ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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DELEGATE SESSION, FEBRUARY 

 18, 1915, 8:00 A. M. 



Meeting called to order by Vice- 

 President Frank C. Pellett. 

 • Discussion and debate were indulged 

 by Williams, Phillips and others on in- 

 corporation and other matters. 



Motion by Dr. Phillips and carried: 

 That the delegates remain in continu- 

 ous session until midnight February 

 18th, unless adjournment is made 

 sooner by unanimous consent. 



Moved by Dr. Phillips and carried: 

 That debate be limited to Ave minutes 

 on each subject. 



Moved by Mr. Millen and carried: 



That the transaction of business be 



' deferred until the return of Dr. Gates. 



Dr. Gates in the chair. 



The Secretary was instructed to read 

 the proposed by-laws. Mr. Baxter re- 

 fused to sign and it was deemed un- 

 necessary. 



Mr. Williams read the following mo- 

 tion drafted by Frank C. Pellett: That 

 the proposed by-laws be adopted as 

 read. Moved by Frank C. Pellett and 

 carried that the above motion be 

 adopted. 



Moved by Frank C. Pellett and car- 

 ried to ballot for the adoption of the 

 Constitution as a whole. 



Moved by Mr. Jager and carried to 

 make it a matter of official record that 

 a copy of the by-laws, present or 

 available, be placed on file with the 

 President of the Association. 



Moved by Mr. Baxter and carried 

 that a recess be taken. 



Moved by Dr. Bohrer and seconded 

 that the amount of indebtedness be 

 given by the Secretary and be assumed. 

 Motion withdrawn. 



Dr. Phillips took the floor and re- 

 marked that they had reached the point 

 where they would now have to disband 

 or re -organize. 



Mr. Baxter presented the following 

 resolution: 



Whereas, The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, a voluntary organization, 

 proposes to disband; and 



Whereas, The members of said or- 

 ganization have applied for member- 

 ship in this Association; therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, That the members of the 

 voluntary organization and the same 

 are hereby declared to be members of 

 this Association and entitled to the 

 rights and privileges thereof. 



Moved by Dr. Phillips and carried 

 that the delegates withdraw to the 

 back room. The Chair appointed Mr. 

 N. L. Henthorne to conduct the public 

 session. 



DELEGATE SESSION, 11:30 A. M. 



Mr. E. J. Baxter nominated Dr. Gates 

 for President of the Association. Dr. 

 Gates asked that another nominee be 

 considered and Mr. Foster placed the 

 nomination of F, C. Pellett. 



Moved by Mr. Baxter and carried, 

 that the Secretary cast a unanimous 

 ballot for Dr. Gates. 



Mr. F. C. Pellett nominated for Vice- 

 President. Moved and carried that the 

 Secretary be instructed to cast a 

 unanimous ballot for Mr. Pellett. 



Mr. Wesley Foster and Mr. G. W. 

 Williams nominated for Secretary- 

 Treasurer. Moved by Mr. Williams 

 and granted by unanimous consent 

 that the ballots be not counted and 

 that the Secretary cast a unanimous 

 vote for Mr. Foster for Secretary - 

 Treasurer for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Williams asked as a matter of 

 formality to accept the proposition of 

 the members of the dissolved National 

 Bee-Keepers', Association, unincorpo- 

 rajed, to become members of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, in- 

 corporated, in conformity with the pro- 

 visions of its corporation. 



Moved by Mr. Pellett, seconded by 

 Mr. Baxter, and carried by a rising 

 vote, that the appreciation of the 

 Association for services rendered be 

 extended to Mr. Williams. 



The election of three Directors was 

 the next order of business. 



Moved and carried that the Secre- 

 tary cast a unanimous ballot for Mr. 

 Townsend for Director. 



E. J. Baxter, J. H. Stoneman, Francis 

 Jager and Dr. E. F. Phillips nominated 

 for Directors. Mr. Jager and Dr. Phil- 

 lips withdrew. Mr. Baxter and Mr. 

 Stoneman elected. 



The following resolution, presented 

 by Dr. Phillips, was adopted: 



Whereas, Mr. E. D. Townsend has 

 served the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation faithfully as Editor of the 

 Official organ ("The Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view") and as Director; 



Whereas, There has not been a 

 unanimous opinion as to the policies 

 of the Association and as to the desir- 



