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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 26 1903. 



which it is contained a parchment paper and 

 allow it too cool, we can at any moment cause 

 the solution to crystallize by the puncturi ng 

 of the paper with a needle, or by keeping the 

 bottle air-tight we can retain it in solution 

 form. 



Again, we can make solutions of chemicals, 

 and can manipulate them without any signs 

 of separation, but the introduction of a 

 further small crystal of the same, or some 

 other substance, will spontaneously cause the 

 crystallization of the whole, and I feel 

 assured that the granulation of honey can be 

 accelerated by the addition of a very small 

 crystal of the ordinary cane-sugar. 



\ Weekly Budget. I 



Pkof. a. J. Cook, of Los Angeles Co., 

 Calif., writing us Feb. 16, reported "pros- 

 pects for a honey crop in California good. 

 Splendid rains." 



Mr. Thomas G. Newman, of San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif., has been very ill. So it is re- 

 ported in his Philosophical .Journal of Feb. 

 14. It says he was stricken Feb. .5, which 

 ■was the 49th anniversary of his wedding day, 

 and adds : 



He has been fighting a battle-royal for more 

 than three weeks with la grippe in one of its 

 worst forms. For eleven nights unable to 

 rest or sleep, and yet each day taking up the 

 work in all its trying, taxing details which is 

 necessary to the editing and publishing of the 

 paper and general work of the book concern 

 connected with it. 



Their friends, who have observed the vast 

 amount of work which was being done by 

 both Mr. and Mrs. Newman, and have seen 

 how weary they were growing, are not so 

 much surprised that at last one of them has 

 fallen at his task, and with the harness on. 



On Thursday, in going to the post-olHce, 

 Mr. Newman suddenly lost consciousness and 

 fell to the pavement, receiving what proved 

 to be but a slight scalp wound. He was car- 

 ried to a drug-store near by, and fortunately 

 regained consciousness sufficient to give in- 

 formation regarding himself. He is now in a 

 critical condition, and complete rest is the 

 surest and almost the only means of assuring 

 his restoration even to where he may take up 

 the work he has been compelled to drop. 



Mr. Newman's host of bee-keeping friends 

 will read the foregoing with much regret; 

 and all will unite in the hope that he may be 

 spared, and that his recovery may be entire 

 as well as speedy. 



The Califoknia Association. — We have 

 received the following from Pres. Geo. W. 

 Brodbeok, of the California National Honey- 

 Producers' Association: 



Mr. Editor: — I herewith send you a copy 

 of our by-laws defining the purposes of our 

 organization. You will notice that it is a 

 corporation, nevertheless it is a co-operative 

 proposition, controlled entirely by bee-keep- 

 ers. The requirements are such that it need 

 exclude no one. 



Y'es, it is evident we have a big contract on 

 hand, but judging by the display of interest 

 up to date by the receipt of communications 

 asking for information from all sections of 

 the State, the subscriptions for stock that are 

 coming in daily from both large and small 

 producers, the requests that are coming in 

 from all localities for some one to come and 

 organize local associalions, all go to prove 

 that never before in the history of California 

 bee-keeping has this fraternity displayed such 

 interest in helping along a project as they are 

 doing with this one. We purpose in getting 



a live, wide-awake manager, that will keep 

 in touch with every stockholder, be he large 

 or small, making no distinction, working 

 only for the good of the whole. 



Geo. W. Brodbeck. 



The By-Laws referred to by Pres. Brodbeck, 

 are these: 



BY-LAWS OF THE CALIFORNIA NA- 

 TIONAL HONEY-PRODUCERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The name of the corporation shall be the 

 California National Honey-Producers' As- 

 sociation. 



Article I. 



Corporate Powers. — The corporate pow- 

 ers of this corporation shall be vested in a 

 board of five directors, who shall be stock- 

 holders, holding three hundred or more 

 shares of stock in their own names on the 

 books of the company, and three shall 

 constitute a ciuorum for the transaction of 

 business. 



Article II. 



Election of Directors. — The directors 

 shall be elected by ballot, at the 'annual 

 meeting of the stockholders, to serve one 

 year and until their successors are elected. 

 Their term of office shall begin immedi- 

 ately after election. 



Article III. 

 Vcancies. — Vacancies in the board of 

 directors shall be filled by the other direc- 

 tors in office ; and such person shall hold 

 ofiice until the first meeting of the stock- 

 holders thereafter. 



Article IV. 



Poiver of Directors. — The directors shall 

 have power : 



I St. To call special meetings of the stock- 

 holders when they deem it necessary. And 

 they shall call a meeting at any time upon 

 the written request of the stockholders 

 holding one-third of all the subscribed 

 stock. 



2d. To appoint and remove at pleasure 

 all officers, agents and employes of the 

 corporation, fix their compensation, and 

 recjuire of them security for faithful serv- 

 ice, when it shall be deemed advisable. 



