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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



f ected, it would be desirable for it to go into 

 effect as soon as poasible. 



Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 F. A. Gemmill, Stratford, Ont. 

 J. T. Calvert, Medina, Ohio. 

 M. B. Holmes, Athens, Ont. 

 A. B. Mason, Toledo, Ohio. 

 Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 R, F. HoLTERMANN. Brantford ,Ont. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



North American Bee=Keepers' Union. 



ARTICLE I.-Name. 



This organization shall be known as the " North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Union," and shall hold 

 meetings annually at such time and place as may 

 be designated by the Board of Directors, due notice 

 being mailed to all members at least W) days prev- 

 iously, and published in the bee periodicals of the 

 Unitad States and Canada. 



ARTICLE II.-Objkct. 



Its object shall be to protect the interests of its 

 members, to defend their rights, and to dissemi- 

 nate apicultural knowledge among the people. 

 ARTICLE m.-OFFiCKRS. 



Sec. 1.— The officers of this Union shall consist of 

 a President, Vice President. Secretary, Assistant 

 Secretary and Treasurer, whose duties shall be 

 those usually performed by such Officers. 



See. 2.— The Secretary shall be General Man- 

 ager, and shall have charge of the executive work 

 of the Union, under the advice of the Board of 

 Directors. 



Sec. 'i — The Officers shall be elected by ballot, 

 and hold their several offices for one year, or until 

 their successors are elected and qualified. 



Sec. 4. — Nominations for Officers shall be sent to 

 the General Manager before the first day of Nov- 

 ember in each year, who shall cause the same to be 

 printed in the bee periodicals — and shall be print- 

 ed and mailed by Dec. 1. with the necessary Bal- 

 lots, to eveiy member who has paid dues for the 

 previous year. 



Sec. 5. — The Treasurer shall furnish a bond of 

 S2,000 (to be approved and held by the President), 

 for_ the faithful aecounting of the funds of the 

 Union, and shiill pay out the funds only on Vouch- 

 ers tigned by the President and Secretary. 



Sec. <J. — The terms of office shall be for the cal- 

 endar year, and the polls shall close on the last 

 day of December. 



Sec. 7. — Each annual meeting shall, by majority 

 vote, elect a Chairman and Recorder from those 

 present, to preside over the meeting, and prepare 

 a suitable Report of the Proceedings for publica- 

 tion in the bee-periodicals as soon as possible after 

 the close of the meeting. Any member, (whether 

 an Officer of the Union or not), shall be eligible to 

 these positions. 



ARTICLE IV.— Board or Directors. 

 The Officers shall constitute a'Board of Directors, 

 which shall determine which course shall be taken 

 by this Union. up«n any matters presented to it 

 for action ; and cause such extra Assessments to 

 be made upon the members as may become necess- 

 ary ; provided that only one Afsesssneiii .'^liali be 

 made in .any one fiscal year, without a majority 

 vote of all the members (upon blanks furnished for 

 that purpose), together with a statement showing 

 good reasons for Assessment. 



ARTICLE v.— Members. " 



Any person may become a member by paying to 

 the Secretary an Entrance Fee of SLCK) for, which 

 he shall receive a printed receipt, making him a 

 member of the Union, entitled to all its rights and 

 benefits until the 31st day of December, following. 

 The Annual Fee of $1.00 shall be due on the first 

 day of January in each year, and MUST be paid 

 within three months in order to retain membership 

 in this Union. 



ARTICLE VI.-FuNDS. 



Sec. 1. — The Funds of this Union shall be used 

 for any purpose in the interest of the pursuit of 

 bee-culture, when approved by the Board of Di- 

 rectors ; and to pay the legitmante expenses of the 

 "Union. 



See. 2. — The salary of the General Manager shall 

 be determined by the Board of Directors, but shall 

 not be more than twenty (20) per cent of the gross 

 income for each fiscal year.' 



ARTICLE VII.— Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended by a major- 

 ity vote of all of the members ; provided that all 

 proposed amendments shall be presented in writ- 

 ing, signed by three members, and sent to the Gen- 

 eral Manager before the first day of November, so 

 that they may be presented in his Annual Report. 



THE editor's position. 

 An editor, iiowever humble his gifts, soon 

 learns — what some of his correspondents 

 seem to find is difficult to understand — that 

 a periodical is not a eleemosynary institu- 

 tion nor a mutual admiration society ; that 

 it cannot be safely conducted on motives of 

 friendship or philanthropy; that it is " run" 

 for the benefit of its owners and its readers, 

 and only incidentally for that of contribut- 

 ors. Writers exist for the public, not the 

 public for the writer : the writer is entitled 

 to recognition and reward only so far as he 

 supplies matter likely to be attractive or 

 profitable to the public. The magazine 

 could not go on without contributors, but no 

 particular contributor is essential to it, for 

 others will come forward to take his place. 

 Personal considerations ought to weigh very 

 lightly with an editor. To accept an arti- 

 cle out of kindness, fear, or favor, simply to 

 oblige the writer, however dear or however 

 renowned, is excusable only when the quest- 

 ion of intrinsic value is so nearly on the 

 balance that there is little to gain or lose 

 either by taking or by leaving ii. — Frederic 

 M. Bird, in December Lippincott's. 



