AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 90 



CONSTITUTION. 



(As amended to date.) 



AKTICLE I. 



NAME AND OBJECTS. 



The iiaiiu' of this Society shall be American Fisheries Soci- 

 ety. Its objects shall be to promote the cause of fish-culture; 

 to jjather and diffuse iufornuition bearing upon its practical 

 success, and upon all matters relating to the fisheries; the unit- 

 ing and encouraging of all the interests of fish-culture and the 

 fisheries, and the treatment of all questions regarding fish, of 

 a scientific and economic character. 



ARTICLE II. 



MEMBEKS. 



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

 of one dollar, become a member of this Society. In case mem- 

 bers do not pay their fees, which shall be one dollar per year, 

 after the first year and are delin(|uent for two jears, they shall 

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

 within a month thereafter, tliey shall be, without furthei- 

 notice, drojjped from the roll of membership. Au}' person can 

 be made an honorary or a corresponding 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 office 

 until a year after the expiration of their term; a Corres])ond- 

 ing Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer and an Exec- 

 utive 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, four to con- 

 stitute a quorum. 



