28 Thirty-ninth Aiiiiua! Meeting 



Mr. AIeehan : Thai can he an"anL;e(l \)y this special coin- 

 inillee. 



President: It is a matter tc^ Ije investigated. l)ecanse the 

 American Fish Cnltnrists' Association was certainly created 

 in 1870. 



Mr. Clark : I think that is right. If it is in order, I will 

 state my recollection of the matter. I was not there at that 

 lime, however. I was engaged in hsh culture. My recollec- 

 tion of the matter, and I tliink it can l)e traced in our pro- 

 cee(hngs 20 or 2S }'ears ago. is that Mr. Stone ga\'e a sliort 

 ])a])er on the history of the American Fisheries Society 

 and tlie American Fish Culturists' Society. Now. as I re- 

 meml)er. a few gentlemen, including Mr. Stone and Mr. 

 Roosevelt, met in a room of some tish association in New 

 York and organized at tlial meeting — merel_\- organized — 

 what is now the American Fisheries Society; and I think 

 our president is right in saying that that organization took 

 l)lace in 1870. However, they did no l)usiness to amount to 

 anything, any further tlian organizing, and the next year 

 they had their meeting, and undoubtedly this thirty-eighth 

 meeting that we now have on our program is taken from 

 that. I think that is where the mistake is, but I do think 

 that Mr. Stone, Mr. Roosevelt, and Dr. Hudson and eight 

 or ten others organized the American Fisheries Society in 

 1870. 



President: I have a reference to Mr. Stone's review of 

 fish culture in the United States, if I can find it. I can tell 

 later what Mr. Stone said about it. 



Is the committee on papers ready to report? 



Mr. Meeiian : Is not thcie a motion before the meeting 

 to appoint a committee? 



Mr. Clark: I moved thai this special committee l)e a])- 

 pointed. 



President: There are two committees to be a])poin1ed. 

 one on resolutions and one special anniversary comniillec. 



Mr. Clark: That motion has not been passed. 



