ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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Moved by A. C. Allen, delegate, of 

 Wisconsin Branch, that Article III be 

 amended to read as follows: "This or- 

 ganization shall consist of one central 

 organization with its various aflSliated 

 associations; these affiliated associa- 

 ,tions may be in any locality where fif- 

 teen or more members of the National 

 decide to form a Branch." 



At this point it was considered ad- 

 visable inasmuch as it took so much 

 time to have a roll call of votes that 

 those branches against a motion be 

 asked to vote first, and if there was no 

 opposition that the motion would be 

 considered carried unanimously. A 

 vote taken this way showed the motion 

 carried unanimously. 



Moved by P. E. Crane, delegate, of 

 Vermont Branch, that Article IV, Sec- 

 tion 1, be laid on the table temporarily. 

 Motion seconded and carried unani- 

 mously. 



Moved by P. E. Crane, delegate, of 

 Vermont Branch, that Article IV, Sec- 

 tion 2, be laid on the table temporarily. 

 Motion seconded and carried unani- 

 mously. 



Moved by Dr. H. A. Surface, delegate, 

 of Pennsylvania Branch, that Article 

 IV, Section 3, be adopted as follows: 

 "Memberships shall begin at the time 

 the membership fee is paid and shall 

 expire at the end of the time paid for, 

 counting from date membership began." 

 Motion seconded and carried unani- 

 mously. 



Moved by E. D. Townsend, delegate, 

 of Michigan Branch, that Article VI, 

 Section 1, be adopted as follows: The 

 officers of this Association shall be a 

 President, Vice-President, Secretary 

 and Treasurer; these officers shall be 

 elected at each annual meeting of dele- 

 gates, and shall serve for one year 

 or until their successors are elected and 

 qualified. Motion seconded and carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by Dr. H. A. Surface, delegate, 

 of Pennsylvania, that Article VI, Sec- 

 tion 2, be not adopted so that the Con- 

 stitution would still read: "The Presi- 

 dent shall preside at each annual meet- 

 ing of delegates and at any special 

 meeting which may be called. He shall 

 also preside at all meetings of Direc- 

 tors, and perform any other duties 

 which may devolve upon the presiding 

 officer." Motion seconded and carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 



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that Article VI, Sections 4 and 5, shall 

 be changed to correspond with the 

 adoption of the change suggested in 

 Section 1; this simply leaves off the 

 words "General Manager" to the title 

 of Treasurer. Motion seconded and 

 carried unanimously. 



At this point it became necessary 

 to decide positively whether the Con- 

 vention would be able to take the trolley 

 ride arranged for by the Board of Com- 

 merce for the afternoon. Moved by 

 C. P. Dadant, delegate, of Illinois 

 Branch, that we accept with thanks 

 the invitation from the Chamber of 

 Commerce, and to arrange to take the 

 ride at 3:30 p. m. Motion seconded and 

 carried. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 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 serve two successive 

 years, or until his successor is elected 

 and qualified. Seconded and carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that Article VIII, Section 2, be stricken 

 from the Constitution and Section 3 

 inserted in its place. Section 2 reads 

 as follows: A local branch shall consist 

 of 25 members. Motion seconded and 

 carried unanimously. 



A discussion occurred at this time 

 with reference to Article V, Section 2, 

 which reads: "Each affiliated Associa- 

 tion shall be entitled to elect one dele- 

 gate to attend the National meeting, 

 who shall present proper credentials 

 and if correct such delegate shall be 

 entitled to one vote for every 50 mem- 

 bers or a fraction thereof, in his local 

 Association." The Committee recom- 

 mended that Article V, Section 2, be 

 amended to read as follows: "Each 

 affiliated association shall be entitled 

 to elect a delegation to attend the Na- 

 tion meeting which dlegation shall pre- 

 sent proper credentials, and if correct 

 such delegation shall be entitled to one 

 vote for every 25 miembers or a fraction 

 thereof in their local association. Any 

 delegation may represent one or more 

 affiliated associations in his state but 

 cannot represent an affiliated associa- 

 tion from any other state. In represent- 

 ing more than one affiliated associa- 

 tion the vote of the delegation shall be 



