Excerpt from Transactions of the American Fish Cultural Association: Thirteenth Annual Meeting; Held at the National Museum in Washington, D. C., May 13th and 14th, 1884 Original Constitution, as adopted at the first annual meeting, New York, December 20 th, 1870. From the first report of proceedings, 1872; pp. 3, 4. Article I. - Name and Objects. The name of this Society shall be The American Fish Culturists Association. Its objects shall be to promote the cause of fish-culture; to gather and diffuse information bearing upon its practical success; the interchange of friendly feeling and intercourse among the members of the Association; the uniting and encouraging of the individual interests of fish-culturists. Article II. - Members. All fish-culturists shall, upon a two-thirds vote of the Society, and a payment of three dollars, be considered members of the Association, after signing the Constitution. The Commissioners of the various States shall be honorar members of the Association, ex-officio. Article III. - Officers. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and shall be elected annually by a majority vote. Vacancies occurring during the year may be filled by the President. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.