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Editor Review — Will you please state in the next Review that 

 December 10th and 11th, are the dates set for holding- the next con- 

 vention of the M. A. B. K. Association in Detroit, that many promi- 

 nent speakers will be there, and that prizes will be offered and prac- 

 tical demonstrations take place. A large attendance is anticipated. 

 The program will appear in the December Review. J. E. Morse. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



NATIONAL BEE-KEEPERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



ARTICLE IX. 



OFFICIAL ORGAN. 



Sec. 2. Notices and reports published 

 in the official organ, the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review, shall be considered ample and 

 sufficient notice to the members, and it 

 shall not be considered necessary to 

 send a written or printed notice in ad- 

 dition to the one published in the Re- 

 view. 



ARTICLE X. 

 amendments. 

 This Constitution may be amended at 

 any regular meeting of Delegates by a 

 two-thirds vote of Delegates present 

 and voting provided that at least 

 ninety days' notice of the proposed 

 amendment be given to the Secretaries 

 of the Branches. 



Proposed Amendments to the Consti- 

 tution of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



E. B. TYRRELL, Secretary, 

 214 Hammond Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 



ARTICLE IV. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 1. Membership in the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association shall 

 be given free to every member of an 

 affiliated association. It shall also be 

 given free to every subscriber to the 

 official organ, the Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view. 



Sec. 2. A member shall be in good 

 standing only while he is in good stand- 

 ing in his affiliated association, or while 

 he is a paid-up subscriber to the offi- 

 cial organ. 



_ Sec. 3. The finances of the Na- 

 tional association shall be derived from 

 the profits secured by the publication 

 of the official organ, by the sale of sup- 

 plies or other things, and by such other 

 methods as may be decided upon by 

 the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE V. 

 national meeting. 

 Section 1. Change by changing the 

 words "Board of Directors" to 

 "Executive Committee." 



Sec. 3. Change by changing the 

 words "Board of Directors" to "Ex- 

 ecutive Committee." 



ARTICLE VI. 

 officers and duties. 

 Sec 2. Change the word "Directors" 

 to "Executive Committee." 



Sec. 4. Change to read "The Secre- 

 tary shall keep a record of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Association and of the 

 Executive Committee; conduct such 

 correspondence as he may be called 

 upon to do by the various committees 

 or President, and issue notices of the 

 annual or special meetings of the As- 

 sociation, which notices are to be pub- 

 lished in the official organ." 



Sec. 5. Change the word "Directors" 

 to "Executive Committee," in both 

 places where it occurs. Also add: 

 "Providing these orders are counter- 

 signed by the President." He shall also 

 furnish the President at the close of 

 each calendar month a statement of the 

 amount of receipts and disbursements 

 of the month, and the balance on hand. 



ARTICLE VII. 

 committees and their duties. 

 Section 1. There shall be an Exe- 

 cutive Committee consisting of the 

 President, Vice-President, Secretary, 

 Treasurer, and the Chairmen of the 

 Standing Committees. 