3d. To conduct, manage and control the 

 affairs and business of the corporation, and 

 to make rules and regulations, not incon- 

 sistent with the laws of the State of Cali- 

 fornia, or the by-laws of the corporation. 



4th. To incur indebtedness. The terms 

 and amount shall be entered on the min- 

 utes of the board, and the note or obliga- 

 tion given for the same, signed officially by 

 the president and secretary, shall be bind- 

 ing on the corporation. 



Article V. 



Duties of Directors. — To cause to be 

 kept a complete record of all their min- 

 utes and acts, and of the nroceedings of 

 the stockholders, and present a statement 

 at the regular annual meetings of the 

 stockholders, showing in detail the -assets 

 and liabilities of the corporation, and gen- 

 erally the condition of its affairs. 



2d. To declare dividends out of the sur- 

 plus profits, when such profits shall, in the 

 opinion of the directors, warrant the same. 



3d. To supervise all officers and agents 

 and see that their duties are properly per- 

 formed. To cause to be issued to th" 

 stockholders, in proportion to their several 

 interests, certificates of stock. 



Article VI. 



Officers. — The officers shall be president, 



vice - president, secretary and treasurer. 



which officers shall be elected by the 



board of directors. 



Article VII. 

 President. — The directors at their fir't 

 meeting shall elect one of their number as 

 president. 



_ 1st. The president, or in his absence the 

 vice-president, shall preside over all meet- 

 ings of stockholders and directors and 

 shall have the casting vote. 



2d. He shall sign all certificates of stock 



and all other official documents and shall 

 draw checks on the treasurer, and shall 

 perform such other duties as may be nec- 

 essary for the good of the corporation a 

 consistent with his office. 



Article VIII. 



Secretary. — The board of directors shall 

 elect a secretary. 



I St. It shall be the duty of the secretary 

 to keep a record of the proceedings of the 

 board of directors and of the stockholders. 



2d. He shall countersign all checks drawn 

 upon the treasurer, and discharge such 

 other duties as pertain to his office and 

 are prescribed by the board of directors. 



3d. The secretary shall serve all notices 

 required either by law or the by-laws of 

 the association. 



Article IX. 



Treasurer. — The treasurer shall receive 

 and keep all the funds of the association in 

 a bank and pay them out only on the check 

 of the president, countersigned by the sec- 

 retary. 



2d. At each annual ineeting of the stock- 

 holders he shall submit, for their informa- 

 tion, a complete statement of his accounts 

 for the past year. He shall discharge such 

 other duties pertaining to his office as shall 

 be prescribed by the directors. 



.Article X. 



Superintendent. — .A general superintend- 

 ent shall be appointed by the directors 

 and removable at their pleasure. It shall 

 be his duty : 



I St. To take charge of all property be- 

 longing to the company and to control and 

 direct all business and labor, such as grad- 

 ing- sealing, storing and shipping honey, 

 and any other duties required of him 1 

 the directors. 



Article XI. 



Compensation of Officers. — The officers 

 shall receive such compensations as the 

 directors shall from time to time deter- 

 mine upon. 



Article XII. 



Certificates of Stock. — Certificates of 

 stock shall be of such form and device as 

 the directors may direct ; and each certifi- 

 cate shall be signed by the president and 

 secretary, and express on its face its num- 

 ber, date of issuance, the number of shares 

 for which, and the person to whom it is 

 issued. 



The certificate book shall contain a mar- 

 gin, on which shall be entered the number, 

 date, number of shares, and name of the 

 person expressed in the corresponding cer- 

 tificate. 



Article XIII. 



Transfer of Stock. — Shares of the asso- 

 ciation may be transferred at any time 

 upon the sale of the bees which they rep- 

 resent, by the holders thereof, by endorse- 

 ment on the certificate of stock. But no 

 transfer shall be valid until the surrender 

 of the certificate and the acknowledgment 

 of such transfer on the books of the ai 

 elation. 



2d. The receiver of the new certificate 

 shall be required to sign the bv-Iaws of th" 

 association. No transfer shall be valid if 

 the holders are indebted to the association 

 on any account whatever. 



3d. No surrendered certificate shall be 

 canceled by the secretary before a new one 

 is issued in lieu thereof : and the secretar" 

 shall preserve the certificate so canceled 

 as a voucher. If. however, a certificate 

 shall be lost or destroyed, the directc-s 

 may order a new certificate issued upon 

 such guarantees by the parties claiming 

 the same as they may deem satisfactory. 



.Article XIV. 

 Meetings. — The regular annual meet- ■ 

 of the stockholders shall be held on the 

 first Wednesday in January of each year 

 at 10 o'clock, in Los Angeles, at such 

 place as the directors may provide, and 

 each stockholder shall be notified by letter 

 by the secretary at least two weeks before 

 the time of meeting; provided that when 

 such day shall fall on a legal holiday, then 



