Feb. 26, 1903. 



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such meeting shall be held on the next 

 business day at the same hour. 



At such annual meeting directors shall 

 be elected by ballot to serve for the ensu- 

 ing year, and until their successors are 

 elected. No meeting of the stockholders 

 shall be competent to transact business 

 unless a majority of stock is represented. 

 except to adjourn until such time as may 

 be deemed proper. 



Special meetings of the stockholders 

 may be called by the president whenever 

 he may deem it expedient, and he shall 

 call such special meeting when requested 

 to do so by the holders of at least one- 

 third of the subscribed stock of the asso- 

 ciation. Notice of special meetings shall 

 be given in the same manner as provided 

 for at regular meetings, or when the stock- 

 holder are all present and sign a written 

 assent thereto on the record of such meet- 

 ing. 



The president and secretary of the asso- 

 ciation shall act as president and secretary 

 of stockholders' meetings, unless the meet- 

 ing shall decide otherwise. 



Directors' Meetings. — Regular meetings 

 of the directors shall bei held immediatelv 

 after the annual meeting of the stockhold- 

 ers, and also upon the first Monday in 

 each month at lo o'clock a. m.. and notice 

 of such monthly meeting is hereby dis- 

 pensed with. A majority of the directors 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transar 

 tion of business. In case of an equality of 

 votes the president may have a second or 

 deciding vote. 



Special meetings may be called by the 

 president by his sending a notice in writ- 

 ing to each director four days before the 

 time of the meeting called. .Said meetir 

 may be dispensed with at the discretion of 

 the board. 



Article XV. 



Elections. — .At all corporate meetings 

 each stockholder, either in person or by 

 proxy, shall be entitled to as many vote 

 as he owns shares of stock. Such pror 

 shall be in writing and filed with the sec- 

 retary. 



.Article XVI. 

 Seal. — The association shall have a com- 

 mon seal consisting of a circle having on 

 its ciicumference the words "California 

 Honey-Producers' Association." 



Article XVII. 

 Governing the Sale of Honey. — No stock- 

 holder shall sell his honey crop or anv 

 portion thereof for less than the prices set 

 by the directors. 



.A commission shall be paid to the asso- 

 ciation to defray the expense of grading, 

 sealing and other costs of marketing. 



2d. Money shall be advanced on hon 

 stored in the association warehouse by :^ 

 stockholder unon his written request, and 

 such honey shall be held as security v 

 it is sold or the loan, with interest, paid 

 in full. The association shall furnish 

 money on such honey at the lowest rate c" 

 interest that it is able to secure. All 

 honey upon which loans are made shall 

 l)e insured, and all other honeys shall 

 be insured upon arrival at the warehouse 

 unless the superintendent shall be notified 

 to the contrary by the owner. 



.^d. The directors shall not change the 

 selling price oftener than once a montJi. 

 Stockholders placing honey in the hands 

 of the association may choose their own 

 time for selling, and when a member 

 places his honey for sale at the rate set 

 for a certain month he shall receive his 

 proportionate amount of all money re- 

 ceived by the association on sales of honey 

 belonging to individual members during 

 said month, provided it shall be received 

 and the superintendent notified that it is 

 for sale not later than the tenth of the 

 month. Honey put on sale later than the 

 tenth of said month shall be placed in 

 the next month's division. 



If a member wishes to place his honey 

 in the w-arehouse and hold it for a raise 

 in price he shall be permitted to do so. 



and only the actual expense of grading, 

 storage, etc., changed. 



.A member who lias honey in the ware- 

 house on sale mav withdraw said honey 

 upon fifteen days' written notice to the 

 superintendent. Ilnney not oh sale is al- 

 ways at the. owner's disposal. 



Honey belonging to the association 

 must be placed on sale in the same man- 

 ner as that belonging to an individual. 



Article XVIII, 



Withdrazi-al of Members. — A member 

 may withdraw from the association at 

 the annual stockholders' meeting by turn- 

 ing over his certificate of stock to the 

 association, and he shall receive one-half 

 of the price paid the association for said 

 stock, and his proportion of all surplus 

 money in the treasury, but honey pro- 

 duced during the year of membership must 

 remain until .sold. 



Article XIX. 



Amount of Stock. — No person shall buy 

 less than one share of stock for each 

 stand of bees owned by him, and he shall 

 be required to give a written statement 

 declaring how many stands of bees he 

 owns at the time of his subscription for 

 stock, and at each annual meeting of the 

 stockholders. In case of an increase in 

 bees of more than fifteen per cent that 

 is not represented by a share of stock 

 to the stand of bees the owner shall buy 

 more stock in proportion to the increase. 



Where there is a decrease of fifteen 

 or more per cent and the owner has 

 bought his limit of one share to the 

 stand he shall return stock to the asso- 

 ciation in proportion to his loss in bees, 

 for which the association shall pay him 

 at the same rale as provided in Article 

 XVIII. 



The board of directors may ofter stock 

 for sale to the membership, aside from 

 the initiatory stock, as the necessity of 

 the association demands, but not to ex- 

 ceed ten shares to one colony of bees. 



