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1. That its title be made, Committee on Relations with 

 National and State Governments. 



2. That it be authorized to incur the necessary expense 

 involved in carrying on its work. 



3. That it be permitted to call upon other members of 

 the Society for aid in matters which seem to require their 

 services. 



(Signed) Henry B. Ward, 



M. L. Alexander, 

 John W. Titcomb, 

 Wm. C. Adams, 

 William L. Finley. 



Committee. 



After some discussion the Society voted to adopt this 

 report and approved the recommendations of the com- 

 mittee. 



Report of the Committee on Resolutions. 

 (Presented by L. L. Dyche, Chairman.) 



I. Whereas, the passing of Dr. Theodore Nicholas 

 Gill removes from our midst another of that group of 

 scientists remarkable for breadth of view, encyclopaedic 

 knowledge and sympathy for research in all forms, there- 

 fore, be it 



Resolved: That the American Fisheries Society, 

 mindful of the great loss it has sustained, enter on its 

 records the following brief statement of the work of its 

 distinguished member: Theodore Nicholas Gill, born 

 March 21, 1837, in New York City, died September 25, 

 1914, at Washington, D. C, contributed to humanity as a 

 teacher, first as Adjunct-Professor of Physics and Natu- 

 ral History, 1860-61, then as Lecturer and Professor of 

 Natural History until 1910, when he was made Emeritus 

 Professor of Zoology, in George Washington University. 

 As an Associate of the Smithsonian Institution he won 

 distinction in investigation exemplified in such honors 

 as President of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science in 1897, and membership in the 

 National Academy of Sciences and the American Philo- 

 sophical Society. 



