Honorary and Corresponding Members. — Any person can be 

 made an honorary or a corresponding member upon a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present at any regular meeting. 



The President (by name) of the United States and the Governors 

 (by nam.e) of the several States shall be honorary members of the 

 Society. 



Election of Members Between Annual Meetings. — The President, 

 Recording Secretary, and Treasurer of the Society are hereby author- 

 ized, during the time intervening between annual meetings, to act on 

 all individual applications for membership in the Society, a majority 

 vote of the Committee to elect or reject such applications as may be 

 duly made. 



ARTICLE III 



SECTIONS 



On presentation of a formal written petition signed by one hun- 

 dred or more members, the Executive Committee of the American 

 Fisheries Society may approve the formation in any region of a 



Section of the American Fisheries Society to be known as the 



Section. 



Such a Section may organize by electing its own officers, and by 

 adopting such rules as are not in conflict with the Constitution and 

 By-Laws of the American Fisheries Society. 



It may hold meetings and otherwise advance the general interests 

 of the Society, except that the time and place of its annual meeting 

 must receive the approval of the Executive Committee of the Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Society, and that without specific vote of the American 

 Fisheries Society, the Section shall not commit itself to any expres- 

 sion of public policy on fishing matters. 



It may further incur indebtedness to an amount necessary for the 

 conduct of its work not to exceed one-half of the sum received in 

 annual dues from members of said Section. 



Such bills duly approved by the Chairman and Recorder of the 

 Section shall be paid on presentation to the Treasurer of the Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Society. 



ARTICLE IV 



OFFICERS 



The officers of this Society shall be a president and a vice-presi- 

 dent, who shall be ineligible for election to the same office until a year 

 after the expiration of their term; an executive secretary, a record- 

 ing secretary, a treasurer, and an executive committee of seven, 



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