ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



-OF THE- 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 



CONSTITUTION 



Adopted Feb. 26, ISSl. 



ARTICLE I. — Name. 



This organization shall be known as 

 The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, and its principal place of busi- 

 ness shall be at Spring-field, 111. 



ARTICLE II.— Object. 



Its object shall be to promote the 

 general interests of the pursuit of bee- 

 culture. 



ARTICLE III. — Membership. 



Section 1. Any person interested in 

 Apiculture may become a member up- 

 on the payment to the Secretary of an 

 annual fee of one dollar ($1.00). 

 (Amendment adopted at annual meet- 

 ing, November, 1905): And any affili- 

 ating Association, as a body, may be- 

 come members on the payment of an 

 aggregate fee of fifty cents (50c) per 

 member, as amended Nov., 1910. 



Sec. 2. Any persons may become hon- 



orary members by receiving a ma- 

 jority vote at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Section 1. The officers of this Asso- 

 ciation shall be, President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Secretary and Treasurer. Their 

 terms of office shall be for one year, 

 or until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The President, Secretary and 

 Treasurer shall constitute the Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



Sec. 3. Vacancies in office — by 

 death, resignation and otherwise — 

 shall be filled by the Executive Com- 

 mittee until the next annual meeting. 



ARTICLE V. — Amendments. 

 This Constitution shall be amended 

 at any annual meeting by a two-thirds 

 vote of all the members present — '■ 

 thirty days' notice having been ^ven 

 to each member of the Association. 



BY-LA W^S 



ARTICLE I. 



The officers of the Association shall 

 be elected by ballot and by a majority 

 vote. 



ARTICLE n. 



It shall be the duty of the Pi^ident 

 to call and preserve order at all nreet- 

 ings of this Association; to call for all 

 reports of officers and committees; to 



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put to vote all motions regularly sec- 

 onded; to count the vote' at all elec- 

 tions, and declare the results; to de- 

 cide upon all questions of order, and 

 to deliver an address at each annuaJ 

 meeting. 



ARTICLE ni. 

 The Vice-Presidents shall be num- ^ 

 bared, respectively. First, Second, 

 Third. Fourth and Fifth, and it shall be 



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