12 American Fisheries Society. 



Memoranda 

 Outstanding bills: 



Balance on bill Griffith Bros. & Co. 1319 F St. North- 

 west, Washington, D. C. Bill of July 26, 1923, for 



Transactions of 1922 $478.84 



Total of bill $1,078.84. 



Paid on account 600.00 



Still owing $478.84 



Due permanent fund, balance of amount borrowed Aug. 



4, 1922 to pay for printing the Transactions of 1920 1,369.74 



Borrowed $1,991.15 



Paid on account 621.41 



Still owing $1,369.74 



Ward T. Bower for years from meeting of 1922 to meet- 

 ing of 1923 300.00 



Total indebtedness of the Society $2,148.58 



Interest on money borrowed from Permanent Fund 



Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) A. L. Millett, 



Treasurer 



Note: 



Since the books of the Society were closed on August 14th there 

 has been received by the Treasurer $164. A portion of this was for 

 the sale of Transactions, but the larger part is due to the personal ap- 

 peal of the President to delinquent members to pay their dues. This 

 effort of the President and Secretary also brought in several new mem- 

 bers and increased the bank balance of the Society of $98.68 on August 

 14th to $262.68 on this date, Sept. 12th. For this reason there will be 

 sent to Griffith & Co., printers of the Transactions, to whom a balance 

 of $478.84 is owed, a check for $150, bringing the balance owed this 

 concern to $328.84. This leaves the Society a present bank balance of 

 $112.68, which I consider none too large to reserve for emergencies. 



(Signed) A. L. Millett, 



Treasurer 



Mr. Titcomb : Certainly we should meet the cost of any 

 assistance the Secretary has to have, but it seems to me that 

 in view of our present financial position we oug:ht to find some- 

 body in this Society who is so situated that he will look upon 

 the office of Secretary as an honor. That item of Secretary's 

 salary, then, could be discontinued until a proper financial con- 

 dition warrants an honorarium each year. 



