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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Auditing Committee, so both of them 

 had to deal with the financial affairs 

 of the Association. After some discas- 

 sion by the delegates, Dr. Ward, \.'ith 

 the consent of the second, withdrew 

 his motion. 



The Directors' report was made by 

 Chairman E. D. Townsend, stating 

 verbally some of the things accom- 

 plished by the Directors and giving a 

 written report consisting of +he rules 

 adopted during the year, which are as 

 follows: 



Rule No. 1. Passed that the Hoard 

 recommend that Article 1 of the Con- 

 stitution be amended at the lext an- 

 nual meeting, changing the name of 

 the Association so that it will indicace 

 the Association as National in char- 

 acter. 



Rule No. 2. Passed that where 

 membership remittances are sent di- 

 rect to the Secretary that he place 

 such members in the nearest National 

 Branch to the member. 



Rule No. 3. Passed that a meeting 

 be held in the fall of 1912 in Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, at a date satisfactory to 

 Cincinnati bee-keepers and that the 

 February, 1913, meeting be held in 

 Washington, D. C. 



Rule No. 4. Passed that :he First 

 National Bank of Plattville, Wiscon.sin, 

 be made the depository for the funds 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Assoc:a- 

 tion. 



Rule No. 5. Passed that the Secre- 

 tary be authorized to draw orders an 

 the Treasurer, the same to be coauter- 

 signed by the Chairman of the Board 

 of Directors and then to be paid by the 

 Treasurer. 



Rule No. 6. Passed that che remit- 

 tances for dues should be first sent to 

 the Secretary and by him turned over 

 to the Treasurer. 



Rule No. 7. Passed that the bonis 

 of the Treasurer- General Manager be 

 placed at $1,000 for this year, carried 

 in a bonding company and to be paid 

 for by the Association. 



Rule No, 8. Passed that the (late>^in 

 February of the Washington meeting 

 be left to the Legis-lative Committee, 

 and that the Board hereby approve 

 such date as will be selected. 



Rule No. 9. Passed that the Secre- 

 tary be instructed to ask for a crop 

 report from all members of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



Rule No. 10. Passed that the Divi- 

 sion of Apiary Culture, Bureau of En- 



tomology, Department af Agriculture, 

 at Washington, D. C, be requested to 

 render such assistance as they may to 

 able to give to secure a honey crop 

 report. 



Rule No, 11. Passed that th.- Sec- 

 retary be instructed to make .he best 

 arrangement possible for funrlshing 

 honey shipping packages to members 

 of the Association. 



Rule No. 12. Passed that the Asso- 

 ciation adopt the co-operative method 

 of directing the sales of its members' 

 honey. 



Rule 13. Passed that a sum of 

 money not to exceed $100 for office 

 fixtures be allowed. 



Rule No. 14. Passed that as soon as 

 funds are available cases of H. G. Sib- 

 bald, of Toronto, Ontario, and George 

 Laing, of Milton West, Ontario, he 

 settled for, by the Association paying 

 the custoinary amount. 



Rule No. 15. Passed that the ex- 

 pense of officers and Directors attend- 

 ing- the January meeting be allowed 

 and paid as soon as there is suflflcient 

 funds in the treasury for so doing. 



Rule No. 16. Passed that the Chair- 

 man of the Board of Directors take up 

 with Mr. N. B. France the question of 

 his salary. 



Rule No. 17. Passed that stationery 

 and postage of officers and Directors 

 be furnished for their business con- 

 nected with the Association. 



Rule No. 18. Passed that the Sec- 

 retary be instructed to correspond with 

 the contributors of the League Fund 

 Avhere more than $25 has been con- 

 trubted, asking their consent to trans- 

 fer the League Fund to the Creneral 

 Fund. 



Rule No. 19. That no 1912 meeting 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Yssoeia- 

 tion be held this year. 



Rule No. 20. Resolved, That two 

 additional Editors of the Review be 

 appointed by the Board of Directors, 

 to serve until the delegate meeting in 

 February, 1913, or until their suc- 

 cessors shall be elected; be it farther 



Resolved, That it shall be the duty 

 of the two last mentioned Edi^-ors to 

 take full charge of and pass upoiij all 

 manuscript published in the Review, 

 and do any other work naturally fall- 

 ing upon an Editor, except as manag- 

 ing editor; be it further 



Resolved, That all three Editors 

 shall have use of the Editorial Depart- 



