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Be it resolved, That when organizations as a body, of interests similar 

 to those of this Society, desire to obtain membership in the Society, that, 

 upon the indication of such desire being formally presented, such 

 applications shall be duly considered in the annual meetings of this 

 Society; such admissions to be on terms mutually agreed upon. 



The words "chairman" and "recorder" are suggested 

 as suitable words for the leading officers of the section, 

 so that there will be no confusion. The president or sec- 

 retary will be of the American Fisheries Society, while 

 we would speak of the chairman of the section, or the 

 recorder of the section. It was thought that the sections 

 might hold meetings other than annual meetings, and 

 that the dates and places and all the details concerning 

 those meetings, other than the annual meetings, should 

 be left entirely in the hands of the section. The annual 

 meeting of the section, however, should be approved by 

 the American Fisheries Society, so as to prevent con- 

 flicts in the meeting of two or more sections. The dues, of 

 course, would be the same in all sections of the Society, 

 and one clause provides that an amount not to exceed 

 one-half of the dues may be retained by the section for 

 its local expenses, that one-half will go to the general 

 society; but all the funds will be handled by the treas- 

 urer of the American Fisheries Society. 



In order to get that amendment properly before the 

 Society, this resolution has been drafted as a by-law 

 and is submitted: 



BY-LAW. 



On presentation of a formal written petition signed by one hundred 

 or more members, the Executive Committee of the American Fisheries 

 Society may approve the formation in any region of a Section of the 

 American Fisheries Society to be known as the Section. 



Such a Section may organize by electing its own officers, and by 

 adopting such rules as are not in conflict with the Constitution and 

 By-Laws of the American Fisheries Society. 



It may hold meetings and otherwise advance the general interests 

 of the Society, except that the time and place of its annual meeting 

 must receive the approval of the Executive Committee of the American 

 Fisheries Society, and that without specific vote of the American Fish- 

 eries Society, the Section shall not commit itself to any expression 

 of public policy on fishing matters. 



It may further incur indebtedness to an amount necessary for the 

 conduct of its work not to exceed one-half of the sum received in 

 annual dues from members of said section. 



Such bills duly approved by the Chairman and Recorder of the Section 

 shall be paid on presentation to the Treasury of the American Fisheries 

 Society. 



