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for; 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 Ex- 

 ecutive Board; to keep a list of the 

 membership; to account for all 

 moneys received, and turn same over 

 to the Treasurer, taking his receipt 

 therefor; to prepare and mail in 

 March of each year, to the member- 

 ship, an annual report containing a 

 financial statement, and such other 

 matters as would be of interest to all 

 ;oncerned, including all ballots and 

 imendments; and to issue orders on 

 he Treasurer for payment of all bills, 

 ■vhen countersigned by the President. 



Sec. 6 — The Treasurer and Manager 

 -hall each furnish such bond as shall 

 )e satisfactory to the Executive 

 3oard. 



Art. VI. — Salaries and Expenses. 



Sec. I — No salary shall be paid any 

 )fficer of this League, but the actual 

 xpense of holding meetings of the 

 executive Board (when they deem 

 uch necessary) shall be paid from 

 he general expense-fund. 



Sec. 2 — There shall be an allowance 

 if five (5) per cent, of the cash re- 

 eipts to cover all general expenses, 

 uch as printing, meetings of the Ex- 

 cutive Board, etc., the remaining 

 linety-five (95) per cent, to be applied 

 in the advertising proper. 



Art. VII — Amendments. 

 This Constitution may be amended 

 y a two-thirds vote of the member- 

 hip at any regular election, provided 

 uch proposed amendment be first 

 ubmitted to the Executive Board 

 nd approved by it. 



Minutes of First Meeting. 

 A temporary organization was ef- 

 ■icted and the foregoing Constitution 

 dopted, when, upon motion of Ralph 

 V. Boyden, the following members 

 ere elected as an Executive Board: 

 )r. C. C. Miller, W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 rthur L. Boyden, George W. York, 

 . P. Dadant, N. E. France and 

 eorge C. Lewis. 



A permanent organization was then 

 Jrmed, and the following officers 

 ected: President, Dr. C. C. Miller; 

 ice-President, George C. Lewis; Sec- 

 :tary, W. Z. Hutchinson; Treasurer, 

 rthur L. Boyden; Manager, George 



York. 



Before adjourning it was resolved 

 to do no general advertising until 

 there is at least $5,000 in the hands of 

 the Treasurer; the Manager was in- 

 structed to take the necessary" steps 

 for securing the incorporation of the 

 League; and the Secretary and Mana- 

 ger were appointed a committee to 

 prepare the necessary literature for 

 use in soliciting membership. 

 SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 

 While the Constitution quite clear- 

 ly outlines the aims and objects of the 

 League, a few questions will naturally 

 spring to the lips of one who contem- 

 plates joining its ranks, hence it may 

 be well to answer in advance as many 

 as possible of them. 



Naturally, the first question asked 

 will be: "Why form a new organiza- 

 tion, when the constitution of the Na- 

 tional allows the use of its funds for 

 such work?" Principally, because 

 the National has not enough money at 

 its command to do the work effective- 

 ly, and it could not raise enough with- 

 out a change in its constitution, as, at 

 present, only one extra assessment of 

 $1.00 per member can be made each 

 year, while the work of advertising, to 

 be effective, requires thousands of 

 dollars at once. 



Perhaps some will ask why the mat- 

 ter was not discussed in advance in 

 the bee-papers, and a public meeting 

 called? Why was the matter kept 

 quiet, and the work done with appa- 

 rent secrecy? It was done so quickly, 

 simply to save time. When the true 

 situation had fairly dawned upon the 

 three or four who were first discussing 

 the matter, it became equally apparent 

 that only by the most prompt and 

 active work could anything be done 

 that would help the sale of the last 

 year's honey crop before the coming 

 of this year's crop. 



Some may wonder why the mem- 

 bers of the Executive Board were all 

 chosen so near Chicago. They were 

 thus chosen that they might quickly 

 and cheaply attend Board-meetings. 

 Should an important question requir- 

 ing immediate action come up, tele- 

 grams sent every member in the after- 

 noon would enable them to be in 

 Chicago the next morning. If any 

 mistake has been made in the choice 

 of officers, it can be corrected at the 

 next election. As it is, however, it is 

 doubtful if a set of officers can be 

 chosen who would have more com- 

 pletely at heart the success of the un- 



