposed index of the Transactions of the Society. 



Resolved, That the American Fisheries Society, fully cognizant of the 

 fact that fish propagation without fish protection and the maintenance 

 of waters free from pollution cannot accomplish the full measure of 

 success in the conservation of fish life and the development of fishery 

 industries, strongly recommends that all proper means be adopted by 

 the Society or by any of its members to secure more effective legisla- 

 tion, federal or state, for the protection of fish and for the adoption 

 of some method of disposing of waste other than by pollution of the 

 waters of our seas, lakes, bays, rivers, or smaller streams. 



Resolved, That the American Fisheries Society wishes to express its 

 gratification at the successful settlement of the Newfoundland fisheries 

 dispute by The Hague Arbitration Tribunal. 



Resolved, That the Society has learned with deep regret of the death 

 of seven members during the year, and hereby extends its sympathy 

 to the families of the deceased members mentioned below, and requests 

 that notice of the action be duly transmitted to them by the Secretary: 



Enrico H. Giglioli, Florence, Italy. 

 George F. Peabody, Appleton, Wis. 

 Charles P. Bennett, Providence, R. [. 

 J. Frank Ellis, Washington, D. C. 

 Charles H. Ferry, Chicago, 111. 

 L. B. Spencer, New York City. 

 A. J. Kavanagh, Leadville, Colo. 



Mr. Clark: I move the adoption of the report of the 

 Committee on ResoKitions. 



The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. 



Mr. Titcomb: I have a resohition here proposing to 

 endorse and encourage commercial fish hatcheries, or in 

 other words, the men who are engaged in raising trout, 

 bass and other fish for market, so that they can find a 

 market and not be restricted and subject to the same law 

 applying to the sale of wild fish. Some states now have a 

 law fixed so that a man can sell the trout he raises in his 

 yard under certain regulations, at any time of the year. I 

 will present this resolution later. 



