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THE BEE-KEEPERS' RB,VIEW. 



Association as a body, it will be received 

 upon payment by the local secretary of 

 fifty cents per member per annum to the 

 General Manager. 



ARTICLE IV.— OFFICERS. 



Sec. I. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. I. — The officers of this Association 

 shall be a General Manager, a President, 

 a Vice-President, and a Secretary, whose 

 term of office shall be for one year; and a 

 Board of twelve Directors, whose term of 

 office shall be four years, or until their 

 successors shall be elected. 



Sec. 3. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Hec. 3. — The President, Vice-President, 

 Secretary, and General Manager shall be 

 elected by ballot during the month of 

 November of each year, by a plurality 

 vote of the members, and assume the 

 duties of their respective offices on the 

 first of January succeeding their election. 



Sec. 4. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. 4. — The President, \Mce-President. 

 Secretary and General Manager shall 

 constitute the Executive Committee. 



Sec. 5. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. 5. — The Directors to succeed the 

 three whose term of office expire each 

 year shall be elected by ballot during the 

 month of November of each year, hv a 

 l^lurnlity vote of the members. The 

 three candidates receiving the greatest 

 number of votes shall be elected, and as- 

 sume the duties of their office on the first 

 of January succeeding their election. The 

 Board of I)irectors shall prescribe how all 

 votes of the members shall be taken, and 

 .said Board may also prescribe ec|uital)]e 

 rules and regulations governing nomi- 

 nations for the several offices. 



ARTICLE v.— DuTiE.s OF Secretary. 



Sec. 3. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. 3. — It shall be the duty of the 

 Secretary to keep a record of the pro- 

 ceedings of the annual meetings; to re- 

 ceive membership fees; give a receipt for 

 the same, and turn all moneys received 

 over to the Trea.curer of the Association 

 with names and postoffice addresses of 

 those who become members; to make an 

 annual report of all moneys received and 

 paid over by him, which report shall be 

 published with the annual report of the 

 General Manager; and to perform such 

 other duties as may be required of him 

 by the Association; and he .shall receive 



such sums for his services as may be 

 granted by the Board of Directors. 



ARTICLE VII.— Vacancies. 



Amended by adding the following 

 clause to the end thereof: 



Any resignation of a member of the 

 Board of Directors .shall be tendered to 

 the Executive Committee. Any resigna- 

 tion of a member of the P^xecutive Com- 

 mittee shall be tendered to the Board of 

 Directors. 



ARTICLE IX. — Amendments. 



To be amended to read as follows: 

 This Constitution may be amended by 

 a majority vote of all the members vot- 

 ing, providing such proposed amend- 

 ments have been approved by a majority 

 vote of the members present at the last 

 annual meeting of the Association, and 

 copies of the proposetj amendment print- 

 ed or written shall have been mailed to 

 each member by the General Manager at 

 least 45 days before the annual election. 

 James U. Harris, 

 Geo. W. Brodbeck, 

 C. P. Dadant, 

 W. F. Marks, 

 Udo Toepperwein, 



Committee. 



Perhaps a few words in explanation of 

 the reason for some of these proposed 

 amendments may not be out of the way. 

 Article III, Sec. r, as amended, settles 

 distinctly the question as to whether an 

 office .shall be become vacant if the officer 

 allows his dues to lapse. Sec. 2 of the 

 same article, as amended, allows any 

 local association to join in a body by the 

 local Secretary paying 50 cts. per mem- 

 ber per annum, regardless of what the 

 meiTibership fee of the local association 

 may be. The constitution, as it now 

 reads, says that the local dues must be 

 $i.no. This is a matter tliat the local as- 

 S(K-iati(in should be allowed to manage as 

 it sees fit. 



Article IV, Sec. i, is no change in 

 meaning from the old section, but the 

 wording is changed to avoid any chance 

 for ambiguity. The old wording might 

 be construed to mean that the General 

 Manager, President, Vice President and 

 Secretary should hold office for four 

 years, the same as the Directors hold 

 their oftlce. 



