20 Tti'ciity-iiiiith Aiiinial Meeting 



The President: Gentlemen, it has been moved that article 

 2 of the constitution be amended by adding section 2, to read as 

 follows : "Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote, and the pay- 

 ment of $15.00, become a life member of this Society, and shall 

 thereafter be exempt from all annual dues." 



Mr. Davis: Do the words "a two-thirds vote" apply to all 

 the nuembers, or only to those present. 



The President: I think it would intend to mean a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present. The constitution is vague, 

 but the wording is the same as in the original section. Is there 

 any discussion as to the amount of this life membership fee? 



Air. Clark: I see only one difficulty that is likely to arise. 

 WHth a fee as small as that, it is barely possible that within the 

 next year or two one-half the members might conclude to become 

 life members; they might say, it is such a bother to pay every 

 year. I will become a life member by paying fifteen dollars, and 

 thev pay it. We would be pretty flush for a year or two, and we 

 would do something with that money, and then we would not 

 have our annual dues to fall back on. There is a difficulty that 

 may present itself. May be I am crossing a bridge before I come 

 to it. I am not so sure but I might he one of those, when I had 

 fifteen dollars I didn't want to use right ofi, to pay for a life 

 membership. There is the one difficulty, it seems to me, if you 

 make the life fee as low as that. 



Mr. Morse: Mr. President, I think this is a very good idea. 

 I think it would be an incentive to life members to induce new 

 members to join in order to keep up the Society. 



Resolution adopted. 



The President: I have here a letter from Dr. R. O. Sweeny, 

 of Duluth, one of the old members of the Society, who has been 

 an officer at times and contributed papers. 



The Secretarv: Doctor Sweeny is one of the pioneer fish- 

 culturists of this country, and for many years was one of the 

 most active and prominent members of this Society. I think we 

 should recognize his worth and ability by making him an honor- 

 ary member for life. I make that as a motion. I know of no one 



