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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 



Statement of the Ownership, Man- 

 agement, Circulation, Etc., required 



by the Act of Congress of August 

 24. 1912, of American Bee Journal, 

 published monthly at Hamilton, Illi- 

 nois, for April, 1918: 



51 \ IT. OF ILLINOIS, I 



County of Hancock, i 



Before me, a Notary Public in, and for the 

 State and county aforesaid, personally ap- 

 peared M. G. Dadant, who having been duly 

 sworn according to law, deposes and says that 

 he is the Managing Editor of the American 

 Bee Journal, and that the following is, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, a true state- 

 ment of the ownership, management, etc., of 

 the aforesaid publication for the date shown in 

 the above caption, required by the A. i "I 

 August i'4, 1912, embodied in Section 443, 

 Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 

 reverse side of this form, to-wit: 



1. That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 

 managers are: 



Publisher, American Bee Journal, Hamilton, 



Editor. C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, III. 

 Managing Editor. M. G. Dadant. Hamilton, 



Business Manager, V. M. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 111. 



2. That the owners are: 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



H. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



V M. Dadant, Hamilton, III. 



Leon Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 



L. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



M. G. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Jos. Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 



That the known bondholders, mortgagees, 

 and other security holders owning or holding 

 1 per cent or more of the total amount of 

 bonds, mortgages, or other securities, are: 

 None. 



(Signed) M. G. DADANT. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th 

 dav of April, 191S. 



H. M. CUERDEN. 



My commission expires August 25, 1921. 



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