CONSTITUTION 



(As amended to date) 



ARTICLE I 



NAME AND OBJECT 



The name of this Society shall be American Fisheries 

 Society. Its object shall be to promote the cause of fish 

 culture; to gather and diffuse information bearing upon 

 its practical success, and upon all matters relating to the 

 fisheries ; the uniting and encouraging of all interests of 

 fish culture and the fisheries, and the treatment of all 

 questions regarding fish, of a scientific and economic 

 character. 



ARTICLE II 



MEMBERSHIP 



Active Members. — Any person may, upon a two-thirds 

 vote and the payment of two dollars, become a member 

 of this Society. In case members do not pay their fees, 

 which shall be two dollars per year after first year, and 

 are delinquent for two years, they shall be notified by the 

 treasurer, and if the amount due is not paid within a 

 month thereafter, they shall be, without further notice, 

 dropped from the roll of membership. 



Any library, sporting or fishing club, society, firm or 

 corporation may, upon two-thirds vote and the payment 

 of the regular annual fee, become a member of this So- 

 ciety and entitled to all its publications. 



Life Members. — Any person shall, upon a two-thirds 

 vote and the payment of twenty-five dollars, become a 

 life member of this Society, and shall thereafter be ex- 

 empt from all annual dues. 



Patrons. — Any person, society, club, firm or corpora- 

 tion, on approval by the Executive Committee and on 

 payment of $50.00, may become a Patron of this Society 



