CONSTITUTION 



(As amended to date.) 

 ARTICLE I. 



NAME AND OBJECT. 



The name of this Society shall be American Fisheries Society. 

 Its object shall be to promote the cause of fish culture; to gather 

 and diffuse information bearing upon its practical success, and 

 upon all matters relating to the fisheries; the uniting and en- 

 couraging of all interests of fish culture and the fisheries, and the 

 treatnijent 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, become a member of this society. In case members 

 do not pay their fees, which shall be 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, drop- 

 ped from the roll of membership. Any person can l)e made an 

 honorary or a corresponding member upon a two-thirds voce of 

 the members present at any regular meeting. 



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

 twenty-five dollars, Ix'come a life member of this society, and 

 shall thereafter be exeanpt from all annual dues. 



ARTICLE III. 



OFFICERS. 



The officers of this society shall l)e a president and a vice 

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



