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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Pres. Kannenberg — It has been 

 moved and seconded that our delegates 

 be instructed to vote for the incorpo- 

 ration of the National. All in favor 

 signify it by saying aye; contrary, no. 



Motion carried. 



Mr. Burnett — I moved that our dele- 

 gates be instructed to favor the in- 

 corporation of the National. It is for 

 the puipose of protecting the indi- 

 vidual members of an organization of 

 this kind. I think the chief difficulty 

 has been this past year that the mem- 

 bers feared that any deficit that might 

 occur would come upon them indi- 

 vidually. Seeing that a majority of a 

 voluntary organization cannot be re- 

 covered from by law, a suit at law, 

 there are those who have something 

 who will have to foot the bill. Under 

 an act of incorporation, the- individual 

 is relieved from liability; it also makes 

 a body which can sue or be sued. It 

 has all those advantages over an or- 

 dinary organization. 



I move we approve Article III as 

 read. It is not wise to bind our dele- 

 gates to any set of resolutions we may 

 think wise here. When the delegates 

 get together it may be deemed expe- 

 dient to our delegate to favor some- 

 thing contrary to our thought at this 

 time; We do not know what may 

 come up at the convention. 



While we say we approve of this 

 outline for the new Constitution and 

 By-Laws it is for the purpose of guid- 

 ing our delegate and not compelling 

 him to take some arbitrary course at 

 said convention. 



Pres. Kannenberg — It needs no mo- 

 tion; just instruct the delegate to use 

 his best judgment. 



ARTICLE IV— F\inds. 



All moneys received by the Associ- 

 ation shall be devoted: 



(1) To the expenses of carrying on 

 the organization, including the salaries 

 of the officers and payment for sup- 

 plies and merchandise, printing, etc. 



(2) All surplus moneys remaining 

 after the necessary expenses of the 

 Association have been paid shall be 

 expended as the Association shall di- 

 rect in the circulation of literature in 

 relation to bee-keeping, providing lec- 

 ture courses, and such other educa- 

 tional means and methods as may be 

 deemed essential to the interests of 

 the Association or its members. 



ARTICLE V— Membership. 

 Membersiiip shall be limited to per- 

 sons who are in sympathy with the 

 purposes of the Association. 



ARTICLE VI — Annual Meetings. 

 The Annual Meetings of the Asso- 

 ciation shall be held during the month 

 of February of each year, and shall 

 be composed of delegates selected by 

 the respective affiliated Associations. 

 The exact date shall be determined by 

 the Executive Committee and Di- 

 rectors. 



ARTICLE VII— Officers. 



Section 1. The officers of this As- 

 sociation shall be: President, Vice- 

 President and Secretary-Treasurer, 

 who shall hold their respective officers 

 for one year, or until their successors 

 are elected and qualified, and five Di- 

 rectors, who shall hold their offices for 

 a period of two years; 



Provided, That, of the first Board of 

 Directors, two members shall be 

 chosen for a term of one year, and 

 three members for a term of two 

 years. 



ARTICLE VIII— Duties of Officers. 



Article VIII gives the duties of offi- 

 cers, and Article IX gives the "Organ- 

 ization of the Executive Committee 

 and Further defining the Duties of 

 Officers." 



ARTICLE X — Membership Fees. 



A membership fee of two ($2.00) dol- 

 lars per annum shall be paid by each 

 member of the Association, of w^hich 

 one ($1.00) dollar shall go into the 

 subscription fund and one ($1.00) dol- 

 lar "Shall go into the GenerahFund. 



Mr. Burnett — That subscription fund 

 means — 



Mr. Dadant — I suppose^ this dollar is 

 for the purpose of the publications re- 

 ferred to in Article III — whatever 

 that may be. 



Mr. Burnett — That makes a division, 

 $1.00 for that and $1.00 for what? 



Mr. Dadant — $1.00 for the subscrip- 

 tion fund and $1.00 for the General 

 Fund. 



Mr. Burnett — I think that that di- 

 vision is unnecessary; let all the 

 money, would be my thought, «o into 

 the General Fund and be drawn 

 therefrom in the judgment of the Di- 

 rectors or Executive Committee as 

 necessity may require. This thing of 

 making an arbitrary division might be 

 found at some time convenient. 



