ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION. 



CONSTIUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, 



CONSTITUTION. 



Adopted Feb. 26. 1891. 



ARTICLE I.— Name. 



This organization shall be known as The 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, and 

 its principal place of business shall be at 

 Springfield. 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 Api- 

 culture may become a member upon the 

 payment to the Secretary of an annual fee 

 of one dollar ($1). (Amendment adopted 

 at annual meeting, November, 1905): 

 And any affiliating Association, as a body, 

 may become members on the payment of 

 an aggregate fee of fifty cents (50c) per 

 member, as amended November, 1910. 



Sec. 2. Any persons may become hon- 

 orary members by receiving a majority 

 vote at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Section 1. The officers of this Assbcia- 

 tion shall be, President, Vice President, 

 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 Executive 

 Committee. 



Sec. 3. Vacancies in office — ^by death, 

 resignation and otherwise — shall be filled 

 by the Executive Committee imtil 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 given to each member 

 of the Association. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 



The officers of the Association shall be 

 elected by ballot and by a majority vote, 



ARTICLE II. 



It shall be the duty of the President 

 to call and preserve order at all meetings 

 of this Association; to call for all reports 

 of officers and committees; to put to vote 



all motions regularly seconded; to count 

 the vote at all elections, and declare the 

 results; to decide upon all questions of 

 order, and to deliver a,n address at each 

 annual meeting. 



ARTICLE in. 



The Vice Presidents shall be numbered, 

 respectively, First, Second, Third, Fourth 



