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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



CONSTITUTION. 



OF THK 



NATIONAL BEE-KEEPERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Organized 187 Ci 



OFFICERS 



Dr. Burton X. Gates, President; Amherst, 

 Mass. 



Dr. H. A. Surface, Vice-President, Harris- 

 burg, Pa. 



E. B. Tyrrell, Secretary, 21-1 Hammond 

 Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 



C. P. Dadant, Treasurer, Hamilton, 111. 



DIRECTORS 

 Dr. Burton N. Gates, Chairman. 



E. D. Townsend, Xorthstar, Mich. 

 J. M. Buchanan, Franklin, Tenn. 

 Wesley Foster, Boulder, Colo. 



F. B. Cavanagh, Flebron, Ind. 



Prof. Wilmon Newell, College Station, Tex. 



ARTICLE L 

 Xame. 

 This organization shall he known as 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



ARTICLE II. 

 Object. 

 The object of this Association shall 

 be to aid its members in the business 

 of bee-keeping; to help in the sale of 

 their honey and beeswax, and to pro- 

 mote the interest of bee-keepers in any 

 other direction decided upon by the 

 Board of Directors. 



ARTICLE III. 

 Plan of Organization. 

 This organization shall consist of one 

 central organization with its various 

 affiliated associations; these affiliated 

 associations may be in any locality 

 where fifteen or more members of the 

 National Association decide to form a 

 branch. 



ARTICLE IV. 

 Membership. 



Section 1. Membership shall be ex- 

 tended to any person interested in bee- 

 keeping, and who is in accord with the 

 purposes and aims of this Association. 



There shall be no membership fee in 

 the National Association, excepting that 

 required by the local affiliated associa- 

 tion, which fee shall remain in the 

 treasury of the latter. The subscrip- 

 tion to the official organ, the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, shall be $1.00 per an- 

 num, which shall be sent to the Secre- 

 tary of the National Association. 



Sec. 2. Memberships shall begin at 

 the time the membership fee is paid, 



and shall expire at the end of the time 

 paid for, counting from date member- 

 ship began. 



ARTICLE V. 

 National Meeting. 



Section 1. The National Meeting 

 shall consist of delegates duly elected 

 by the various affiliated associations. 

 These meetings shall occur during the 

 month of February, the exact date and 

 place to be decided by the Board of 

 Directors. 



Sec. 2. Each Affiliated Association 

 shall be entitled to elect one delegate 

 to attend the National Meeting, who 

 shall present proper credentials, and, if 

 correct, such delegate shall be entitled 

 to one vote for every fifty members or 

 fraction thereof in this local Associa- 

 tion. 



Sec. 3. At the annual meeting the 

 delegates may hold one or more ses- 

 sions open to bee-keepers for the con- 

 sideration of such special or general 

 topics as the Board of Directors may 

 decide upon. 



ARTICLE VI. 

 Officers and Duties. 



Section 1. The officers of this Asso- 

 ciation shall be a President, Vice-Pres- 

 ident, Secretary and Treasurer. These 

 officers shall be elected at each annual 

 meeting of delegates and serve for one 

 year, or until tlieir successors are elect- 

 ed and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The President shall preside 

 at each annual meeting of delegates, 

 and at any special meeting, which may 

 be called. He shall also preside at ail 

 meetings of Directors and perform anj- 

 other duties -which may devolve upon 

 the presiding officer. 



Sec. H. The Vice-President shall per- 

 form the President's duties in his ab- 

 sence. 



Sec. 4. The Secretary shall keep a 

 record of the proceedings of the annual 

 meeting, maintain a list of all members 

 of the Association, with their addresses, 

 collect, receipt and pay over to the 

 Treasurer all dues and membership 

 fees ; keep a proper record of all busi- 

 ness transactions, and perform such 

 other duties as may be required of him 

 by the Association or Directors. 



Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall care for 

 the funds of the Association, deposit- 

 ing the same in such depository as may 

 be approved by the Directors. He shall 

 also pay such orders coming to hir-n as 



