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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS'" ASSOCIATIOX. 



STATE OF ILUNOIS— DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 



Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State. 



To all to whom these Presents shall come — Greeting: 



Whereas, A certificate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in the oflSee 

 of the Secretary of State on the 27th day of February, A. D. 1891, for the organization 

 of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, imder and in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and in force 

 July 1, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereunto 

 attached. 



Now, Therefore, I, Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State, of the State of Illinois, by 

 virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify that the said. 

 The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, is a legally organized corporation under 

 the laws of the State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the great 

 seal of State. 



Done at the iity of Springfield, this 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord one 

 thousand eight hundred and ninety one, and the Independence of the United 

 (Seal) States the one himdred and fifteenth. 



I. N. Fearson, Secretary of State. 



State of Illinois, | 

 County of Sangamon, f' ' ' 



To Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State: 



We, the undersigned, Perry J. England, Jas. A. Stone and Albert N. Draper, citizens 

 of the United States, propose to form a corporation under an act of the General Assembly 

 of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved April 

 18, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof; and for the purposes of such organizations, 

 we hereby state as follows, to-wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is, The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



2. The object for which it is formed is to promote the general interests of the pur- 

 suit of bee-culture. 



3. The management of the aforesaid Association shall be vested in a board of three 

 Directors, who are to be elected annually. 



4. The following persons are hereby selected as the Directors, to control and manage 

 said corporation for the first year of its corporate existence,' viz: Perry J. England, 

 Jas. A. Stone, and Albert N. Draper. 



5. The location is in Springfield, in the county of Sangamon, State of Illinois. 



(Signed) Perry J. England. 

 Jas. a. Stone. 

 Albert N. Draper. 



State of Illinois, | 

 Sangamon Coimty. j ^" 



I. S. Mendenhall, a notary public in and for the county and State aforesaid, do 

 hereby certify that on this 26th day of February, A. D. 1891, personally appeared before 

 me. Perry J. England, James A. Stone and Albert N. Draper, to me personally known 

 to be the same persons who executed the foregoing certificate, and severally acknowledged 

 that they had executed the same for the purposes therein set forth. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above 

 written. 



[Seal] S. Mendenhall, Notary Public. 



