In order to permit for the broadest possible representation of sportsmen in the making of recommendations for appointment of sportsmen to membership in the council, every sportsmen’s club, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, and having a membership of twenty-five or more persons interested in the conservation of the natural resources of the State, shall be eligible for membership in the appropriate county federation of sportsmen’s clubs. Any refusal by any such county federation of sportsmen’s clubs to accept any such club into membership shall be subject to reversal by the State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs. Any sportsmen’s club consisting of less than twenty-five members may be accepted by the county federation of sportsmen’s clubs if said federation desires to accept said club.

L.1948, c. 448, p. 1797, s. 27. Amended by L.1951, c. 179, p. 666, s. 1, eff. June 5, 1951.