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 cul- 

 ture; to gather and difTuse information bearing" upon its 

 l)ractical success, and upon all matters relating to the fish- 

 eries; the uniting and encouraging of all interests of fish cul- 

 ture and the fisheries, and the treatment of all cjuestions 

 regarding fish, of a scientific and economic character. 



ARTICLE II. 



MEMBERS. 



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 notified by the treasurer, and if the 

 amount due is not paid within a month thereafter, they sharll 

 ])e, without further notice, dropped from the roll of mem- 

 bership. Any person can be made an honorary or a cor- 

 responing member upon a two-thirds \-ote of the members 

 present at any regular meeting. 



The President (by name) of the United States and the 

 governors (by name) of the se\'eral States shall be honorary 

 members of the Society. 



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

 of twenty-five dollars, become a life member of this Society, 

 and shall thereafter be exempt from all annual dues. 



