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I think it is very important that this resolution receive the support 

 of this Society. 



Mr. Titcomb: Mr. President, bearing upon the resolutions 

 respecting the death of members of the Society, I would simply 

 like to mention here one who has passed away since our last con- 

 vention, and who took a very active part in welcoming and enter- 

 taining those in attendance at the meeting in AUentown. I refer 

 to Mr. H. A. Grammes, of whose death I learned only a short time 

 after the conclusion of our last year's meeting. 



On motion of Mr. J. N. Cobb the report of the Resolutions 

 Committee was unimously adopted. 



Mr J. N. Cobb.- One of the members has submitted the fol- 

 lowing proposal : 



It is moved that the American Fisheries Society invite the National 

 Association of Fisheries Commissioners to send to the St. Louis, Mo., 

 meeting of the American Fisheries Society delegates for the purpose of 

 arranging terms upon which affiliation may be consummated; and that 

 the President of the Society instruct the Secretary to communicate this 

 invitation. 



The motion was carried unanimously. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



Mr, J. N. Cobb presented the report of the Committee on 

 Nominations, as follows : 



President— Ghtt^ C. Leach, Washington, D. C. 

 Vice-President — George C. Embody, Ithaca, New York. 

 Executive Secretary — Ward T. Bower, Washington, D. C. 

 Recording Secretary — Thomas E. B. Pope, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

 Treasurer— A. L. MiLLETT, Boston, Massachusetts. 

 Vice-Presidents of Divisions: 



Fish Ctdturc — Chaeles O. Hayford, Hackettstown, New Jersey. 



Aquatic Biology and Physics — Dr. E. A. Birge^ Madison, Wisconsin. 



Commercial Fishing — Gardner Poole, Boston, Massachusetts. 



Angling — John P. Woods, St. Louis, Missouri. 



Protection and Legislation — H. W. Vickers, Baltimore, Maryland. 

 . Bxecutive Committee: 



Eben W. Cobb, Chairman, St. Paul, Minnesota. 



John W. Titcomb, Hartford, Connecticut. 



Edward E. Prince, Ottawa, Canada. 



W. E. Albert, Des Moines, Iowa. 



George Shiras, 3d, Washington, D. C. 



John N. Cobb, Seattle, Washington. 

 Committee on Foreign Relations: 



Frederic C. Walcott, Chairman, Norfolk, Connecticut. 



