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Mr. Duby — I move that the nomina- 

 tions be closed. 



Mr. Baxter — I would rather not close 

 the nomination. I may not be here. 



Mr. Vaughn — I nominate brother 

 Dadant. 



Pres. Dadant — I will not accept, 

 thank you. 



Mr. Stone — I second Mr. Dadant's 

 nomination. 



Pres. Dadant — I reallj^ mean what I 

 said. 



Mr. Kildow — Mr. President, I move 

 you that the secretary cast the ballot 

 of this Association for Mr. Baxter for 

 President the coming- year. 



Motion seconded and unanimously 

 carried. 



Mr. E. J. Baxter, President. 



Pres. Dadant — The next is the nomi- 

 nation of Ave Vice-Presidents. 



Mr. Stone — I think the rule for the 

 election of Vice-Presidents is that each 

 member write down five names; the 

 highest numbers to get the offices in 

 the order — according to the number of 

 votes received. 



Pres. Dadant — I appoint Messrs. Cop- 

 pin and Roberts as tellers. 



Mr. Duby — I would suggest that we 

 take some steps to nominate men from 

 different parts of the State. 



Pres. Dadant — I think that by calling 

 attention of the members to this, they 

 will vote for men in different parts of 

 the State; it is not likely that two men 

 in the same neighborhood will be 

 elected. 



Mr. Moore — I would suggest Mr. I. E. 

 Pyles as one. 



Pres. Dadant — I nominate Mr. Duby. 



Ballots were cast and the following 

 were elected as Vice-Presidents for the 

 coming year (1913): 



Messrs. Moore, Duby, Coppin, With- 

 erow, Pyles. 



Pres. Dadant — The next in order is 

 the election of Secretary, what is your 

 w'ish in the matter? 



Mr. Coppin — I nominate Mr. Stone. 



Mr. Witherow — I move you that the 

 President cast the ballot of this Associa- 

 tion for Mr. James A. Stone for Secre- 

 tary. 



Seconded and carried — Mr. James A. 

 Stone elected Secretary. 



A member — For Treasurer I nomin- 

 ate Mr. Charles Becker. 



Nomination seconded — Mr. Charles 

 Becker declared elected. 



Pres. Dadant — Gentlemen, you still 

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have a delegate to elect, to the Na- 

 tional. 



A member — I move the nomination 

 of Mr. C. P. Dadant as delegate. 



Pres. Dadant — I feel very much hon- 

 ored but I would like to see other 

 nominations for that office. 



I believe it is all right for me to 

 nominate Mr. Baxter. 



Mr. Baxter — I would rather see Mr. 

 Dadant made delegate; I don't believe 

 I could go. I believe Mr. Dadant would 

 be the choice of every member of this 

 Association; I think he is the man to 

 go. 



A member — Mr. President, I move 

 that the Secretary be authorized to 

 cast the ballot for Mr. C. P. Dadant. 



The new President put the motion, 

 the ballot was cast and Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant elected delegate to the Na- 

 tional. 



Mr. Baxter — Gentlemen, I wish to 

 move a vote of thanks to Mr. Tyrrell 

 for the able explanation of the aims 

 and purposes of the National which he 

 has given us. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Baxter — Mr. France has given 

 us more information worth more to us 

 than the cost of our trip. I move that 

 a vote of thanks be tendered him for 

 the valuable talk he gave us last night; 

 I got lots of good from it and I think 

 the rest did. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Duby — I was elected Second Vice- 

 President of this Association, which I 

 did net expect: I feel honored to have 

 the nomination and I hope I shall be 

 worthy of your confidence. 



"We expect to hold a Convention this 

 winter and we invite you; I hope some 

 of you can and will come. We will 

 try and add to the membership of the 

 State Association, and I hope that 

 others will do the same. 



I am heartily in favor of co- 

 operation; by all working together and 

 trying to induce new members to join 

 this Association, we can benefit the 

 whole State very much. Therefore 

 I am willing to do all I can, and even 

 if it is not much it may be worth 

 something anyway. I thank you for 

 your kindness. 



i Pres. Dadant — You have heard Mr. 

 Duby's invitation to come over and 

 visit the bee-keepers in his part of the 

 State. I want to tell you that they 

 know how to treat their visitors, and 



