Proposed Constitution. 



The Committee appointed by tiie President to revise the Constitu- 

 tion, offered the following to be considered until the next meeting, 

 when it will be voted upon. 



ARTICLE I.— Name and Objects. 



The name of this Society shall be "The 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 the 

 interests of fish-culture and the fisheries; and the treatment of all 

 questions regarding fish, of a scientific and economic character. 



ARTICLE II.— Members. 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and a payment of three 

 dollars, become a member of this Society. In case that members do 

 not pay their fees and are delinquent for two years, they shall be 

 notified by the Treasurer, and if the amount due is not paid within 

 a month, they shall be, without further notice, dropped from the roll 

 of membership. Any person can be made an honorary or a corres- 

 ponding member upon a two-thirds vote of the members present at a 

 regular meeting. 



ARTICLE III.— Officers. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President and a Vice-President, 

 who shall be ineligible for election to the same offices until a year after 

 the expiration of their terms, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording 

 Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of seven, which 

 with the officers before named, shall form a council and transact such 

 business as may be necessary when the Society is not in session; fou 

 to constitute a quorum. 



