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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



President Baxter — Shall the report 

 be received and referred to the Audit- 

 ing Committee? 



Motion seconded and carried. 



President Baxter — I will appoint on 

 the Auditing Committee Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant, Mr. Pyles and Mr. King. 



President Baxter — Now then, gentle- 

 men, you see that our treasury is in 

 very good shape, and that the money 

 is for the purpose of advancing bee 

 culture within the state, and the money 

 that has been spent for premiums and 

 otherwise has been very wisely spent 

 and, of course, we want to continue 

 to spend the money for the interest 

 of the calling as much as possible and, 

 at the same time, we want to make 

 as strong an effort as we can to have 

 the State Fair management make 

 adequate provision for premiums, so 

 that we will not have to make up the 

 premiums out of our fund. Of course, 

 if we cannot get it, it is up to us, but 

 I think we had better leave it to the 

 judgment of the Executive Committee 

 and not go on record as ordering 

 premiums paid out of our treasury. 



President Baxter — We will listen to 

 the report of the committees. "We 

 had several standing committees, Mr. 

 Secretary. The committee on legis- 

 lation I suppose have nothing to re- 

 port. 



Secretary Stone — I could not And in 

 my Minutes any committee on legis- 

 lation. 



Dr. Baxter — My understanding is the 

 committee was President Baxter, the 

 Secretary, and Dr. Baxter. 



Mr. Stone — My recollection is we 

 talked about it and said it was not a 

 year we needed a legislative commit- 

 tee, because it would not be until this 

 year we could use one, but my recol- 

 lection also serves me we appointed 

 the Executive Committee with Dr. 

 Baxter added for Chairman, because 

 he was right here at Springfield — for 

 the legislative committee. 



The motion was the Executive Com- 

 mittee be the Legislative Committee; 

 as I remember, it was that way, and 

 in Mr. Becker's place we appointed Dr. 

 Baxter for Chairman, because he was 

 right here and could attend to it, and 

 he did it well. 



President Baxter — We have had no 



use for the coinmittee this year, so that 

 is immaterial. 



Mr. Stone — The Legislature was in 

 extra session at that time and the 

 Doctor kept it stirred up. 



President Baxter — We got what we 

 wanted anyway. 



Mr. Stone— The Foul Brood Bill was 

 back in payment and that was attended 

 to. 



Dr. :6axter — The report of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee follows: 



Mr President and Members of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion: . -Your Committee on State S'alr 

 Exhibit begs leave to report: 



That they placed the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association on the sec- 

 ond floor, southwest corner of Dome 

 building, on the Illinois State Fair 

 Grounds. This exhibit consisted in 

 showing bees, the various grades of 

 honey, how produced and how ex- 

 tracted honey was obtained. About 

 1,800 pounds of the latter being ex- 

 tracted. This exhbit and interests of 

 the bee-keepers were looked after by 

 Messrs. Kildow, Pyles, King, Withrow, 

 and Baxter. The cost of the exhibit 

 was $101.27, which was expended as 

 follows : 



Painting sign, to Jas. D. Sheehan.$ 6.00 

 Celluloid for Foul Brood Frames, 



to W. L. Blucke 75 



5 tables and 3 chairs, to R. H. 



Armbruster Mfg. Co 5.75 



36 yds. muslin @ .06 yd., to Hern- 

 don & Co 2.16 



10 yds. muslin @ .07 yd., to Hern- 

 don & Co 75 



Hardware, to Hudson .70 



2 gal. alcohol, to R. N. Dodds Co.. 1.70 

 1 cabinet for various grades of 



honev. Power's Planing Mill 28.00 



To Mrs. Caldwell, as Secretary... 8.00 



Printing, to JefEersons 4.25 



Painting small sign, to -Arthur 



Huntington 3.00 



Express two ways, to Kildow 96 



Drayage and freight to and from 

 Pair Ground (2 men). Transfer 



Co 14.75 



One observation hive with super, 



to A. I. Root Co 10.00 



Wax for letter design, 10 lbs. @ 



.25 lb., to Baxter ...^ 2.25 



Painting cabinet, to George Dellert 3.00 

 Pictures of honey exhibit for Bee- 

 Keepers' Report 9 . 00 



$101.27 

 The Chairman of your committee 

 received from the Treasurer check 

 for $102.27, leaving a balance of 

 $1.25 in the hands of the Chairman. 

 The Chairman has in his posses- 

 sion the following property: 1 ob- 

 servation bee hive and super $ 10.00, 



