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Treasurer Willard : Mr. President, in order to bring 

 to a focus our informal discussion concerning the in- 

 crease in our membership list and change in the Trans- 

 actions, I wish to offer the following : 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. Daniel B. 

 Fearing of Rhode Island, Mr. H. Wheeler Perce of Illinois, Dr. Chas. 

 Minor Blackford of Virginia, Dr. Raymond C. Osburn of Connecticut, 

 and Dr. Barton W. Evermann of California, whose duty shall be to 

 consider and put into operation some plan to increase the membership, 

 and to consider and adopt methods to increase the efficiency of the 

 publications of the American Fisheries Society. 



Being duly seconded by Mr. O'Malley of Washington 

 the motion was put to vote and carried. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



Mr. Henry O'Malley, chairman of the committee, pre- 

 sented the following nominations for the elective officers 

 of the Society for the year 1915-16 : 



President: Prof. Jacob Reighard, University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Vice-President: Dr. Geo. W. Field, Massachusetts 

 Fish and Game Commissioner, Sharon, Mass. 



Recording Secretary: Prof. Raymond C. Osburn, 

 Connecticut College for Women, New London, Conn. 



Corresponding Secretary: Dr. Chas. H. Townsend, 

 New York Aquarium, New York City. 



Treasurer: Mr. Chas W. Willard, Rhode Island Com- 

 mission of Inland Fisheries and Game, Westerly, R. I. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Henry O'Malley, Seattle, Wash., Chairman', H. 

 Wheeler Perce, Chicago, 111.; N. R. Buller, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. ; J. Quincy Ward, Frankfort, Ky. ; Ernest Schaeffle, 

 San Francisco, Calif.; John P. Woods, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Eben W. Cobb, St. Paul, Minn. 



A motion was passed that the Secretary cast one 

 ballot for the entire list, which, being done, the officers 

 for 1915-16 were declared elected. 



