CONSTITUTION 



(As amended to date) 



ARTICLE I 



NAME AND OBJECT 



The name of this Society shall be 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 all 

 interests of fish culture and the fisheries, and the treatment of all 

 questions regarding fish, of a scientific and economic character. 



ARTICLE II 



MEMBERSHIP 



Active Members. — Any person may, 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 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 thereafter, they shall be, without further notice, dropped 

 from the roll of membership. 



Any sporting or fishing club, society, firm, or corporation, upon 

 two-thirds vote and the payment of an annual fee of five dollars, may 

 become a member of this Society and be entitled to all its publica- 

 tions. Libraries shall be admitted to membership at three dollars 

 a year. 



Any state board or commission may, upon the payment of an 

 annual fee of ten dollars, become a member of this Society and be 

 entitled to all of its publications. 



Life Members. — Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and the 

 payment of twenty-five dollars, become a life member of this Society, 

 and shall thereafter be exempt from all annual dues. 



Patrons. — Any person, society, club, firm, or corporation, on 

 approval by the Executive Committee and on payment of $50.00, 

 may become a Patron of this Society with all the privileges of a life 

 member, and then shall be listed as such in all published lists of the 

 Society. The money thus received shall become part of the perma- 

 nent funds of the Society and the interest alone be used as the 

 Society shall designate. 



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