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TWELFTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



based upon the total aggregation of 

 yond the wood; entirely capped except 

 their membership." 



This called forth a sipirited discus- 

 sion participated in by a number of 

 members including Messrs. Dadant, 

 Phillips, Foster, Surface and J. G. 

 Creighton. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 to amend the above motion by having 

 the proposed amendment to Article V, 

 Section 2, published and action to be 

 taken at the next annual meeting. The 

 roll call of votes on this motion was 

 taken, and showed the vote unani- 

 mously in favor of the amendment. 

 The motion as amended was then put 

 and carried unanimously. 



The report of the special committee 

 on Article 9, Sections 1 and 2, was 

 called for at this time. The report 

 was made by Dr. H. A. Surface, Chair- 

 man, and recommended the adoption 

 of Sections 1 and 2. 



This committee was also asked to 

 give answers to the following ques- 

 tions: Was it necessary to purchase 

 an existing publication, the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Review, in order to establish an of- 

 ficial organ for the National? Their 

 answer was, "We do not consider it 

 was necessary to make such a pur- 

 chase, but we approve the action of the 

 directors." Q. Was the Board of Di- 

 rectors authorized to purchase the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review? Ans. — Under the 

 Constitution .there Is nothing prohibit- 

 ing the purchase of the Review toy the 

 Board. The report was signed by Dr, 

 H. A. Surface, Chairman. 



Moved by C. P. Dadant, delegate, of 

 Illinois Branch, that the report be ac- 

 cepted and placed on file. Seconfled 

 and carried. . V 



In considering the '■adoption of 4:he 

 amendments, Article IX, Sec. 1, it was 

 moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that the amendment be adopted so that 

 Article 1, of Sec. IX, would read: "The 

 Bee -Keepers' Review, a monthly pub- 

 lication, shall ibe published by this as- 

 sociation as its official organ." Sec- 

 onded and carried unanimously. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that Article IX, Section 2, be adopted, 

 which would read: "Notices and re- 

 ports published In the offloial organ, the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, shall be consid- 



ered ample and sufficient notice to the 

 members, and it shall not be consid- 

 ered necessary to send a written or 

 printed notice in addition to the one 

 published in the Review." Seconded and 

 carried unanimously. 



The report of the Committee on Arti- 

 cle IX, Section 2, was now called for, 

 w'hich was as follows: This Committee 

 recommend that the fee of the National 

 Association be made $1.00, 50c to go to 

 the Branch Association, and 50c to the 

 National, and that the subscription to 

 the Review be $1.00 in addition. 



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

 of Pennsylvania Branch, that the re- 

 port be adopted. Seconded. This called 

 forth a lively discussion and the 

 question came up at this time as to 

 whether the delegates had authority to 

 change this proposed amendment with- 

 out the members being previously noti- 

 fied according to Article IX, of the Con- 

 stitution, The Chair called upon the 

 delegates for a ruling as to whether a 

 change could be made at this time, and 

 the vote showed 7 for and 6 against. 

 The vote being so close, a roll call vote 

 was called for, which stood as follows: 

 Yes — Idaho, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Illinois, 5; 

 Minnesota, 1; Iowa, 1; Chicago North- 

 western, 1; Hampshire - Hampden - 

 Franklin, 1; Pennsylvania, 5; Worces- 

 ter County, 1; total votes, 18. No — 

 Ohio, 2; Adirondack, 1; Tennessee, 3; 

 Michigan, 2; Indiana, 2; Washington, 1; 

 Colorado, 2; Vermont, 1; No — 14. The 

 vote upheld the ruling that the amend- 

 ment could be made at this time. 



After a discussion as to the advis- 

 ability of making this change in fees 

 at this time, the matter was again re- 

 ferred to the Committee for their at- 

 tention. 



While the Committee was in session, 

 the Secretary being absent with the 

 Committee, as he was asked to >meet 

 with them at this time. Delegate C. P. 

 Dad'ant acted as Secretary pro tern. 



The Committee on Grading Rules 

 was called for, but they were not yet 

 ^ ready to make the report at this time. 



The report of the Committee on in'- 

 corporation was called for at this time 

 and made the following report: We 

 recommend that the Secretary be in- 

 structed to inquire whether the Asso- 

 ciation's incorporation made some 20 

 years ago in Illinois is yet valid. In 

 case there is any doubt about it we 

 recommend that the Secretary take 