.\rticle XX. 



Amendments. — The by-laws may be al- 

 tered or amended at any meeting of the 

 stockholders by a majority of stock rep- 

 resented at such meeting. 

 .\rticle XXI. 



Fines. — .^ny member who at any time 

 violates these by-laws or the conditions 

 stated by them shall, after being duly 

 notified and heard in his own defense, 

 pay such fine "as may be imposed upon 

 him by the directors, not to exceed $200 

 for each offense. 



Kno'i' All Men by These Presents: 



That we. the undersigned, being the 

 holders and owners of more than two- 

 thirds of the subscribed stock of the Cali- 

 fornia National Honey-Producers' Associa- 

 tion, hereby assent to the foregoing by- 

 laws and adopt the same as the by-laws 

 of the said corporation. In witness 



whereof we have hereunto subscribed our 

 names this 19th day of January, A. D. 

 Nineteen Hundred and Three. 



L. E. Mercer. 



Geo. W. Brodbeck. 



M. H. Mendleson. 



L. S. Emerson. 



Geo. L. Emerson. 



L. S. Emerso.s', 

 Geo. L. Emerson, 



Directors, 

 tjtn. L. ICmerson, 



Secretary of the Association. 



All beedom -will watch with deep interest 

 the progress and work of the California bee- 

 keepers. While they are not exactly leaders 

 iu the work of co-operative effort in the sale 

 of honey, yet on account of the importance of 

 their crop, and at this time the feeling after a 

 belter way on the part of honey-producers 

 generally, whatever of success or failure may 

 develop in the California organizatiou will be 

 specially noted. Surely, they have the heart- 

 iest wishes of all for the accomplishment of 

 every worthy desire and object. 



Know AH Men by These Presents: 



That we, the undersigned, directors and 

 secretary of the corporation known as and 

 called the California National Honey-Pro- 

 ducers' Association, do hereby certify that 

 the above and foregoing by-laws of said 

 corporation were duly adopted as the by- 

 laws of said corporation on the igth day 

 of January, .\. L). Nineteen Hundred and 

 Three, and that the same do now consti- 

 tute the by-laws of said corporation. 

 L. E. Mercer, 

 Geo. W. Brodbeck, 

 M. H. Mendleson, 



The Ste.\dt Scbscribeb is thus honored 

 by the Grocers' Criterion : 



" How dear to my heart is the steady sub- 

 scriber, who pays iii advance at the birth ot 

 the year; who lays down his money and does 

 it quite gladly, and casts round the office a 

 halo of cheer. He never says ' Stop it, I can 

 not afford it,' nor 'I'm getting more papers 

 than now I can read,' but always says. ■ Send 

 it, the family likes it; in fact, we all think it 

 area! household need.' How welcome he is 

 when he steps in the sanctum, how he makes 

 our hearts throb, how he makes our hearts 

 dance. We outwardly thank him, we in- 

 wardly bless him, the steady subscriber who 

 pays in advance." 



.lust the same in the Bee Journal office. 



Mr. J. P. IvT is one of Arizona's success- 

 ful bee-keeping sons. A friend ot his sent us 

 the following in connection with the pictures 

 found on the first page : 



For some years I have been quite deeply 

 interested in bees as a pastime and recreation, 

 but never was pleasure greater, and never 

 was there a more delightful surprise, thaii 

 the hospitality shown me by Mr. .J. P. Ivy. I 

 met him, introduced myself, and he invited 

 me to spend a night at his home— a home of 

 comfort and happiness. Had bee-keeping it- 

 self been no pleasure to me, this meeting and 

 courtesy of beedom, so to speak, would amply 

 have repaid me. 



In my wanderings over the country (I live 

 in Delaware), I have never seen so complete, 

 simple, and practical a system of apiculture 

 as that of Mr. Ivy. Its economy and neat- 

 ness strike the observer. Among the fore- 

 most of the great bee-keepers of the \\ est, 

 Mr. Ivy has six large out-apiaries, and ships 

 several car-loads ot honey every season. In 

 a business of this magnitude some mutual 

 understanding and adjustment of freight- 

 rates, etc., are all-important. He, side by side 

 with other progressive men, has striven to 

 make the honey-business a straight and set- 

 tled business, with just profits and fair deal- 

 ing, and to advance the science of bee-keeping 

 as well as to make an honest, honorable liv- 

 ing E. G. Bbadfobd, Jr. 



Db. Gallup, the Baron, Banana Honey. 

 — That is rubbing it into Dr. Gallup. If 

 I were in his place I certainly should 

 gallop off after getting a roast like that. 



However, I should suggest to Baron M. 

 Lieawful to change his name to "Baron 

 von Munchausen." 



I have no doubt that it will be necessary 

 for Baron M. Lieawful to provide himself 

 with collar and chain for his queen, as 

 she certainly would be a dangerous insect 

 if she ever ran amuck. 



Tell us something of banana honey : 

 (hat's all we get here. Porto Rico. 



If you get banana honey you likely 

 know more about it than almost any one 

 else who reads this journal. Suppose you 

 tell us something about it. 



