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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



an annual fee of $1.00 for each 20 (or 

 fraction of 20) colonies of bees (spring- 

 count) he owns or operates. 



Sec. 2 — Any honey dealer, bee-sup- 

 ply dealer, bee-supply manufacturer, 

 bee-paper publisher, or any otiier firm 

 or individual, may become a member 

 on the annual payment of a fee of $10.00, 

 increased by one-fifth of one (1) per 

 cent, of his or its capital used in the 

 allied interests of bee-keeping-. 



Sec. 3 — The annual dues shall be 

 payable in advance, on or before Ma3' 

 1 of each year. 



Sec. 4 — Membership shall cease when 

 dues are in arrears three months. 



Art. IV — EXECUTIVE board. 



Sec. 1 — An Executive Board consist- 

 ing" of seven members shall be elected 

 by mail ballot annually in the month 

 of March (after the first election), the 

 ballots to be sent to the membership 

 between March 1 and 5, the polls to be 

 closed at noon April 1. Thej' shall be 

 the seven members receiving the high- 

 est number of votes cast. In case of a 

 tie-vote, the other members of the Board 

 shall decide it- 

 Sec. 2 — The votes shall be mailed to 

 the Seci-etary, who, with another mem- 

 ber to be selected by the balance of the 

 Executive Board, shall together count 

 the votes and certify the result to the 

 Manager, who shall then forward 

 copies of the same to the United States 

 bee-papers for publication, and also 

 give same in his annual report. 



Sec. 3 — The Executive Board shall 

 have the general management of the 

 League, and shall elect from their 

 number the officers named in Akticli-: 

 V, Sec. 1, who shall execute the orders 

 of the Board, and hold their several 

 offices until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. 



Sec. 4— The Executive Board shall 

 meet annually, on the third Wednesday 

 in April, in Chicago, for the election 

 of officers, and for the transaction of 

 such other business as may regularly 

 come before it. 



Sec. 5 — Special meetings of the Ex- 

 ecutive Board shall be held when called 

 by the President, upon request of three 

 or more members of the Board. 



Art. V — Officers. 



Sec. 1 — The officers shall be a 

 President, Vice-President, Secretary, 

 Treasurer and Manager. 



Sec. 2 — The duties of the President 

 and Vice-President shall be such as 

 usually devolve upon these officers. 



Sec. 3 — The duties of the Secretary 

 shall be to keep a record of the meet- 

 ings of the Executive Board, and to 

 count the ballots of all votes of the 

 membership, as provided by Art. IV, 

 Sec. 2, the result of which he is to for- 

 ward at once to the Manager. 



Sec. 4 — The Treasurer shall keep a 

 record of all mone3's received from the 

 Manager, giving- his receipt therefor; 

 and he shall pay out funds only on 

 bills approved as per Sec. 5 of this 

 article. 



Sec. 5 — The duties of the Manager 

 shall be to conduct the actual business 

 of the League as directed by the Exec- 

 utive Board; to keep a list of the mem- 

 bership; to accouiit for all moneys re- 

 ceived, and turn same over to the 

 Treasurer, taking his receipt there- 

 for; to prepare and mail in March of 

 each year, to the membership, an an- 

 nual report containing a financial 

 statement, and such other matters as 

 would be of interest to all concerned, 

 including all ballots and amendments; 

 and to issue orders on the Treasurer 

 for payment of all bills, when counter- 

 signed by the President. 



Sec. 6 — The Treasurer and Man- 

 ager shall each furnish such bond as 

 shall be satisfactory to the Executive 

 Board. 



Art. VI — SALARIES AND EXPENSES. 



Sec. 1 — No salary shall be paid any 

 officer of this League, but the actual 

 expense of holding meeting-s of the Ex- 

 ecutive Board (when they deem such 

 necessary) shall be paid from the gen- 

 eral expense-fund. 



Sec. 2 — There shall be an allowance 

 of five (5) per cent, of the cash receipts 

 to cover all general expenses, such as 

 printing, meetings of the Executive 

 Board, etc., the remaining ninety-five 

 (95) per cent, to be applied on the ad- 

 vertising- proper. 



Art. VII — AMENDMENTS. 



This Constitution may be amended 

 by a two-thirds vote of the membership 

 at any regular election, provided such 

 proposed amendment be first submitted 

 to the Executive Board and approved 

 by it. 



MINUTES OF FIRST MEETING. 



Atemporary organization wasefi^ected 

 and the foreg-oing- Constitution adopted, 

 when, upon motion of Ralph W. Boy- 

 den, the following^ members were elect- 

 ed as an Executive Board: Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, W. Z. Hutchinson, Arthur L. 



