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on motion diilv seconded the persons nominated by the oom- 

 mittee were unanimously elected as the ofKcers of the society 

 iFor the ensuinji yeai-. 



For list of ofticers see title i)a<j:e. 



]\Ir. (Mark: Mr. l*resident. I would like to make a motion, 

 but previous to doing so I wish to say a few words, if I may 

 be permitted. It has occurred to me that it would be a good 

 idea for this Society to have a committee to call for papers from 

 its members, instead of committing- the work to the Secretary. 

 That committee could call on ditferent ones to prepare papers 

 on subjects with which they are familiar. I have no criticisms 

 whatever u\)Ou the Secretary. It has been the habit for years to 

 ask membcMS to send in such pa])ers as they have. It seems to 

 me it would be much better to Imve a committee to attend to 

 that duty. That committee could get together and form a plan 

 as to what papers would be of interest to the Society and could 

 communicate with the ditferent members, asking them to pre- 

 pare i>apers on such subjects. I would therefore move that a 

 commiltee of that kind be appointed, of which the Secretary 

 shall be one. 



Mr. de Ravenel: Unless the committee lived within a few 

 miles of each other, or unless it is a committee of one, it would 

 be difficult for them to confer b,y correspondence to arrange 

 all these details; consequently, in selecting your committee it 

 would be well to take that into consideration. This society 

 embraces people from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic 

 Coast, and unless the members of the committee w^ere near 

 together, they would not have very good opportunities for 

 communicating with each other. 



Mr. Stranahan: I will offer an amendment to that motion. 

 Our newly elected Secretary is pretty well acquainted with 

 the abilities of the members of this Association, and I move 

 to amend by making this committee consist of the President 

 and the Secretary. 



The President put the question upon the motion in this form 

 and the same was duly carried. 



Secretary Whitaker: I want to say a word in reference to 

 this program. We were notified that ]\Ir. Fred Mather would 

 l)resent a paper on the "Value of the Gammarus or Fresh 

 Water Shrim]) for Trout Food." I have not heard from him. 

 Mr. Titcomb's paper should have come second, but that is to 

 be given tonight in the parlor. Mr. Clark's paper we have had. 

 The next paper is ''Observations on an Epidemic in Trout Fry 

 at Allentown Hatchery," by Mr. Meehan. The next one is 

 "Sturgeon Hatching on Lake Champlain," by Mr. Livingston 

 Stone. He wrote me that he thought he would be able to be 

 here with it, but wrote later that the sturgeon had not fulfilled 



