CDNSTITUTIDN 



The following is the Constitution, as revised and accepted after the 

 report of the committee, which was appointed at the last meet- 

 ing, had been by sections. 



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 lish-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 the payment of three 

 dollars, become a member of this Society. In case members do not 

 pay their fees, which shall be three dollars per year, after the 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 there- 

 after, they shall be, without further notice, dropped from the roll of 

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

 ing, member upon a two-thirds vote of the members present at any 

 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 



