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Mr. C'i.ark ; 1 would like to ^lo^'e an amendment to 

 Article 3 in reference to the oi^xers of the Societ}', by in- 

 serting after the words "recording secretary" the words 

 "assistant recording secretary." 



Seconded by Mr. Meehan. 



Mr. Clark : I offer this amendment for the reason that 

 we may, from time to time, be in the same situation in 

 which we now find ourselves, our secretary being absent, 

 and it probably would be unusual that the recording and the 

 assistant recording secretar}- would both be absent. I 

 therefore offer this amendment and I offer it thus early in 

 order that it may be before the nominating committee so 

 that they can provide for it if necessaiw. 



President: W'e may act on this amendment to the con- 

 stitution by a two-thirds vote. 



Mr. ]\Ieeiian : I would suggest a standing \ote. 



The amendment was carried, 23 voting affirmati\el\' out 

 of 32 in attendance at the time. 



President: 1die motion is carried by a l)are majority 

 and the constitution is amended. 



ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT. 



1 see that by the constitution the President is to make a re- 

 ])(>rt. 1 was not aware of this fact, and I do not propose to 

 take up very much of yc^ur time, but there is one matter that 

 has come within my own experience as state fish culturist 

 of New York which I think will l)e of interest to the Ameri- 

 can b'isheries Society. It is the living cjuestion of fish diseases 

 causing epidemics and in\-ol\ing losses of thousands and tens 

 of thousands and in some cases hundreds of thousands of 

 fish at a single hatchery in a single season. While making 

 this report I do not intend to antici])ate what I \m\e to say in 

 my paper which lies here on the table. But I desire to call 

 your attention to the fact that this state of affairs is a living 

 issue with the hsh culturists of the United States and of 

 every country today, and it is one that must be met. How it 

 is to be met you can help, I am sure, to decide. T have been 



