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CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE I. 
NAME AND OpsEcts.—The name of this Society shall be 
‘¢The American Fisheries Society.’’ Its object shall be to 
promote the cause of fishculture ; to gather and diffuse in- 
formation bearing upon its practical success, and upon all 
matters relating to the fisheries ; the uniting and encour- 
aging of the interests of fishculture and the fisheries ; and 
the treatment of all questions regarding fish of a scientific 
and economic character. 
ARTICLE II. 
MermBers.—Any person shall, upon a two-thirds vote and 
the payment of three dollars, become a member of this 
Society. In case members do not pay, their fees—which 
shall be three 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 shall be, without further notice, 
dropped from the roll of membership. Any person can 
be made an honorary or a corresponding member upon a 
two-thirds vote the of members present, at any regular 
meeting. 
ARTICLE III. 
OrricERS.—The officers of this Society shall be a Presi- 
dent and a Vice-President, who shall be ineligible for 
