CONSTITUTION 



(As ami'ndt'd to date.) 



ARTICLE I. 



NAME AND OBJECT. 



The name of this Soeiety shall he American Fisheries Society. 

 Its ohject shall lie to promote the cause of fish culture; to gather 

 and diffuse information hearing upon its practical success, and 

 u})on all matters relating to the fisheries ; the uniting and en- 

 couraging 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. 



Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and the payment of 

 two dollars, hecome a memher of this society. In case meml)ers 

 do not pa}- their fees, which shall Ije two dollars per year, after 

 the first year and are delinquent for two years, they shall be noti- 

 fied 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 person can be made an hon- 

 orary or a corresponding member upon a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regiilar meeting. 



Anv person shall, upon a two-thirds vote, and the payment of 

 $15.00, become a life meml)er of this Society, and shall there- 

 after be exempt from all annual dues. 



ARTICLE III. 



OFFICERS. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President and a Vice 

 President, who shall be ineligible for election to the same office 



