diff --git a/src/server/memory.h b/src/server/memory.h
index eeca8d2577d0c9332f25b913dda2f1c024751b17..c67e067a9f861aa9dfe203c6e4fcac0147f512a9 100644
--- a/src/server/memory.h
+++ b/src/server/memory.h
@@ -1,46 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * The time has come to get some order into this mess.
+ *
+ * From now on the following terminology is used:
+ *
+ *    alloc_		smalloc() the object. Increase _cnt.
+ *    free_		sfree() the object. Decrease _cnt.
+ *    clear_		free_() any objects contained in the object,
+ *			but not the object itself.
+ *     copy_		smalloc() a new object and also smalloc()
+ *			any objects contained in it.
+ */
 
-extern Text_list *
-alloc_text_list(void);
 
-extern Mark_list *
-alloc_mark_list(void);
-
-extern Membership_list *
-alloc_membership_list(void);
-
-extern Membership *
-alloc_membership(void);
 
 extern Person *
 alloc_person(void);
 
-extern Member_list *
-alloc_member_list(void);
-
 extern Conference *
 alloc_conference(void);
 
 extern Text_stat *
 alloc_text_stat(void);
 
-extern void
-free_text_list(Text_list *text_list);
-
-extern void
-free_mark_list(Mark_list *mark_list);
-
-extern void
-free_membership_list(Membership_list *mlist);
-
-extern void
-free_membership(Membership *mship);
-
 extern void
 free_person(Person *person);
 
-extern void 
-free_member_list(Member_list *m);
-
 extern void
 free_conference(Conference *confp);
 
@@ -56,7 +40,6 @@ copy_conf(Conference *c);
 extern Text_stat *
 copy_text_stat(Text_stat *c);
 
-
 extern void
 clear_conference(Conference *c);
 
@@ -66,18 +49,6 @@ clear_person(Person *p);
 extern void
 clear_text_stat(Text_stat *t);
 
-extern Text_list
-copy_text_list(Text_list tl);
-
-extern Mark_list
-copy_mark_list(Mark_list ml);
-
-extern Membership_list
-copy_membership_list(Membership_list ml);
-
-extern Member_list
-copy_member_list(Member_list ml);
-
 #ifdef FILE
 
 extern void