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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



State of Illinois— Department of State. 



Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State. 



To all to whom these Presents shall come — Greetjng: 



Whereas, A certificate duly signed ^.n^ 

 acknowledged having been filed in the offix;e 

 of the Secretary of State on the 27th <B^ 

 of February, A. D. 1891, for the organiza- 

 tion of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, under and in accordance with 

 the provisions of "An Act Concerning 

 Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, 

 and in force July 1, 1872, and all acts 

 amendatory thereof, a copy of which 

 certificate is hereunto attached. 



Now, Therefore, I, Isaac N. Pearson 

 Secretary of State, of the State of Illinois, 

 by virtue of the powers and duties vested 

 in me by law, do hereby certify that the 

 said, The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, is a legally organized corporation 

 under the laws of the State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set 

 my hand and cause to be aflSxed the great 

 seal of State. 



Done at the city of Springfield, this 27th 

 day of February, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred 

 [Seal] and ninety one, and the Indepen- 

 dence of the United States the one 

 hundred and fifteenth. 



I. N. Pearson, 

 Secretary of State. 



State op Illinois, , 

 County of Sangamon, 



To Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State: 



We, the undersigned, Perry J. England, 

 Jas. A. Stone and Albert N. Draper, 

 citizens of the United States, propose to 

 form a corporation under an act of the 

 General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 

 entitled "An Act Concerning Corpora- 

 tions," approved April 18, 1872, and all 

 acts amendatory thereof; and for the pur- 



poses of such organizations, we hereby state 

 as follows, to-wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is. 

 The lUinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. 



2. The object for which it is formed is, 

 to promote the general interests of the 

 pursuit of bee-culture. 



3. The management of the aforesaid 

 Association shall be vested in a board of 

 three Directors, who are to be elected 

 annually. 



4. The following persons are hereby 

 selected as the Directors, to control and 

 manage said corporation for the first year 

 of its corporate existence, viz: Perry J. 

 England, Jas. A. Stone, and Albert N. 

 Draper. 



5. The location is in Springfield, in the 

 county of Sangamon, State of Uhnois. 

 (Signed.) 



Peert J. England. 

 Jas. a. Stone. 

 Albert N. Draper. 



ss. 



State of Illinois, 

 Sangamon County. 



I, S. Mendenhall, a notary public in and 

 for the county and State aforesaid, do 

 hereby certify that on this 26th day of 

 February, A. D. 1891, personally appeared 

 before me. Perry J. England, James A. 

 Stone and Albert N. Draper, to me per- 

 sonally known to be the same persons who 

 executed the foregoing certificate, and 

 severally acknowledged that they had 

 executed the same for the purposes therein 

 set forth. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto set 

 my hand and seal the day and year above 

 written. 



S. Mendenhall, 



[Seal] Notary Public. 



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