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TWELFTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



been decided by the Directors to hold 

 the convention there. Mr. Root thinks 

 "We must have some regulations in re- 

 gard to shipping bees from one part of 

 the country to another, and felt we 

 might gain something along that lii/e 

 if we could hold out next convention in 

 Washington and visit the authorities 

 in person. At this point Mr. Root gave 

 a report of the Legislative Committee 

 as mentioned previously in this re- 

 port. 



Moved by P. E. Crane, delegate, of 

 Vermont, that Mr. Root's report for the 

 Legislative Committee be accepted and 

 filed. 



The Auditing Committee were called 

 on for their report but they were not 

 ready at this time to make it. 



A report of the Committee on Policy 

 and Extension was called for but they 

 were not yet ready to report. 



The Chair asked for an expression 

 from the members as to what report 

 they would like first. The Committee 

 on Constitution was asked to report. 

 Chairman Dadant made the following 

 report in waiting: 



"With reference to the proposed 

 amendments we recommend that Article 

 1 be not adopteJ. 



Recommend that Article 3 be adopted 

 with the change in the num.bers of 25 

 to 15. 



W'e recommend that Article IV, Sec- 

 tion Ij be adopted. v 



W^e reccommend that Article IV, Sec- 

 tion 2, be adopted as follows: 'The to- 

 tal membership fee shall be $1.00; 50c 

 , of which shall go into the funds of the 

 local branch treasury, and 50c into the 

 National treasury; a subscription to 

 the official organ, the Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view, is not compulsory, although it is 

 advisable in order that each member 

 may receive all important notices pub- 

 lished therein.' 



We recommend that "Article IV, Sec- 

 tion 3, be adopted. 



We recommend that Article VI, Sec- 

 tion 1, be adopted. 



We recommend that Article VI, Sec- 

 tion 2, be rejected. 



W^e recommend that Article VI, Sec- 

 tions 4 and 5, be adopted. 



We recommend that Article VII, ' 

 Section 1, be adopted as follows: 



A Board of five Directors shall be 

 elected by the delegates at their annual 

 meetings as follows: In even years — 2; 

 in odd years — 3; each of whom is to 

 sei^e two successive years, or until his 

 successor is elected and qualified. 



We recommend that Article VIIl, 

 Section 2, be adopted." 



The Committee did not make a re- 

 port on Article IX., Sections 1 and 2, as 

 this matter had been placed in the 

 hands of a Special Committee to report. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, 

 of the Iowa Honey Producers' Associa- 

 tion, that the report of the Committe-i 

 be accepted and placed on file. 



The question was brought up as to 

 whether the acceptance of this report 

 constituted the adoption of the amiend- 

 ments, and it was explained that it did 

 not, that the amendments would then 

 have to be taken up and acted on sepa- 

 rately. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips suggested that we 

 omit the word "Branch" and that we 

 use the words "Affiliated Associations" 

 instead. He stated that it would then 

 show that each separate organization 

 affiliated with the National would still 

 have all the powers they formerly had 

 and in addition have the benefits and 

 strength of the National. 



Mr. Dadant explained that in Illi- 

 nois they received from the State a 

 certain appropriation each year, but 

 that the appropriation would be with- 

 drawn in case they did not maintain 

 their separate organization. 



Moved by Mr. Dadant that the word 

 "Branch" be not used, but the words 

 "Affiliated Associations" be used in- 

 stead. Seconded and the vote for this 

 change stood as follows: Favorable — 



Idaho, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Illinois, 5; • 

 Ohio, not voting; Minnesota, not vot- 

 ing; Adirondack, 1; Iowa, 1; Tennessee, 

 1; Michigan, 2; Indiana, 2; Chicago- 

 Northwestern, 1; Washington, 1; 

 Hampshire-Hampden-Franklin, 1; Col- 

 orado, 2; Pennsylvania, j; Vermont, 1; 

 Worcester, 1. Against — None. Carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that the report of the Committee rec- 

 om'mending that Article I be not changed, 

 so that it still reads "This organization 

 shall be known as the National Bee- 

 Iceepers' Association," be adopted. Mo- 

 tion seconded. The vote was as fol- 

 lows: Favorable — Idaho, Wisconsin, 

 Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Adirondack, 

 Iowa, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, 

 Chicago-Northwestern. Washington, 

 Hampshire-Hampden-Franklin, Color- 

 ado, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wor- 

 cester. Unfavorable — None. Motion 

 carried unanimously. 



