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against each other with equal pres- 

 sure would produce hexagonal fig- 

 ures of mathematical accuracy, the 

 angles of which will be identical with 

 those in the honey comb : the instru- 

 ment was examined with great inter- 

 est as it seems to show that the bees 

 in the manufacture of comb only fol- 

 low a great law of nature. 



Mr. Clark presented the report of 

 the committee on the constitution 

 and by-laws. 



The only important objection that 

 was made to the revision was found 

 in Art. i of the constitution which 

 read as follows : viz. : This associa- 

 tion shall hereafter be known in re- 

 membrance of its founder as the 

 Quinby Beekeepers' Association and 

 shall include in its jurisdiction the 

 entire State of New York. 



The discussion upon this article 

 was a long and tedious one, Messrs. 

 Dickinson, Betsinger and others ob- 

 jecting to naming the association 

 after a man deeming it better to 

 make it simply the New York State 

 Association. 



Messrs. Hetherington, Elwood, 

 Clark, King, Locke and others, many 

 of whom had been members from its 

 organization deemed it only just and 

 right that the one who had founded 

 the association and had sacrificed so 

 much for apiculture should be en- 

 titled to this small token of respect 

 and honor from those who have been 

 reaping the benefit of his labors. 



The opposition succeeded in 

 showing a majority and the consti- 

 tution and by-laws were adopted as 

 follows : 



Art. I. This association shall be 

 known as the New York State Bee- 

 keepers' association founded by 

 Moses Quinby in 1868. 



Art. 2. Each county or district 

 convention hereafter held in any part 

 of this state shall be entitled to three 

 delegates to the State Society. 



Art. 3. (Same as in old constitu- 

 tion.) 



Art. 4. The officers of this asso- 

 ciation shall consist of a President, 

 Vice President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, who shall constitute the executive 

 committee and whose duties shall be 

 those usually assigned to such offi- 

 cers and their term of office shall be 

 one year or until their successors 

 shall be elected. 



An honorary Vice President shall 

 also be appointed from each county 

 of this State.i 



The by-laws were unchanged with 

 the exception of the following : 



Art. 5. The secretary shall re- 

 ceive ten dollars each year for his 

 services and he shall have power to 

 choose an assistant secretary if he 

 wishes. 



Art. 6. The regular meeting"^ 

 shall be held alternately at Roches- 

 ter, Albany Utica and Syracuse, but 

 shall be held no two years in succes- 

 sion at the same place. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



The chair stated that an error had 

 been inadvertently made on Thurs- 

 day evening in the adoption of the 

 first article of the revised constitu- 

 tion. 



By the provisions of the constitu- 

 tion, a two-thirds vote is required for 

 its amendment. The revised article 

 had received a vote of twenty-four 

 in favor and twenty- one in the nega- 

 tive. He (the chair) had declared 

 the article thus revised, when it 

 really lacked six votes of the neces- 

 sary two-thirds. The chair wished 

 to correct his ruling and declare the 

 vote in favor of the said article 

 lost. 



Mr. Clark, of Oneida, moved that 

 the first article of the constitution be 

 revised to read as follows, in accord- 



lAs the list of the vice presidents repre- 

 senting the diflferent comities was foiind un- 

 reliable and incomplete, we have omitted it, 

 but will publish the same as soon as we can 

 secure it. 



