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THF BEE-KEEPERS' REVijUV. 



ARTICLE VI.— Duties of Offioees. 



Sbo. 1. — President— It shall be the duty of 

 the President to preside at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Union; and to perform such other 

 duties as may devolve upon the presiding 

 oflScer. 



Sec. 2. — Vice President — In the absense 

 of the President the Vice-President shall 

 perform the duties of President. 



Sec. y,.— Secretary — It shall be the duty of 

 the Secretary to keep a record of the pro- 

 ceedings of the annual meeting; to receive 

 membership fees; to furnish the General 

 Manager with the names and postofBce ad- 

 dresses of those who become members at 

 the annual meeting; to pay to the Treasurer 

 of the Unicn all moneys left in his hands 

 after paying the expenses of the annual 

 meeting; and to perform such other duties 

 as may be required of him by the Union; 

 and he shall receive such sum for his ser- 

 vices, not exceeding .$25, as may be granted 

 by the Board of Directors. 



Seo. 4. — General Manager — The General 

 Manager shall be Secretary of the Board of 

 Directors, and shall keep a list of the names 

 of members with their postoffice addresses; 

 receive membership fees, and be Treasurer 

 of this Union. He shall give a bond in such 

 amount, and with such conditions as may 

 he required and approved by the Board of 

 Directors, for the faithful performance of 

 his duties, and perform such other services 

 as may be required of him by the Board of 

 Directors, or by this constitution. 



Sec. r>. — At the time of sending the ballots 

 to the members for the annual election of 

 the Board of Directors, he shall also send 

 to each member a statement of the financial 

 condition of the Union, and a report of the 

 work done by said Board of Directors. 



Sec. 0. — The Board of Directors shall pay 

 the General Manager such sum for his ser- 

 vices as said Board may deem proper, but 

 not to exceed 20 per cent, of the receipts of 

 the Union. Said Board shall meet at such 

 time and place as it may decide upon. 



Sec. 7. — Board of Directors — The Board 

 of Directors shall determine what course 

 shall be taken by the Union upon any mat- 

 ter presented to it for consideration, that 

 does not conflict with this Constitution; and 

 cause such extra, but equal assessments to 

 be made on each member as may become 

 necessary, giving the reason to members 

 why such assessment is required; provided 

 that not more than one assessment shall be 

 made in any one year, and not to an amount 

 exceeding the annual membership fee, with- 

 out a majority vote of all the members of 

 the Union. 



Seo. 8. — Any member refusing, or neg- 

 lecting, to pay said assessment as required 

 by the Board of Directors shall forfeit his 

 membership, and his right to become a 

 member of the Union for one year after 

 said assessment becomes due. 



ARTICLE VII.— Funds. 



Seo. 1. — The funds of this Union may be 

 used for any purpose that the Board of 



Directors may consider for the interest of its 

 members, and for the advancement of the 

 pursuit of bee-culture. 



ARTICLE VIII.— Vacancies. 



Any vacancy occurring in the Board of 

 Directors may be filled by the Executive 

 Committee; and any vacancy occurring in 

 the Executive Committee shall be filled by 

 the Board of Directors. 



ARTICLE IX.— Meetings. 



This Union shall hold annual meetings at 

 such time and place as shall be agreed up- 

 on by the Executive Committee, who shall 

 give at least 00 days' notice in the bee-peri- 

 odicals, of the time and place of meeting. 



ARTICLE X. — Amendments. 



This Constitution may be altered or a- 

 mended by a majority vote of all the mem- 

 bers, provided notice of said alteration or 

 amendment has been given at a previous 

 annual meeting. 



It will be seen that no change can be 

 made unless notice of said change has been 

 givien at a previous annual meeting. 

 This allows plenty of time for discussion 

 and consideration before the final vote is 

 taken. At the Buffalo meeting the following 

 changes were proposed by Secretary Mason. 

 As they were unanimously approved at that 

 meeting it is quite likely that they will be 

 adopted. 



CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES EEOOMMENDED. 



That Article III, Section 1, be amended 

 so as to read: " Any person who is in accord 

 with the purpose and aim of this Union, 

 and will work in harmony with the same, 

 may become a member by the payment of 

 one dollar annually to the General Manager 

 or Secretary; and said membership shall ex- 

 pire at the end of one year from the time of 

 said payment, except as provided in section 

 8 of Article VI of this Constitution. 



That Article IV be so amended as to read: 

 " Section 1. — ^^The officers of this Union 

 shall be a President, a Vice-President, a 

 Secretary, and a Board of Directors, which 

 shall consist of a General manager and 

 six Directors whose term of office shall be 

 for three years, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified, except that the term 

 of office of the two Directors having received 

 the smallest number of votes at the time of 

 voting for Directors in March, 18!)7, shall 

 expire Dec. ;^1, 18!)7; and that the term of 

 office of the two Directors having received 

 the next largest number of votes at the said 

 time of voting shall ►ixpire Dec. 31, 1898; 

 and that the term of office of the two Direc- 

 tors having received the largest number of 

 votes at the said time of voting shall expire 

 Dec. :?1, 1899." 



" Section 2. — The Board of Directors 

 shall choose their their own chairman. " 



That Section 2 of Article V be amended so 

 as to read: "The General Manager and the 



