Lanterna Rally

Author: American Fish Culturists' Association

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 9781330217665

Excerpt from Transactions of the American Fish Culturists Association Mr. Mather further spoke of his connection with the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. Having been appointed Superintendent of the Live Fish Department, he requested members of the Association to send specimens, and otherwise aid in the display of fish at the Centennial Exhibition. On motion of B. B. Porter, a committee was appointed to make nominations of officers for the Association. the year ensuing. The President appointed as said committe, B. B. Porter of New Jersey, C. B. Evarts of Vermont, and Win. M. Hudson of Connecticut. Dr. Edmunds of Vermont, offered the following Resolution: Resolved, - That application be made for a room in the Centennial Building at Philadelphia for the collection of books and pamphlets treating on American fish culture. The resolution was adopted, and the President appointed Geo. Shepherd Page of New York, A. B. Malcomson, Jr. of New York, and John J. Miner of Brooklyn, N. Y., as commit tee to make application, as provided by the foregoing resolution. On motion, it was voted that the Association adjourn to meet at 2 o'clock, p. m. Afternoon Session. The Association met pursuant to adjournment, and the report of the nominating committee was taken up, and on motion, adopted. The Society then proceeded to the election of officers for the year ensuing, and the following named members were duly elected officers of the Society: For President - Robt B. Roosevelt, New York City. For Vice-President - Geo Shepherd Page, New York City. For Treasurer - Eugene G. Blackford, New York City. For Secretary - M. C. Edmunds, Weston, Vt. 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.