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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. 



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 Gov- 

 ernors (by name) of the several States shall be honorary mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



Election of Members Between Annual Meetings. — The Presi- 

 dent, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer of the Society are hereby 

 authorized, 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 applica- 

 tions as may be duly made. 



ARTICLE III 



SECTIONS 



On presentation of a formal written petition signed by one 

 hundred or more members, the Executive Committee of the Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Society may approve the formation in any region of 

 a Section of ihe 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 in- 

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

 meeting must receive the approval of the Executive Committee of the 

 American Fisheries Society, and that without specific vote of the 

 American Fisheries Society, the Section shall not commit itself to 

 any expression 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 Amer- 

 ican Fisheries Society, 



